Sorry - i was out and about and wanted to try and reply to each question as best as i could so home now and ill give it a go! despite your assertion, I haven't actually asked many questions at all in any of my posts, one or two maybe, and deffo not as many as you have just asked me!! I mostly just offered an opinion that he was actually quite good for Bolton and the events and sentiments at the time back that up and shouldn't attempt to be invalidated which is what was going on a few days ago. Generally speaking you and some others are feeling that it is appropriate to dismiss the fact that this guy was (is?) high potential because he has failed to make the grade at Celtic. I think that is revisionist and it is too simplistic an approach to casually dismiss every indicator put forward to support the notion that he was a player who performed well in that period. I think it is fair to question Celtic's role (as well as Connell's) in his career trajectory and whether they have failed to capitalize on his high potential. At the time of his announcement, they themselves noted in their press release how highly rated a youngster he is and which merited them spending 350k on the 18 year old.
It is a team game so of course it reflects on Connell. So do the very positive reviews of his performances in those games reflect on him. Bolton lost 21 games in that period since he made his debut. Wow - so much better They. of course, won an FA Cup game that he played in and he got an assist in the next round.
He is a massive Celtic fan and possibly got bad advice from his agent. Wolves, Norwich, Spurs, Burnley and Sheffield United were all tracking his progress while Brighton and Southampton failed with bids to land him according to a quick google of the articles around that time. There is no such thing as a nailed on prospect. He was high potential, he was highly rated. Thats all i ever said. Read my posts.
He was sent into the first team squad immediately. He was on the bench a few times. It seemed to gradually go south. There are a number of forums and articles where Celtic fans were impressed with what they saw, are impressed with how dominant he has been for Queens Park and have called to see more of him.
Ummm because he was injured during the camp which i thought was fairly common knowledge. McCarthy had said that Connell would be keeping his place in the squad after impressing during the training camp (Mick had initially just called him up for that).
Thats as much to do with Celtic - and their relationship with Queens Park - and Luca himself as anything else. He has done really, really well for Queens Park and maybe they all are just happy enough with that as the best path for him. It's probably not simply because he's crap. Which seems to be the prevailing theme of your post.
Of course he is at a critical juncture (or will be this summer). He is 20 and needs to push up a level or two to fulfil the potential that seemingly everyone but a few Irish fans seem to acknowledge. Who here said that this was an outrageous take?
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