Under 23's at Lancing tomorrow

[AZ Gull]

3-0
That was Connolly's second, good finish, and good bit of tenacity and skill down the left by whoever set that up ... awaits @AZGull

I wasn't watching at that second (meant to be working!) but the club's tweet suggests it may have been new boy Jordan Davies.

 

[Postman Pat]

Am I missing something?

Some random created an account, said he knew someone at West Ham and that we were getting Fletcher on loan. That's all.

 

[bhanutz]

Some random created an account, said he knew someone at West Ham and that we were getting Fletcher on loan. That's all.

I get that...but he is a West Ham player...So why would he be playing for us tonight?

 

[Bakero]

I get that...but he is a West Ham player...So why would he be playing for us tonight?

Wasn't the question a joke?

 

[saafend_seagull]

Reece Oxford, what a collapse of a career. People were prepared to pay £20m for him last year.

 

[bhanutz]

Wasn't the question a joke?

Was it?

 

[Postman Pat]

Wasn't the question a joke?

It was supposed to be.....

 

[perseus]

Both Teams in their proper colours and the ref in black SHOCK!

 

[seagulls4ever]

Reece Oxford, what a collapse of a career. People were prepared to pay £20m for him last year.

Um what? He's only just turned 18 and recently signed a lengthy new contract. He's still a fantastic prospect, I don't see what's changed in that respect. He only played a few first team games for West Ham last year so I'm unsure exactly where the collapse is.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

[MENTION=1276]AZ Gull[/MENTION] do you have any detail on Aaron Connolly?

 

[AZ Gull]

[MENTION=1276]AZ Gull[/MENTION] do you have any detail on Aaron Connolly?

How much do you want?

He developed at Mervue United in Galway. In December 2014 he won the club's A Player of the Year award at their Juvenile Awards night. In 2015 he helped the club's U-15s complete the league and cup double. Later that year, in August, he helped the Mervue U-16 side win their competition at the International Youth Games in Denmark, scoring a hat-trick in a 3-0 win in the final.

In the second half of 2015 he made 7 starts for the Mervue United U-17 side, scoring 15 goals. In 2016 he continued to score freely for the Mervue U-16 and U-17 sides. In May 2016 he won the Airtricity League U-17 Player of the Year award at Mervue's Awards Night.


At international level, in August 2014 he was named in a Republic of Ireland U-15 squad to compete in the Hibernia Umbro Trophy. Three months later he made a couple of appearances for the U-15s against Poland, earned more caps in January 2015 and scored his first international goal to give Ireland a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in April 2015.

He was named Player of the Tournament when a Republic of Ireland U-16 Development Squad won all 4 matches in the Mayo International Cup in August 2015; Connolly scored six of the Republic's 15 goals. He made his U-17 debut in September 2015 when he started against Hungary. He was a part of Ireland's U-16 Victory Shield squad in 2015-16, scoring in the 2-1 loss to Wales. He was a member of the U-16 squad for the UEFA Development Tournament that took place in Hungary in early May 2016 but he wasn't involved in the three matches.


Connolly joined the Albion in the summer to start his scholarship. He has been eased into the U-18 side; of his 14 appearances at that level so far, 8 have been starts and the other 6 have been from the bench. His goal in the FA Youth Cup against Cambridge United on Friday was his 4th for the U-18s. He was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that played three matches in Andorra in October in the first qualification phase of the 2017 UEFA U-17 European Championship. He scored a goal in each of the three matches as Ireland topped the group and now go on to face hosts Cyprus, Slovakia and the Faroe Islands in the Elite Qualifying phase in March.

His start for the U-23s last night was his debut at that level; it took him 7 minutes to find the net, adding a second for good measure in the second half.


That's all I got.

 

[OzMike]

Kerching !

 

[albionfan37]

How much do you want?

