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A real boost seeing him back. The sort of player who is determined to make things happen. Reminds me of Knocky a little in that respect.

Yup.

As others are intimating, it feels like he’s just a few tweaks away from being a very, very, very good player.

I think it would’ve improved Connolly as a footballer. He is a little one-dimensional, and needed to learn not to go to ground quite so easily looking for non-existent fouls. In my opinion his career would definitely have been improved by spending a season or two down in the Champ playing...

The main point behind going on loan is getting 90 minutes per week, not 10-15 minutes. One of the main ways pretty much all footballers improve is by getting match experience.

That was an example, not saying he’d ever be a direct replacement. Just that whether he goes on loan or not may depend on how the squad is shaping up in 6 weeks’ time.

They want to take a look at him, yes. Lots of players will be training with the first team squad who might yet go out on loan.

What some haven’t mentioned yet is that the club may not have made a decision yet, not just based on seeing him in training but also on what transfer ins and outs we’ve yet to come. Eg - maybe the plan right now is to send him to Belgium for the year, but perhaps if Trossard suddenly left I...