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[Albion] Aaron Connolly - joining Hull permanently
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GT49er
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I don't know about you, but if I was 22/23 again that deal would make me feel all my Christmases had come at once!
- Apr 19, 2018
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That'd make me feel like that now, let alone at 22/23!
GT49er
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Me too, but I'd have awful difficuty doing the footballing bit!
Another loan to Hull, could be done today, all over Twatter.
www.hulldailymail.co.uk
But why just a loan? Why not a perm?
Hull City closing in on deal for Brighton striker Aaron Connolly
Hull City are on the cusp of bringing back the Irishman
www.hulldailymail.co.uk
But why just a loan? Why not a perm?
- Oct 17, 2008
- 10,732
Wages. We’ll be paying a hefty contribution towards his wage.Another loan to Hull, could be done today, all over Twatter.
Hull City closing in on deal for Brighton striker Aaron Connolly
Hull City are on the cusp of bringing back the Irishman
But why just a loan? Why not a perm?
Mustafa II
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Thankfully he's out of contact at the end of this season.
Giving him a lucrative long contact too soon is probably the biggest mistake we've made in this new era. But it is one that it does seem the club has learnt from.
Giving him a lucrative long contact too soon is probably the biggest mistake we've made in this new era. But it is one that it does seem the club has learnt from.
Justice
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Would you give up another year of PL wages to sign for Hull would be a huge minimum 50% wage cut. Makes no sense until he is a free agent.Another loan to Hull, could be done today, all over Twatter.
Hull City closing in on deal for Brighton striker Aaron Connolly
Hull City are on the cusp of bringing back the Irishman
But why just a loan? Why not a perm?
On another thread you are going mad about how disloyal Caicedo is for wanting to move clubs to double his wages, yet here you are saying Connolly is mad to try and further his career on less money.
Which makes me think that you would be doing exactly as Caicedo is in his position.
Just being 22 again would be nice. Lovely in fact.
Justice
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Funnily enough I’ve been in that position I started a project and another client offered me more money to ditch it and do theirs. I declined and completed the first project.
Money really doesn’t make my world go round although I wouldn’t throw money away like AC would be doing if he signed on a permanent for Hull this summer.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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But you never know do you. And ask yourself what's worse.
You give an up and coming youngster a long contract and he doesn't develop as you hoped and you end up having to subsidise loans for a couple of years then lose him on a nominal fee
Or
You don't give him a contract, he turns out to be a world beater (as we're seeing with several of our youngsters) and you lose a player worth 10's of millons for nothing?
The obvious answer is you'll lose lots more money on the lost fee than you will on the contract.
Aaron's performances in the PL2 and his early transition to top level football suggested a good probability of success. But we're only ever talking degrees of probability. Young players development is never linear and there are many pitfalls for a rich young footballer.
GT49er
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Sobvious, innit! Why pay out good money to buy him when he'll be available for nothing in 12 months time? - if you want to sign him then. Brighton will still proobably be paying part of his wages too - what's not to like for Hull?Another loan to Hull, could be done today, all over Twatter.
Hull City closing in on deal for Brighton striker Aaron Connolly
Hull City are on the cusp of bringing back the Irishman
But why just a loan? Why not a perm?
That will be why it is a loan. . As soon as he scored the 2 goals against spurs in case was going to be a future star club gave him a silly contract Am sure it happens a lot to many young strikers unlike other positions.
A loan to Hull just about draws a curtain on his albion career. I hope he leaves a wiser player, and reflects on what might have been. 
This is now a monster year for Connolly and will determine whether next summer he gets offers from Championship, League 1 or League 2 clubs.
This is now a monster year for Connolly and will determine whether next summer he gets offers from Championship, League 1 or League 2 clubs.
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Tyrone Biggums
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Doing LR a solid probably.
We do like him afterall.
We do like him afterall.
Yeah. Like you (and I guess a lot of people) I've turned down more money to stay in my current position, or to take a job that simply looked better. But then my working career is a lot longer than a professional footballer's.
So I'll never criticise professional sportspeople for maximising their earnings. We all know it's a short career and you're a long time retired. Also you're only ever one bad accident/injury away from, if not a premature end, then having your career so degraded that you are literally regarded as 'damaged goods'. Some recover, but we've all seen players who weren't as good as they used to be after a bad injury - poor Tariq Lamptey being the latest one. And of course Mwepu having to retire.
So yeah. If I was in Connolly's position I wouldn't be giving up my PL wages until I absolutely had to.
Uncle C
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So does he
