Connolly

[MON]

In practice before the match, connelly was being made to score from a one touch and shot,  Obviously the coaching staff have realised he is taking to many touches before he tries and scores.

After years of inactivity by coaching and managers alike, it is so good to see someone react and tackle a problem

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Thats exactly what i was saying at the begining. And yeh, it is good that the managment take notice.

[Chimp]

It's obvious that Connolly hasn't regained that 'state of mind' in front of goal yet, he still looks very nervous, like he's trying too hard, he either snaps at the shot ot takes too many touches.

This was evident on Saturday when he was clear on goal, a confident striker would have put it away as the ball came to him, he had the time, but Connolly took a couple of touches and we were lucky to get the penalty.

That said, he is getting himself into better positions and with each goal his confidence will hopefully grow. There's no doubt he's an extremely valuable player for us at the moment, whether he scores or not he always seems to put in 100%.

In regard to Blake, I kind of feel sorry for him. He's never been given a chance, whenever he came on as a sub it was greeted with groans and when the names are read out at the start of the match no-one cheers for him. Must be very demoralising to play for a club where the fans don't appreciate you in the slightest.

Let's face it, we've given MDV (and Connolly to an extent) enough chances to make good and the fans have never got on their back when they've not performed. Why hasn't it been the same for Blake?

[Chandler]

It's obvious that Connolly hasn't regained that 'state of mind' in front of goal yet, he still looks very nervous, like he's trying too hard, he either snaps at the shot ot takes too many touches.

This was evident on Saturday when he was clear on goal, a confident striker would have put it away as the ball came to him, he had the time, but Connolly took a couple of touches and we were lucky to get the penalty.

That said, he is getting himself into better positions and with each goal his confidence will hopefully grow. There's no doubt he's an extremely valuable player for us at the moment, whether he scores or not he always seems to put in 100%.

In regard to Blake, I kind of feel sorry for him. He's never been given a chance, whenever he came on as a sub it was greeted with groans and when the names are read out at the start of the match no-one cheers for him. Must be very demoralising to play for a club where the fans don't appreciate you in the slightest.

Let's face it, we've given MDV (and Connolly to an extent) enough chances to make good and the fans have never got on their back when they've not performed. Why hasn't it been the same for Blake?

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Aha Chimp! What a can of worms you've opened up there! Think about it! Chimps can, you know!

[Molson Canadian]

i think we still need another striker...sure we got this kid coming in the summer but i think we need another striker who has proven themselves at this level i think this will allow for compeition among the strikers which will lead to better play and more goals because they will be trying to prove themeselves to get a spot in the starting 11

[Guest]

In regard to Blake, I kind of feel sorry for him. He's never been given a chance, whenever he came on as a sub it was greeted with groans and when the names are read out at the start of the match no-one cheers for him. Must be very demoralising to play for a club where the fans don't appreciate you in the slightest.

Gillespie was given the same treatment as Blake not so long ago, and look what a decent run in the side has done for him.

[Anish]

Let's face it, we've given MDV (and Connolly to an extent) enough chances to make good and the fans have never got on their back when they've not performed. Why hasn't it been the same for Blake?

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I think you're badly mistaken. Connolly has been criticised on many occasion recently and in the past, and De Vries has come under severe stick in the last month or so (most of it warranted I may add).

[Benji]

believe me de vries gets some huge criticism around me

[Chimp]

Let's face it, we've given MDV (and Connolly to an extent) enough chances to make good and the fans have never got on their back when they've not performed. Why hasn't it been the same for Blake?

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I think you're badly mistaken. Connolly has been criticised on many occasion recently and in the past, and De Vries has come under severe stick in the last month or so (most of it warranted I may add).

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I'm talking about negative criticism from the crowd at the games, not general opinion, in forums etc.

[step]

I aint impressed with either of them. but we aint desperate enough to expect blake to perform. he may be skillfull but he cant be bothered.

We would be more frustrated with blake than the two we have

[MON]

I aint impressed with either of them. but we aint desperate enough to expect blake to perform. he may be skillfull but he cant be bothered.

We would be more frustrated with blake than the two we have

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Give him a run in the side and let's see what he can do. He has to be better then De-Vries.

[Chimp]

I aint impressed with either of them. but we aint desperate enough to expect blake to perform. he may be skillfull but he cant be bothered.

We would be more frustrated with blake than the two we have

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Give him a run in the side and let's see what he can do. He has to be better then De-Vries.

