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I was replying to someone who said we "won't know until [they are] tried and can Connolly be "any worse" than our existing forward options so i assumed, perhaps rashly that he thought the lad should be in the team imminently and i guess Locadia, Murray and Andone shouldn't.

Andone has been on the pitch for 47 minutes this season.

I don't think i'm going out on a limb here but i'd think that any manager, not just Hughton, is going to look at Andone (La Liga/International) and Locadia with Murray clearly their #1 as their striker choices in preference to teenage u23s who've never played first team football. As for Andone...

Except we have internationals and experienced top flight first team players who aren't getting game time or even making the bench too. So the appropriate times are if we have an injury or suspension crisis or the FA Cup. See Locadia being replaced by Gyokeres last week when he was ill.

Agreed. Also when Hughton had one attacker who was ill then he asked both Connolly and Gyokeres to travel with the team and put Gyokeres was on the bench. I imagine if Murray or Locadia or Andone were suspended/injured in future games he'd do likewise. He's pragmatic when it comes to selection...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQKg3GoODR0

Connolly just missed a sitter!