“A lot of people know why I haven’t kicked on and I know myself. That’s why this move to Italy was vital, just to get away from the circle I was in back in England, I needed a fresh start."
“My confidence was on the deck, when I missed chances and hadn’t been playing. I wasn’t in the right...
The Venezia manager's pre-match words to Aaron clearly had a positive effect.
"Young man, there's no need to feel down
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy..."
Came on as sub after 65 minutes, then this on the BBC text...
HITS THE WOODWORK
Swansea 1-1 Middlesbrough
Aaron Connolly so nearly snatches a winner for Middlesbrough, he steers a shot onto the post in the final minute.
1 shot from outside the box on 90+2 minutes that was blocked, but the game was long gone by then.
Impossible to glean anything either positive or negative from that.
Let's hope Aaron gets some more minutes away to Swansea on Saturday.
With Boro looking like they'll miss out on the top 6...
The 2nd goal (0.46) sees Aaron making the run and drawing the defender away which allowed Balogun to slot home.
Admittedly the ball in from the right was a little heavy, but he made the effort to try and chase it down.
So whilst he himself didn't score, he was certainly involved in the goal...
I don't think that's really true. It's not about us here. It's not personal.
The overwhelming majority of NSC would like the loan to be successful for all concerned.
As Bry says, more time's needed to judge the loan spell. He may yet come good.
A decent shot deflected behind for a corner, then blazed over the bar from well inside the box.
Was kept quiet for most of the game, but flunked his lines when the moment came.
Other than his yellow from a card-happy ref, there wasn't much else.
A goal to celebrate his 22nd birthday on Friday...