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I think Connolly is an important part of our first team, he's valuable on the picth even if he doesn't score. MDV on the other hand isn't doing anything that Blake or Moore can't do - there's no point having a 'target' man if he can't jump and has the pace of a tree.

[Ric Flair]

Blake showed in the games he has played for us that he's not bothered about this club. His commitment was non existent and I have it on record that he has been out drinking the night before matches.

He's also leaving at the end of the season so I can't imagine he'd be buzzing at the chance to don the Leicester shirt again this season. Easiest year of his life. Twat.

[Chimp]

Blake showed in the games he has played for us that he's not bothered about this club. His commitment was non existent and I have it on record that he has been out drinking the night before matches.

He's also leaving at the end of the season so I can't imagine he'd be buzzing at the chance to don the Leicester shirt again this season. Easiest year of his life. Twat.

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Okay, but is this attitude due to him being like that when he signed for us or, more likely, a reaction to the way he's been treated?

I guess we'll never know if he could have been any good for us, as he's leaving at the end of the season it should be Moore that is given the opportunities, not Blake.

[MON]

Blake showed in the games he has played for us that he's not bothered about this club. His commitment was non existent and I have it on record that he has been out drinking the night before matches.

He's also leaving at the end of the season so I can't imagine he'd be buzzing at the chance to don the Leicester shirt again this season. Easiest year of his life. Twat.

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Okay, but is this attitude due to him being like that when he signed for us or, more likely, a reaction to the way he's been treated?

I guess we'll never know if he could have been any good for us, as he's leaving at the end of the season it should be Moore that is given the opportunities, not Blake.

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If he gets a run in the side and plays well, he might get offered a new contract.

[TrickyTrev]

I think Connolly has now shown that he is not good enough if we want to launch a automatic promotion challenge. He has been in the team for a long time and has been given plenty of oppurtunities but he does not look confident enough to get in the positions to score goals or put them away when one does fall to him. Without his penalities he would have had a very poor season in front of goal!

[Matt]

Was anyone watching before the match. He was trying one-on-ones with the keeper and scored almost every time. The thing I don't get is why he can't do it in the match. Also, he doesnt seem to get those chances at leicester too, surely we should try and create the chances that he wants too.

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He was shooting at Conrad Logan though

And I thought he still was brillient when he was warming up

...Another thing, why does Connolly warm up on his own kind of thing, he never runs next to the other players, theres always a bigish space between him and the other players, then when they do there stretches they are all in a group, and Connollys on his own, doing "his own thing". Anyone know?

[Chandler]

The Connolly question should be a relatively easy one to answer. Easy, that is, for someone of average intelligence and independently minded.

Connolly, for some reason which I have never been quite able to fathom, has been miscast throughout his career. He was not, is not and never will be an out and out striker.

He is undoubtedly a player of above average ability. Unfortunately, he is thrust into a position which he is not naturally suited to. The more I see him the more I feel his skills would be far better deployed in an attacking midfield role behind a front pairing.

The trick would be getting him to accept this (assuming, of course, that Levein ever wakes up to this possibility).

[C-man]

The Connolly question should be a relatively easy one to answer. Easy, that is, for someone of average intelligence and independently minded.

Connolly, for some reason which I have never been quite able to fathom, has been miscast throughout his career. He was not, is not and never will be an out and out striker.

He is undoubtedly a player of above average ability. Unfortunately, he is thrust into a position which he is not naturally suited to. The more I see him the more I feel his skills would be far better deployed in an attacking midfield role behind a front pairing.

The trick would be getting him to accept this (assuming, of course, that Levein ever wakes up to this possibility).

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I suppose he could play in that role that rooney plays, but the problem is, Rooney is being played in by quality passes, which we make seem impossible. If we knock a high ball in, theres no-one to knock it down for anybody coming in, thats why we struggle. We need someone who win a header and knock it down for Connolly to finish

[Collymore]

The Connolly question should be a relatively easy one to answer. Easy, that is, for someone of average intelligence and independently minded.

Connolly, for some reason which I have never been quite able to fathom, has been miscast throughout his career. He was not, is not and never will be an out and out striker.

He is undoubtedly a player of above average ability. Unfortunately, he is thrust into a position which he is not naturally suited to. The more I see him the more I feel his skills would be far better deployed in an attacking midfield role behind a front pairing.

The trick would be getting him to accept this (assuming, of course, that Levein ever wakes up to this possibility).