He developed at Mervue United in Galway. In December 2014 he won the club's A Player of the Year award at their Juvenile Awards night. In 2015 he helped the club's U-15s complete the league and cup double. Later that year, in August, he helped the Mervue U-16 side win their competition at the International Youth Games in Denmark, scoring a hat-trick in a 3-0 win in the final.

In the second half of 2015 he made 7 starts for the Mervue United U-17 side, scoring 15 goals. In 2016 he continued to score freely for the Mervue U-16 and U-17 sides. In May 2016 he won the Airtricity League U-17 Player of the Year award at Mervue's Awards Night.


At international level, in August 2014 he was named in a Republic of Ireland U-15 squad to compete in the Hibernia Umbro Trophy. Three months later he made a couple of appearances for the U-15s against Poland, earned more caps in January 2015 and scored his first international goal to give Ireland a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in April 2015.

He was named Player of the Tournament when a Republic of Ireland U-16 Development Squad won all 4 matches in the Mayo International Cup in August 2015; Connolly scored six of the Republic's 15 goals. He made his U-17 debut in September 2015 when he started against Hungary. He was a part of Ireland's U-16 Victory Shield squad in 2015-16, scoring in the 2-1 loss to Wales. He was a member of the U-16 squad for the UEFA Development Tournament that took place in Hungary in early May 2016 but he wasn't involved in the three matches.


Connolly joined the Albion in the summer to start his scholarship. He has been eased into the U-18 side; of his 14 appearances at that level so far, 8 have been starts and the other 6 have been from the bench. His goal in the FA Youth Cup against Cambridge United on Friday was his 4th for the U-18s. He was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that played three matches in Andorra in October in the first qualification phase of the 2017 UEFA U-17 European Championship. He scored a goal in each of the three matches as Ireland topped the group and now go on to face hosts Cyprus, Slovakia and the Faroe Islands in the Elite Qualifying phase in March.

His start for the U-23s last night was his debut at that level; it took him 7 minutes to find the net, adding a second for good measure in the second half
That's all I got.

I was hoping for a bit of depth and back story mate

 

[portslade seagull]

How much do you want?

He developed at Mervue United in Galway. In December 2014 he won the club's A Player of the Year award at their Juvenile Awards night. In 2015 he helped the club's U-15s complete the league and cup double. Later that year, in August, he helped the Mervue U-16 side win their competition at the International Youth Games in Denmark, scoring a hat-trick in a 3-0 win in the final.

In the second half of 2015 he made 7 starts for the Mervue United U-17 side, scoring 15 goals. In 2016 he continued to score freely for the Mervue U-16 and U-17 sides. In May 2016 he won the Airtricity League U-17 Player of the Year award at Mervue's Awards Night.


At international level, in August 2014 he was named in a Republic of Ireland U-15 squad to compete in the Hibernia Umbro Trophy. Three months later he made a couple of appearances for the U-15s against Poland, earned more caps in January 2015 and scored his first international goal to give Ireland a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in April 2015.

He was named Player of the Tournament when a Republic of Ireland U-16 Development Squad won all 4 matches in the Mayo International Cup in August 2015; Connolly scored six of the Republic's 15 goals. He made his U-17 debut in September 2015 when he started against Hungary. He was a part of Ireland's U-16 Victory Shield squad in 2015-16, scoring in the 2-1 loss to Wales. He was a member of the U-16 squad for the UEFA Development Tournament that took place in Hungary in early May 2016 but he wasn't involved in the three matches.


Connolly joined the Albion in the summer to start his scholarship. He has been eased into the U-18 side; of his 14 appearances at that level so far, 8 have been starts and the other 6 have been from the bench. His goal in the FA Youth Cup against Cambridge United on Friday was his 4th for the U-18s. He was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that played three matches in Andorra in October in the first qualification phase of the 2017 UEFA U-17 European Championship. He scored a goal in each of the three matches as Ireland topped the group and now go on to face hosts Cyprus, Slovakia and the Faroe Islands in the Elite Qualifying phase in March.

