Aaron Connolly F Sunderland b.2000

**Fixer82** · 02/06/2022, 10:47 AM

Givens fell out with numerous players when managing underage squads. Connolly was injured at the time anyway. His side of the story was Givens didn't give him a chance to say he was injured and hung up on him and went straight to the press.

Connolly was definitely very confident in his scoring abilities but yes, he was unlucky to coincide with Robbie. When he was on form he was a lethal poacher. He was unlucky in Premiership. Scored a screamer on his debut with Wigan and then got injured and couldn't regain form/fitness properly.

**Trequartista20** · 12/07/2022, 1:52 PM

Reportedly in talks with Venezia, relegated from Serie A last season.

https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...-41833745.html

**JR89** · 14/07/2022, 5:39 PM

Loan move to Italy confirmed by Venezia.

**pineapple stu** · 14/07/2022, 6:27 PM

Same level as Liam Kerrigan and Gianluigi Buffon.

Make of that which you will!

**seanfhear** · 14/07/2022, 6:45 PM

I hope he makes a go of it. Maybe the hot weather will be good for him physically.

**Exgrad** · 14/07/2022, 6:47 PM

Shows how much his stock has fallen...hopefully he can rebuild things over there out of the spotlight. He'll have year left on his contract at end of season so likely to be moving on one way or another at that point.

**ontheotherhand** · 14/07/2022, 6:49 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Same level as Liam Kerrigan and Gianluigi Buffon.

Make of that which you will!

Will we finally get our answer to the LoI player vs Buffon debate stu?

**pineapple stu** · 14/07/2022, 6:54 PM

Don't go there otoh - don't go there!!

**ontheotherhand** · 14/07/2022, 7:00 PM

Ah come on, it might be the only interesting thing to happen on this thread moving forward....

Hope it works out for him but also hope Kerrigan outscores him just for the laugh. We can do an in no way at all limited case study then on players who leave for England at a young age versus those who stay at home and get their education before moving abroad to play.

**pineapple stu** · 14/07/2022, 7:01 PM

Originally Posted by ontheotherhand

Hope it works out for him but also hope Kerrigan outscores him just for the laugh.

I'll drink to that anyway!

**Fixer82** · 14/07/2022, 7:05 PM

A change of scene like this could be a great move for him.

**samhaydenjr** · 16/07/2022, 3:15 AM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

A change of scene like this could be a great move for him.

Be good to get away from the party culture he seems to have enjoyed a bit too much in the last year or so

**Predator** · 17/07/2022, 1:15 PM

The move to Venezia and Serie B on the surface seems like a step backwards, but there are attendant (potential) positives. A change of scenery with fewer distractions can only be good for a young footballer. Then, the proximity means there's the chance that he might even manage to turn a few heads in Serie A... Good luck to him.

**liamoo11** · 17/07/2022, 2:05 PM

Delighted he has made the move would have been easy to stick around at Brighton. Hopefully couple of goals gets the confidence going.

**elatedscum** · 17/07/2022, 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

A change of scene like this could be a great move for him.

Originally Posted by samhaydenjr

Be good to get away from the party culture he seems to have enjoyed a bit too much in the last year or so

Originally Posted by Predator

The move to Venezia and Serie B on the surface seems like a step backwards, but there are attendant (potential) positives. A change of scenery with fewer distractions can only be good for a young footballer. Then, the proximity means there's the chance that he might even manage to turn a few heads in Serie A... Good luck to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Palermo’s chairman on Kyle Lafferty:

“He is an out-of-control*womaniser, an Irishman without rules. He is someone who disappears for a week and goes on the hunt for women in Milan. He has two families with six children, he never trains, he’s completely off the rails. On the field he’s a great player, because he gave us everything he had and more. In terms of his*behaviour, however, he is uncontrollable. My Coach told me he cannot sort this player out, so he has to go.”

**seanfhear** · 17/07/2022, 5:02 PM

Originally Posted by elatedscum

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Palermo’s chairman on Kyle Lafferty:

“He is an out-of-control*womaniser, an Irishman without rules. He is someone who disappears for a week and goes on the hunt for women in Milan. He has two families with six children, he never trains, he’s completely off the rails. On the field he’s a great player, because he gave us everything he had and more. In terms of his*behaviour, however, he is uncontrollable. My Coach told me he cannot sort this player out, so he has to go.”

Lafferty didn’t have a bad career considering that this may have been going for a lot of it ! !

**MylesNotMiley** · 17/07/2022, 6:22 PM

Originally Posted by elatedscum

"He is someone who disappears for a week and goes on the hunt for women in Milan.”

Why did he go all the way to Milan from Palermo? It's Italy, it's not like there would be a shortage of beautiful women in the country.

**seanfhear** · 17/07/2022, 7:14 PM

Originally Posted by MylesNotMiley

Why did he go all the way to Milan from Palermo? It's Italy, it's not like there would be a shortage of beautiful women in the country.

Perhaps the Women in Sicily might not be the Women to be messing about with i.e. Mafia.

**Trequartista20** · 18/07/2022, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by seanfhear

Perhaps the Women in Sicily might not be the Women to be messing about with i.e. Mafia.

He might have found himself sleeping wid da fishes.

**geysir** · 18/07/2022, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by elatedscum

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Palermo’s chairman on Kyle Lafferty:

“He is an out-of-control*womaniser, an Irishman without rules. He is someone who disappears for a week and goes on the hunt for women in Milan. He has two families with six children, he never trains, he’s completely off the rails. On the field he’s a great player, because he gave us everything he had and more. In terms of his*behaviour, however, he is uncontrollable. My Coach told me he cannot sort this player out, so he has to go.”

When it comes to womanising and diving, Lafferty should be more accurately described as being British.