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Agree with you there Chan. Iv'e always said that playing conners as a striker has been why we've not been scoring goals. To keep conners happy all CL has to do is play 3 upfront including Conners and he will start falling back naturally with out any instructuions like he always does. At the moment, playing two upfront is like playing one leaving just de vries upfront which is making an average player (de vries) look piss poor.

I think the most important signing for next season is a big strong forward like Deane because De vries is just not good enough in the air. Then we can play this slovak guy with a good strong CF and conners behind.

[Ric Flair]

If Connolly isn't a striker then how come he scored 42 goals in 65 games for Wimbledon and 32 goals in 30 games for a dutch team called Excelsior whilst on loan at Feyenoord. Now you might be right, perhaps he isn't an out an out striker but with his goal scoring record before he came here it shows he's quite comfortable in that position. 9 goals for Ireland in 40 games isn't that bad either considering he's been bought on as a sub most of the time.

I think we don't play to his strengths and behind two strikers might be his best position, but him not scoring many goals this season isn't down to us playing him out of position it's down to him missing gilt edge chances and having crap players around him.

Professional football players are often very versatile (look at Stearman and Dublin for example) and I think if Connolly had been played in a position he wasn't anygood at then after 10 years of playing there, surely somebody would have twigged and changed it?

He's had a bad season, as have plenty of our players. Now either they do the business next season if given the chance or they **** off. I am confident Connolly has the ability to overcome this severly bad patch he's had and in a good team he will do. Other players such as Gudjonsson, Dabizas, Gillespie, De Vries and a few others I have my doubts about.

[Ric Flair]

The Connolly question should be a relatively easy one to answer. Easy, that is, for someone of average intelligence and independently minded.

Connolly, for some reason which I have never been quite able to fathom, has been miscast throughout his career. He was not, is not and never will be an out and out striker.

He is undoubtedly a player of above average ability. Unfortunately, he is thrust into a position which he is not naturally suited to. The more I see him the more I feel his skills would be far better deployed in an attacking midfield role behind a front pairing.

The trick would be getting him to accept this (assuming, of course, that Levein ever wakes up to this possibility).

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Agree with you there Chan. Iv'e always said that playing conners as a striker has been why we've not been scoring goals. To keep conners happy all CL has to do is play 3 upfront including Conners and he will start falling back naturally with out any instructuions like he always does. At the moment, playing two upfront is like playing one leaving just de vries upfront which is making an average player (de vries) look piss poor.

I think the most important signing for next season is a big strong forward like Deane because De vries is just not good enough in the air. Then we can play this slovak guy with a good strong CF and conners behind.

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If you play Connolly behind 2 strikers though, where will Williams or Hughes play? I think if Connolly is going to play a deeper role, you'll need a quality winger/forward who plays in the same way Duff or Robben do. I quite like the look of that Campbell-Ryce at Rotherham.

[Steven]

if Liverpool can beat big teams with Milan Baros, then Everton are going to show that they too can earn moderate praise with a striker who scampers madly all over the shop, over-elaborates like a Baroque topiarist in an Amazon rain-forest, then falls over and complaines to the ref.

In that description of Baros, it sounds very much like David Connolly to me.

[step]

The Connolly question should be a relatively easy one to answer. Easy, that is, for someone of average intelligence and independently minded.

Connolly, for some reason which I have never been quite able to fathom, has been miscast throughout his career. He was not, is not and never will be an out and out striker.

He is undoubtedly a player of above average ability. Unfortunately, he is thrust into a position which he is not naturally suited to. The more I see him the more I feel his skills would be far better deployed in an attacking midfield role behind a front pairing.

The trick would be getting him to accept this

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Chandler

How can you say such a thing? I am so disappointed in you. For quiet some time I have come on this site and another site and had some great arguments with you about various topics about city and never, ever do we agree. Then you do this. In fact, I am so gutted that you have made the comment above, that I have had to question my sanity, How could you sink so low, have you no self respect, you've not only let your self down but you've let me and all the other posters down and you should seriously consider some kind of therapy.

In fact Chandler, this time you have gone too far and I am genuinely concerned for you. You must assess the effect this site is having on your sanity, and in my opinion it would be best for you, if you subjected yourself to a voluntary barring, this would only be for a short period of time, just until you can revert back to your normal self. But, If as I suspect that the self barring would be too hard for you to inflict on yourself, I would be forced to request it on your behalf. Unless you apologise and promise NEVER to make a sensible suggestion again