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IF true I truly hope Hull and Liam are good for him. The Championship table is RIDICULOUS - Hull are down in 16th, but only 6 points off the playoffs and had (another) stonking away win today at Wigan. They've been terrific on the road and with 20 games left have it all to play for. Rosenior...

Spain won a World Cup without a recognised striker. I guess we took that to heart.

Attitude.

Weird isn't it. All BHA have ever produced is a succession of barn-door Billys. Centrebacks though...

I still find it baffling how BHA have NEVER produced / developed a striker of any note from its own youth ranks. At best, all our dross sink into the noddy leagues without a trace.

Totally agree with this, and I'm aware I do have my Captain Hindsight hat on with all this. I was excited by what I saw when he broke into the team as was the club, and we all waited for him to go some way to reproducing the prolific numbers he'd been posting in PL2, but it just didn't happen...

There are all kinds of different career paths with the players you've listed, and most of them weren't pitched into the first team in the way Connolly was. These days in particular the club gets a hell of a lot more right than it does wrong, even looking back 3 years ago. What I would say is...

I'm not entirely disagreeing with you. I just feel that in that season when he first broke into the team, the club ended up leaning far too heavily on him. He played nearly 30 games in 2019-20. Then was starting games in 2020-21, but only ended up making 17 appearances, so he was already on the...

We've all seen the benefit of young players initially going out on loan, and being introduced gradually into the first team. Thats not what happened with Connolly though. He was pitched in at a young age, started with a blast, and from then on he was playing pretty much week in, week out. As I...

Agreed, a classic case of too much, too young. In hindsight that 2 goal salvo against Spurs turned out to be something of a curse. Caps for Ireland soon followed, it all went to his head, he probably felt he'd "made it", and took his eye off the ball, so to speak. You're right, there's no doubt...

Same age as Mac, and all washed up. What a contrast. Pity.

There was the added factor that at the time, the only other striking options that season was a 53 year old Murray, and the DJ. Connolly was nowhere near ready to lead the line as a PL striker, his stats made that abundantly clear, but our lack of options must have been a factor in him staying...

True. But then Glenn Murray had the opportunity of honing his skills and boosting his confidence in front of goal precisely because the early part of his career was spent in the noddy leagues. He was on a learning curve that was far more condusive to bringing out his talents. Sadly Connolly has...

He's in Serie B. If he can't knock some in there, then I dunno where he goes next. Sligo Rovers ?

Moving on is easier said than done when you are an immature young man with money, an ego the size of Cornwall, and an invincibility complex. Sounds like Potter gave up on him, which probably tells you all you need to know. He needed this totally fresh start away from BHA. A clean slate, its...

A very honest interview, that. Unusual to see that level of honesty and self-analysis from a current professional footballer. Hopefully its a sign he's woken up and grown up a bit. It sure backs up what some people (with one notable exception) have been saying about him on this thread for a...

Apols, I didn't get the memo.

Sorry to break the news, but as long as I have a hole in my arse, he will never be a Premier League striker.

I agree, he's not done himself any favours in how he has generally conducted himself as a professional. There's some fault on both sides in how his career has panned out.

Mmm...can I say both ? I wouldn't say we've never recruited a striker. Just that we haven't really managed to recently.