Tevez Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Do we miss him? I think we do. Even though we have got hume and fryatt, i still we have had striker problems since connolys departure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Do we miss him? I think we do. Even though we have got hume and fryatt, i still we have had striker problems since connolys departure. Not enough to get his name right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 And where is he now........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_jme Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 And where is he now........? Did he score for Sunderland yesterday?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 He scored yesterday but has spent the past 2 years being injured/sulking/not playing. Good player though. Problem for him would be it would be the Hume scenario all over again. Willing to go looking for the ball but is then left 40 yards from goal with it all to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Did he score for Sunderland yesterday?? So he's back then? Taken him long enough.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_jme Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 So he's back then? Taken him long enough.... I was actually only asking, but TPH cleared it up anyway. He did score yesterday but has been a nobody for the past couple of seasons. I'm sure he'd have done well for us, but we had to let him go for the price being offered for him. If he can stay fit and get a run going in the Sunderland team, we should be able to see whether we'd have missed him or not. The season he went though he didn't start too badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I was actually only asking, but TPH cleared it up anyway. He did score yesterday but has been a nobody for the past couple of seasons. I'm sure he'd have done well for us, but we had to let him go for the price being offered for him. If he can stay fit and get a run going in the Sunderland team, we should be able to see whether we'd have missed him or not. The season he went though he didn't start too badly He was always lively for us and always offered us an option. Due to deficiencies elsewhere though (like everybody's darling Gudjonsson), Connolly always had to come short and deep for the ball, meaning he wasn't really in an area to 'hurt' teams for us. A hat-trick against Stoke distorted his figures a bit and then Wigan panicked and overpaid for him. Good player and if we were to change our playing style and sign a goalscorer too, I think he could be a good signing. Problem is he's fairly similar to Hume in terms of the spaces on the pitch he likes to occupy. Playing both could be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I'd probably still have him back given the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilworthfox Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 He was always lively for us and always offered us an option. Due to deficiencies elsewhere though (like everybody's darling Gudjonsson), Connolly always had to come short and deep for the ball, meaning he wasn't really in an area to 'hurt' teams for us. A hat-trick against Stoke distorted his figures a bit and then Wigan panicked and overpaid for him. Good player and if we were to change our playing style and sign a goalscorer too, I think he could be a good signing. Problem is he's fairly similar to Hume in terms of the spaces on the pitch he likes to occupy. Playing both could be an issue. Spot on he was very good for us but was always in the wrong areas of the pitch due to getting no service! Always dropped deep to provide for others or having the occasional 20 yard shot, sounding familliar yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_jme Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 He was always lively for us and always offered us an option. Due to deficiencies elsewhere though (like everybody's darling Gudjonsson), Connolly always had to come short and deep for the ball, meaning he wasn't really in an area to 'hurt' teams for us. A hat-trick against Stoke distorted his figures a bit and then Wigan panicked and overpaid for him. Good player and if we were to change our playing style and sign a goalscorer too, I think he could be a good signing. Problem is he's fairly similar to Hume in terms of the spaces on the pitch he likes to occupy. Playing both could be an issue. Not a big Gudjonsson fan then TPH?? I agree that the hat-trick against Stoke may have made him look better than he was (I think even De Vries started that season off by scoring more goals than Connolly), not that I'm complaining because we got a fee he wasn't worth because of it. However the problem you have spoken about (Connolly playing in the same places almost identical to the way Hume plays) would leave us with absolutely zero options further forward (because our midfield bar Levi is scared to go towards the opposing box). Because of their similarities we wouldn't be best advised to get DC back. We should concentrate on getting Fatty Fryatt fit again and signing a goalscorer first. If this doesn't work out for us then Connolly may be worth looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 He's not what we need right now. In fact with Fryatt lying idle and Dodds still completely untried I'm not even certain we need a striker. We certainly need an attacking midfielder but even then we also need a manager who's prepared to play him. And he needs to be better than the guy we refuse to use, Andy King. We also need a genuine right winger who's better than another guy we refuse to use, Max Gradel. Finally we need a proper, natural left-back who can offer proper backing to Levi on the left. With all those we'll be creating a reasonable amount of chances in a variety of ways and we will see if our strikers really are a bit duff or whether, in fact, they blossom given the right sort of service. But forced to buy a striker, I would go for a big, strong, awkward so-and-so with a bit more touch and close control than DeVries could manage. He would provide us with options that don't exist at the moment either from normal play or from set pieces. A Duncan Ferguson, John Toshack, Joe Royle type if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Not a big Gudjonsson fan then TPH?? I agree that the hat-trick against Stoke may have made him look better than he was (I think even De Vries started that season off by scoring more goals than Connolly), not that I'm complaining because we got a fee he wasn't worth because of it. However the problem you have spoken about (Connolly playing in the same places almost identical to the way Hume plays) would leave us with absolutely zero options further forward (because our midfield bar Levi is scared to go towards the opposing box). Because of their similarities we wouldn't be best advised to get DC back. We should concentrate on getting Fatty Fryatt fit again and signing a goalscorer first. If this doesn't work out for us then Connolly may be worth looking at. The point would be that to accomodate 2 players in the same mould, you'd need to probably play one on each side just behind the forwards in a 4-3-3/4-5-1 type system like Chelsea have been known to play with 2 from Duff/Robben/SWP etc in the past. It would need a massive change in terms of playing staff and someone other than RK (4/4/2) in charge. In a 4-4-2, no point having Hume and Connolly. Besides there are many other positions which need cover/strengthening before Hume's place in under threat, IMO. Anyway, seeing as I've hit the nail on the head, presumably that's thread over. Goodnight Vienna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Considering we effectively paid for Hume & Fryatt out of the proceeds of his sale the answer has to be no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 We got lucky to get 3 million for him. Was he even a regular in the season in which Wigan stayed up? And now hes back at this level. I'd take him back but for £500,000 at the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I miss his mullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Hume is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle_connolly Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 Not enough to get his name right. Easy mistake I think he would be great if we got him back, and I think we've missed him a little but not a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I think our problems started, more accurately, when Muzzy Izzet left the club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I'd go back further - we never replaced Lennon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I'd go back further - we never replaced Lennon. John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 John? I was thinking Julian actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 10 December 2006 Share Posted 10 December 2006 I was thinking Julian actually. I see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomer Posted 11 December 2006 Share Posted 11 December 2006 We never really replaced Lammie Robertson did we? We bought a new cupboard but just wasnt as wooden as Lammie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December 2006 Share Posted 11 December 2006 Who's corrected the title? The first few posts don't make sense anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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