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Getting his game at 5th placed Premierhip team & scoring. I expect he'll start next irish game.
but did you see the 3 presentable chances he missed before the pen? all 3 were clear sights of goal about 6 yards out, he kept one down when he should have lifted it, lifted one he should have kept down and shanked one so badly it turned into a square-pass which Mahon(i think) proceeded to fire wide.
a soft pen saved his bacon last night, and ill bet if he gave this performance in a green shirt, minus the pen, you would have your head in your hands ready to kill him with your bare hands.
heh it nevers ceases to amaze me the sheer disdain of some towards poor connolly-he is as good (or bad) as robbie but hasnt had half the chances. made some bad club choices imo-wimbledon, feynoord (stayed for the cash i suspect). deserves another go with éire
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he scored 2 goals.and one was a penalty...doyle and keano up front imo
maybe so, but from what I saw it is hard to disagree with Crafty's assessment.Originally Posted by as_i_say
Are you for real? Robbie has scored more goals than anyone ever for Ireland and I could give you another 100 or so reasons as to why Robbie is a much better player than Connoly.
Conolly did alright last night but for the next game I would definitly pick Doyle ahead of him.
[QUOTE=joema]Are you for real? QUOTE]
My girlfriend asks that all the time
there have been times especially under the mccarthy era where i feel he wasnt given a proper chance. most of his 40 caps would be from friendlies or sub appearances.
I've just always liked the lad-think he really wants to play for us. I'm just saying i hope he's not excluded for the likes of doyle and elliott but should be kept involved when O'neill gets the job.
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It never ceases to amaze me reading some of these posts. He played in a second string Wigan team in the Carling cup after not getting a look in in the premiership all season. He only scored because he took the penalty after Roberts got it.
Connolly is s**te and always has been yet the odd ocassion he scores there are people shouting for him to be put straight back into the Ireland team. He shouldn't even get into the next squad with Doyle starting to establish himself and should now be allowed to gradually fade out from the Irish setup altogether.
Last edited by youngirish; 01/12/2005 at 1:10 PM.
I agree with my 4 handed friend.
Connolly is useless. Always has been and always will be. I never want to see him in an Irish shirt again. I'll never forgive him for that sending off against Belgium in the World Cup qualifier.
A peno in that game last night and "he's back".....not up to scratch for the Intl Team....it's about the BEST available for the team not simply what's available...sorry to state the obvious but sometimes it needs to be done
"Inflatable hammers and Leprechaun suits, & a chorus of "Here we go" or Olé, Olé"....
Connolly is 1 of 3 irish forwards playing the Premiership. If Morrison was good enough he'd be in the Premiership too. Irish managers pick their squads by choosing all Premiership players first & then seeing how many places left for Championship players - on this basis Connolly has to be in the squad.
Connolly is a different player to Morrisson. Morrisson proved in the last campaign that he was a better option than Connolly. Morrisson is a grafter, strong, holds the ball up well, good in the air and chips in with a few goals. He's better than Connolly. Bruce made a big mistake in letting Morrisson go. Forssell and Heskey both scored goals when partnering Morrisson. Connolly is probably a better finisher but Morrisson's all round play adds more to the team.
i think connolly should be given a run out with ireland again
Why??
I would have had him as a decent option as back up to Keane but now Elliott is ahead of him. Also want to see Doyle and Trundle get a chance before Connolly in a friendly.
Brilliant stuff!
And Connolly is crap. Lightweight, uninterested, poor finisher - but great if you ever need a gammy hat-trick against Lichtenstein!
i suppose the hierarchy at the moment is something like
keane
morrison
elliott
doyle
connolly
trundle
macken
doherty (sound of barrell scraping)
because we have N O B O D Y
exactly-if the lad is getting some games with wigan then why the hell not. we have a grand total of zero premiership strikers that are getting regular football.
btw heres hoping macken never plays another game for us. bloody mercenary. and sh ite to boot.
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Agree with you there....I'd have Keane, Ellliott, Morrison, Doyle and Trundle in the squad and would love to see Doyle and Trundle get a run out in the next game...
"Inflatable hammers and Leprechaun suits, & a chorus of "Here we go" or Olé, Olé"....
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