That maybe the case, although I watch Connolly and it screams “loan spell time” to me.
Not because he’s shit, but because it would give him the chance to broaden and improve his game. In a stronger team (in a lower league) he would get more of the ball for one thing. Hopefully it would get him...
It’s not like it was a massive boob on Potter’s part to put him in the first squad, and not send him on loan. There was positive noise about him at the time.
But it would be a mistake not to make changes now.
Connolly, for his own good, needs to drop down a level, score some goals and then come...
He spoke about it a few times after Connolly’s breakthrough in the first few months of the 2019/20 season.
This is one example, although it’s a diluted version of what he said in a TV interview which isn’t online it would seem.
Potter may have been better saying “sorry buddy, but you need to...
Connolly going on loan...,I remember that being suggested several times before. But several wise sages of NSC aggressively shouted the idea down.
The big mistake was made in Summer 2019.
Connolly talked himself up to Potter and said he was ready for the Prem, and shouldn’t go on loan. Potter...
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If you can get past his inability to score (yes, I know this sounds ridiculous for a forward) there is value. His constant harrying of defenders is effective.