David Connolly signs

[saint_stevo]

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1820509,00.html Edited 8 October, 2009 by saint_stevo

[saint_stevo]

Good signing IMO

[InvictaSaint]

Page error on the link

[suspect everyone]

As long as he can put his past injury problems behind him we could be a looking at a formidable strike pairing.

 

COYR

[Pancake]

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1820509,00.html

[pele]

Fantastic signing! AP is doing a great job!

[S-Clarke]

What a shrewd little signing IMO.

 

goodbye saga?

[Atticus Finch of Maycomb]

quality signing, IMO

[Sport_Monkey]

Sounds like a very good signing!

 

Lets hope it clicks quickly with Rickie?

[Tractor_Saint]

Reckon we'll see him in action tomorrow night? Looks like a good signing and if he's been training for the last 3 weeks with the team as well then could feature tomorrow?

[Greenridge]

Similar type of player to Saga and the same age bracket....

[saints_is_the_south]

If he can remain fit then could be a very good signing. Also will this mean a end to the 4-5-1 formation deployed by Pardew so far?

[Crab Lungs]

Great signing, better than Saganowski IMO... and more importantly, a better attitude. Perfect foil for Lambo.

 

Just Moritz Volz to go and my Saints 11 will be complete

[Alanh]

Will be a good signing if, as Pardew say, he can get fit and back to his best form. Will give us the option to play a regular 4-4-2 with more confidence and capability, compared to pairing Saga or Patterson with Lambert.

[Hatch]

'training undercover'

 

I like that expression.

[S-Clarke]

If he can remain fit then could be a very good signing. Also will this mean a end to the 4-5-1 formation deployed by Pardew so far?

 

I don't think he'll be starting games for a little while, so that formation will probably stick for the time being - but what a top class option to be able to bring off the bench.

[saint_stevo]

'training undercover'

 

I like that expression.

 

Doesn't like the rain

[saints-cris]

Very useful signing i reckon. Hopefully will complement Lambert like I think he could..!

 

Doubt he'll play for a few weeks though?

[saint_neilo]

Could be the signing of the season fingers crossed he can get a few.

[NickG]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Connolly

[Nadia Sllim]

Hopefully could be a great signing our very own "Warboys and Bannister" combo!

[The9]

Bloody hell, I'm impressed.

 

More impressed than with Murty, Lambert, Harding, Jaidi, Mellis, Trotman or Waigo actually.

 

Season long contract with possible extension if he plays a lot by the looks of it - just the motivation someone would need.

 

Having had a quick squizz at Wiki, he hasn't played for his team in the better part of 2 years (since they made the Prem), but as long as he's kept in shape and hasn't been out with injury he should be a good addition.

[RonManager]

'training undercover'

 

I like that expression.

 

That was the bloke in the background wearing the camouflage strip and a bush on his head then?

[stevegrant]

Well that was unexpected... a very pleasant surprise though

[saintjay77]

I want to know where all the ITK's have been for the last 3 weeks?

 

On paper we must have the strongest team in this leage and one that would also compete pretty well in the CCC I think.

 

Given a bit of time to gel and settle in we must surly expect to see a challenge for promotion. At least we can see what the intention is nice and clearly now. Teams of the past few years have looked like the intention has been to improve but played like the intention is to bail out. Its nice to see the whole club turning the screw to actually achieve something.

[Hatch]

Doesn't like the rain

 

or he was disguised as a bush/hat stand/book shelf etc etc

[Dibden Purlieu Saint]

Brilliant signing, like a rich mans Cureton or Forster (but with more pace). Better than David Healy for me too.

 

****ing impressed to be fair.

[saint_stevo]

Hopefully offering him a short term deal will mean he is playing for his future, and thus he will be keen to impress.

 

Hope Lallana can still be accomodated, and not on the left

[saint_stevo]

5ft 9?

 

Always thought of him as a threat aerially for some reason, am i going mental

[KK the 2nd]

Hasn't really played for 2 years though. Let's hope he's still got it ..

[saint_stevo]

Once the highest paid player in Dutch football

[Matthew Le God]

Anyone seen anywhere what squad number he has been given?

[Fan The Flames]

Let's hope he rebuilds his career and our fortunes.

[Mark``]

Good signing. But i hope lallana still plays

[S-Clarke]

Good signing. But i hope lallana still plays

 

I don't think he'll be replacing Lallana somehow...

