Wilder has a blind spot with Connolly

boroPE said:
A week ago lots of posters on here said he was playing excellent. :rolleyes:
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And a lot weren't as well.

The bottom line is a striker is only as good as his goal scoring record, everything else is secondary. the more he plays the worse his stats look.
 
Thought today he did well outisde of the box. Hold up play was good and did some good work, however not decisive enough in the box and poor to run offside when looking along the line for the disallowed goal
 
Was totally the wrong sub today. Balogun was playing ok and had some dynamism to be taken off instead of AC was unfair.

Connolly is a proper boro striker in front of goal mind. Totally toothless.
 
Strange how we see things differently, I thought Connolly was bad but I thought Balogun was awful
 
They were both dreadful today.

But then Coburn and Watmore did very little when coming on either.

We created very few real chances, and seemed to actively avoid shooting at times, it was weird.
It was like we were trying to score the perfect team goal each time, and when we weren't, we were diving to try and get penalties.
 
I have it on good authority Brighton insisted on the following clauses

1. he starts every game

2. he must not score
 
Ripley11 said:
Sporar had a decent shot saved against Fulham, Watmore got into a good position and really should have scored at the end. Connolly never looked like scoring today - the offside was a mile off. I personally thought Sporar and Watmore did better on Wed than Connolly and Balogun today.
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Sporar had a great header go just wide of the post as well! Was unlucky. Poor guy gets played 1 game in every 5 or 6 and if he doesn't immediately score people on here slate him.
 
Adi_Dem said:
Wilder has been brilliant since he arrived. It’s undeniable. It’s also undeniable that today there were any number of players well below par and deserve criticism. Connolly though put in a carbon copy performance of all of the others he has put in. That’s as well as he can do, and he’s dreadful. Offers precisely nothing.
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he was very poor today, he's been alright in the 4 or 5 previous games.

But he was one of 5 or 6 that were dreadful today. Matt Crooks was worse and has been for his last 3 games.

I've got no issue with Connolly being dropped next match, or Lumley or Crooks
 
If Connolly starts next game safe to say it’s some sort of contractual obligation.

I’ve given him the benefit of the doubt as he tries hard but unfortunately isn’t at the level required.
 
Alzi said:
If Connolly starts next game safe to say it’s some sort of contractual obligation.

I’ve given him the benefit of the doubt as he tries hard but unfortunately isn’t at the level required.
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He's not started 3 matches already, there's not going to be an obligation for him to start, I think it's just Wilder hoping it finally clicks and not rating Sporar at all.
 
TeaCider said:
He's not started 3 matches already, there's not going to be an obligation for him to start, I think it's just Wilder hoping it finally clicks and not rating Sporar at all.
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Sporar is a bit of a nothing player too. Better finisher (marginally) but not sure what else he offers.

Balogun probably has the most potential out of the 3 but is far too inconsistent for a team at the business end of the season.

We must have the most powder puff strike force in the top half of the championship.
 
BoroMart said:
he was very poor today, he's been alright in the 4 or 5 previous games.

But he was one of 5 or 6 that were dreadful today. Matt Crooks was worse and has been for his last 3 games.

I've got no issue with Connolly being dropped next match, or Lumley or Crooks
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The difference is that the 5 or 6 that were dreadful are usually miles better. That performance from Connolly is a carbon copy of every other Boro performance he’s put in. That’s as good as he gets.
 
Adi_Dem said:
The difference is that the 5 or 6 that were dreadful are usually miles better. That performance from Connolly is a carbon copy of every other Boro performance he’s put in. That’s as good as he gets.
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that's an opinion, but no one I concur with, Connolly usually works really hard, and causes mistakes from panicked defenders. He usually does better than yesterday. But he does need to show a lot more goal threat, I think it's partly confidence, seem an emotional lad, lets his frustrations get to him, and the lack of goals is clearly playing on his mind. I still think he will make it at this level, but probably not with us and probably a couple of seasons from now

It's also fair to say Lumleys performances are not miles better than yesterday, or to say that Crooks has been very poor for about 6 weeks. all three should be benched to be honest
 
BoroMart said:
that's an opinion, but no one I concur with, Connolly usually works really hard, and causes mistakes from panicked defenders. He usually does better than yesterday. But he does need to show a lot more goal threat, I think it's partly confidence, seem an emotional lad, lets his frustrations get to him, and the lack of goals is clearly playing on his mind. I still think he will make it at this level, but probably not with us and probably a couple of seasons from now

It's also fair to say Lumleys performances are not miles better than yesterday, or to say that Crooks has been very poor for about 6 weeks. all three should be benched to be honest
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I can’t remember seeing him look like he cares. He knows he’s not here next season (well hopefully). He runs around a lot aye, but so did Akpom.
 
BoroMart said:
that's an opinion, but no one I concur with, Connolly usually works really hard, and causes mistakes from panicked defenders. He usually does better than yesterday. But he does need to show a lot more goal threat, I think it's partly confidence, seem an emotional lad, lets his frustrations get to him, and the lack of goals is clearly playing on his mind. I still think he will make it at this level, but probably not with us and probably a couple of seasons from now

It's also fair to say Lumleys performances are not miles better than yesterday, or to say that Crooks has been very poor for about 6 weeks. all three should be benched to be honest
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Of course it’s an opinion. My bet would be that my opinion is held by the huge majority.
 
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