His start for the U-23s last night was his debut at that level; it took him 7 minutes to find the net, adding a second for good measure in the second half.


That's all I got.

Sounds very promising.

 

[Dirty Dave]

He did look good. I also thought George Cox and Henrik Bjordal played well

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[hans kraay fan club]

How much do you want?

He developed at Mervue United in Galway. In December 2014 he won the club's A Player of the Year award at their Juvenile Awards night. In 2015 he helped the club's U-15s complete the league and cup double. Later that year, in August, he helped the Mervue U-16 side win their competition at the International Youth Games in Denmark, scoring a hat-trick in a 3-0 win in the final.

In the second half of 2015 he made 7 starts for the Mervue United U-17 side, scoring 15 goals. In 2016 he continued to score freely for the Mervue U-16 and U-17 sides. In May 2016 he won the Airtricity League U-17 Player of the Year award at Mervue's Awards Night.


At international level, in August 2014 he was named in a Republic of Ireland U-15 squad to compete in the Hibernia Umbro Trophy. Three months later he made a couple of appearances for the U-15s against Poland, earned more caps in January 2015 and scored his first international goal to give Ireland a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in April 2015.

He was named Player of the Tournament when a Republic of Ireland U-16 Development Squad won all 4 matches in the Mayo International Cup in August 2015; Connolly scored six of the Republic's 15 goals. He made his U-17 debut in September 2015 when he started against Hungary. He was a part of Ireland's U-16 Victory Shield squad in 2015-16, scoring in the 2-1 loss to Wales. He was a member of the U-16 squad for the UEFA Development Tournament that took place in Hungary in early May 2016 but he wasn't involved in the three matches.


Connolly joined the Albion in the summer to start his scholarship. He has been eased into the U-18 side; of his 14 appearances at that level so far, 8 have been starts and the other 6 have been from the bench. His goal in the FA Youth Cup against Cambridge United on Friday was his 4th for the U-18s. He was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that played three matches in Andorra in October in the first qualification phase of the 2017 UEFA U-17 European Championship. He scored a goal in each of the three matches as Ireland topped the group and now go on to face hosts Cyprus, Slovakia and the Faroe Islands in the Elite Qualifying phase in March.

His start for the U-23s last night was his debut at that level; it took him 7 minutes to find the net, adding a second for good measure in the second half.


That's all I got.

You the man.

Cheers

 

[Marshy]

Would imagine he won't be back in the first team fold for another week or two.

Clearly no rush if Bong and Poc are fit again is the good news

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

A great performance last night from a host of players and Liam looked very sharp. Great to see Connolly score at the Amex on Friday and what looked like a hatrick last night, need to to see the replay.

We have come such a long way in such a short time, we were really struggling in this league and now it feels we can start to look up at that 5th place (last playoff place) big game against Blackburn next.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

For those watching on Seagulls Player, here are the shirt numbers:-

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I got told twice last night not to take a photo of the team sheet or any photos by a steward. Seemed strange as it was broadcast on Seagulls Player and I have never been told to not take photos at any other level of football game I have watched.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

I thought Sanchez played really well last night, but we have just signed another keeper from Reading

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/brighton-hove-albion-billy-collings-3523948.aspx


Brighton & Hove Albion have completed the signing of goalkeeper Billy Collings from Reading until the end of the season on undisclosed terms.

The 19-year-old will join up with Simon Rusk’s under-23 squad, as he moves south after spending time with the Royals.

Rusk said, “Billy joins the squad, and he adds quality and competition to the group. He’s one that we’re delighted to have at the club and we wish him well on the start of his career with Brighton.

“With the goalkeepers we have here, it’s about finding the right balance, so they’re all getting enough game time to develop, and that comes from having loan moves as well.

Read more at http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/arti...lly-collings-3523948.aspx#2WMuhtm7PB3wxEHZ.99