[disconnect]

Great signing, hopefully has still got it.

 

p.s. mods - why has my other account 'Spank_182' been blocked?! No reason has been given!!

[latter day saint]

this is a blinding signing if he has got over his injurys ok. as stated, hopefuly the option of a second year in the contract will mean he will bust a gut to earn it.

[RedAndWhite91]

Didn't see this one coming! Think he was mentioned on the HCDAJFU thread ages ago, and I believe he can do a job for us. A very shrewd and a very good signing, keep it up Pards.

[SW11_Saint]

Hopefully could be a great signing our very own "Warboys and Bannister" combo!

Would have been better (for the tabloids) if his surname, was Butler, but there you go...

 

Good signing hopefully - great experience and an out and out goal scorer. More goal scoring/creating options for AP.

[RedAndWhite91]

Is he fit/available for Southend?

[SW11_Saint]

Brilliant signing, like a rich mans Cureton or Forster (but with more pace). Better than David Healy for me too.

 

****ing impressed to be fair.

One of those names (like Healy, Cureton et al) that you remember coming off the bench against us and the ground giving a collective "oh here we go...". About time we signed a player like this, I think he'll do well.

[waggy]

This from AP talks about Southend and signing of DC

[Clifford Nelson]

I want to know where all the ITK's have been for the last 3 weeks?

 

On paper we must have the strongest team in this leage and one that would also compete pretty well in the CCC I think.

 

Given a bit of time to gel and settle in we must surly expect to see a challenge for promotion. At least we can see what the intention is nice and clearly now. Teams of the past few years have looked like the intention has been to improve but played like the intention is to bail out. Its nice to see the whole club turning the screw to actually achieve something.

 

The ITKs have been around. It's been right here on the Forum that he was training with us.

[waggy]

I want to know where all the ITK's have been for the last 3 weeks?

 

On paper we must have the strongest team in this leage and one that would also compete pretty well in the CCC I think.

 

Given a bit of time to gel and settle in we must surly expect to see a challenge for promotion. At least we can see what the intention is nice and clearly now. Teams of the past few years have looked like the intention has been to improve but played like the intention is to bail out. Its nice to see the whole club turning the screw to actually achieve something.

 

You've obviously been looking under the wrong covers;)

totally agree with you on the strength of the squad AP is building, possibly a bit to big, but starting to get strength in depth at long last.

[NickG]

interview to listen to on echo site about it

 

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/4672646.Saints_sign_Connolly/?ref=rss

[Clifford Nelson]

He could be a very good signing for us with a record of 1:3 more or less wherever he has been.

 

It means playing two up front again, which will change the formation. I don't thing it will affect Lallana or Papa, but with one more striker there will be one less in CM. Hammond is a certainty and AP likes Schneiderlin, Wotton was expected to go back to the bench, so where does that leave Mellis?

[TijuanaTim]

Fantastic FFS

 

Now that is a quality signing I believe, this dude just knows where the net is....whereas most strikers deteriorate in the 30s, he may have improved in a strange way as he always seemed to struggle with 'attitude' problems when younger.

 

Really wanted him at the club in his 'Don' days as he was wicked in front of goal...a little and large combo with Lambo could scare this div (maybe even the CCC) schitless FFS

 

Oh, and it's David Connolly with an 'o'...he can just finish

[Wildgoose]

I don't think he'll be starting games for a little while, so that formation will probably stick for the time being - but what a top class option to be able to bring off the bench.

 

I think you are spot on with that. The challenge if he was to start would be what to do with Adam Lallana. If Connolly is ready to come off the bench, then problem solved.

[S-Clarke]

He could be a very good signing for us with a record of 1:3 more or less wherever he has been.

 

It means playing two up front again, which will change the formation. I don't thing it will affect Lallana or Papa, but with one more striker there will be one less in CM. Hammond is a certainty and AP likes Schneiderlin, Wotton was expected to go back to the bench, so where does that leave Mellis?

 

In the short term i don't think too much will change. We can't expect him to start matches for a while yet (IMO).

 

But with Mellis out for the next game, who knows...?

[Dibden Purlieu Saint]

One of those names (like Healy, Cureton et al) that you remember coming off the bench against us and the ground giving a collective "oh here we go...". About time we signed a player like this, I think he'll do well.

 

Exactly...