Where will Connolly end up?
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Glover_elbow
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May be better for Connolly to drop down sooner rather than later, more likely to make an impact and improve his confidence.
I think Arsenal will persevere with Balogun for a bit longer. There are flashes of a good footballer in there but I certainly don’t see him being an Arsenal great.
LeeMiller
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Connolly has a lot of good points, but sadly I think his size holds him back. It’s unfair to play him through the middle. Back to goal hold up play is nearly impossible when a foot smaller than your opponent.
He should play wide in a three. Which is what we should have switched to when Fry went off with Coburn the focal point
He should play wide in a three. Which is what we should have switched to when Fry went off with Coburn the focal point
WoodallServices
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Yeah you look at his official Brighton press photo and he’s about half the size he is now.
alanmoodysdog
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back to Brighton, available for transfer or loaned out to lower champo, nothing I have seen and I have seen every Boro game this season he has featured suggests he has the skills to be a top champo forward.
indeedido
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He's comfortably taller than Kevin Phillips, Jermaine Defoe
He is 2cm taller than Sergio Aguero, Kevin Keegan, Jimmy Greaves, Pele
He is 1cm taller than Paolo Rossi
He is the same height as Ian Wright,
1cm shorter than Gerd Muller
2cm shorter than Henrick Larrson
He is only 3cm shorter than Hasselbaink, Yorke, Slaven or Clough.
I'd suggest there is more than height to worry about.
He is 2cm taller than Sergio Aguero, Kevin Keegan, Jimmy Greaves, Pele
He is 1cm taller than Paolo Rossi
He is the same height as Ian Wright,
1cm shorter than Gerd Muller
2cm shorter than Henrick Larrson
He is only 3cm shorter than Hasselbaink, Yorke, Slaven or Clough.
I'd suggest there is more than height to worry about.
Dynamo Kev
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i've stood next to bolo zenden and connolly. bolo according to wiki is 5ft 8ins. i'm 5ft 9ins and bolo seemed same height possibly taller than me. connolly was shorter than me but is apparently the same height and taller than zenden. yeah right. hes 5 ft 7 at the most.
18MFC76
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I would rather have kept things as they were in January in the top half of the pitch. Hernandez, Uche, Watmore, Sporar and Coburn. I would have used the wages/loan fee for Balogun and Connolly and focused on getting a proper goalkeeper.
If Wilder is honest I'm sure he would've expected a lot more from Connolly and Balogun (especially Balogun). Connolly's poor performances have nothing to do with height. You don't have to be 6ft plus to be a decent centre forward, as countless strikers have proved over the years. He's just an average player and I haven't seen anything to suggest that he will become anything more than that. I reckon he will fade away into the lower leagues over the next few years.
If Wilder is honest I'm sure he would've expected a lot more from Connolly and Balogun (especially Balogun). Connolly's poor performances have nothing to do with height. You don't have to be 6ft plus to be a decent centre forward, as countless strikers have proved over the years. He's just an average player and I haven't seen anything to suggest that he will become anything more than that. I reckon he will fade away into the lower leagues over the next few years.
5ft 4.
Wikipedia are saying 5ft 9 theres no chance.johnsmithsno2
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Great stats. Didn't know a few of those were so small, especially Pele.
Fattyfoggon
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I honestly think in 2 years time Coburn will be playing a higher standard of the football than both Connolly and Balogun
TheYorkshireTerrier
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Sunderland.