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Drew
4th round is always in January.
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[Albion] Aaron Connolly interview.
- Thread starter AmexRuislip
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4th round is always in January.
GT49er
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Is it? OK, fair enough, I always thought it was the 3rd. round around the end of January.
Lurchy
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- Jul 2, 2014
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Cant find it anyway so maybe I dreamt it
He definitely hasn't signed a contract recently. Hoffenheim have been monitoring him, and their recent model is to go after young talents whose contracts are nearing expiry.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ortedly-among-3-clubs-watching-aaron-connolly
Farehamseagull
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Let Nathan look after him at Luton for a bit. The way they’re creating chances and scoring goals, he could get a hatful and maybe a promotion.
GT49er
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Can't argue with that. In his interview, young Connolly pointed out he'd been playing U23 football since he was 16. Knows a bit about moving up to the next level, that lad..................
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HellBilly
Send him to Charlton, good club, not far, there or thereabouts in league one, play nice football perfect match.
GT49er
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Do they want him? More pertinently, do they want him for regular 1st.team football?
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HellBilly
I don’t bloody know, I’m just a fan who can’t sleep at 12:25am, it seems like a good fit, but I’ve not had a chance to ring them and check before I posted, it’s a bit early.
GT49er
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Well fu**ing get up and ring them then! Call yourself an NSCer?
I await chapter and verse, with full details!
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HellBilly
Engaged.....
GT49er
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Pffft! Excuses excuses!
StonehamPark
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Easy to say "send him out to Champ/L1", of course that's the natural progression.
Problem is finding a decent team willing to play an u23 'unproven' player regularly, as requested in-contract.
Problem is finding a decent team willing to play an u23 'unproven' player regularly, as requested in-contract.
AZ Gull
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Connolly joined us as a scholar in the summer of 2016 and his first professional contract was registered on July 1 2017. It is pretty standard that young players will get offered three year deals (one year scholarship with two years professional), so my guess would be his ORIGINAL professional contract DID run until the end of this season. However, a new contract was registered with the FA on December 8 2017 (we don't know how long that one was for as the club has never mentioned it).
Connolly himself mentioned it on instagram in February - "..looking forward to the next few years at the club":-
Oh, and Man Utd are certainly aware of him. Mark Anderson (the person largely credited with scouting Raheem Sterling when he was at QPR, and who was Head of Academy Player Recruitment and Talent ID for almost 5 years at Albion) would have played a significant role in Connolly's scouting and recruitment for Albion. In January 2017 Anderson moved to Man Utd as their Lead Academy Scout for the South of England. Even now, every time Connolly scores a goal, Anderson retweets the notification using a #goalmachine hashtag:-
[TWEET]1065009834565746690[/TWEET]
n1 gull
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Exactly. The only teams that want an unproven striker are teams that are struggling but then you get no service, don't score, lose confidence, people call you rubbish etc.. or you sit on the bench waiting for your chance. I think we have someone in charge of loans now don't we, so I presume they will work out the best move for him? We've seen enough loan signings to know it's not an exact science - Jonathan Obika for example
- Apr 13, 2015
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.....if he doesn't get a chance with us. I suspect he won't, so will go on loan and then get shipped out after not wanting to sign another u23 contract.
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Loan perhaps but I’ve got him down as Glenn Murray’s replacement. Glenn can not continue this form or fitness indefinitely at his age. By the time Connolly hits 20, I expect him to be our number 1 striker.
- Apr 13, 2015
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That's my hope too..... but he is likely to want more action before then, he will turn diwn a new contract and get picked up elsewhere, a club maybe who won't hold his progress back.
I believe he is ready for a few bench/squad appearances... if he doesn't do the job, we'll know won't we.
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Given his high opinion of himself I’m sure his agent won’t have any problems? Plenty of young lads doing well on loan in those divisions. Half of them at Derby !
How does being on the bench help his progress though? And presumably he replaces Andone right?
- Apr 13, 2015
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No... Locadia...... and he will experience a run of 1st team involvement.. and some minutes.
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