Aaron Connolly

The Albion striker is in pre-season with Serie B outfit Venezia after joining on loan. It is almost three years now since his startling two-goal Premier League ...

“I got a lot of things wrong. “I started off well. He added: “A lot of people know why I haven’t kicked on and I know myself.

The Galway native has become surplus to requirements at his parent club Brighton & Hove Albion and has since gone on loan to Championship side Middlesbrough.

"It’s either keep going in the phase I was going in and eventually I’ll just be completely forgotten. "My confidence was on the deck, when I missed chances and hadn’t been playing. "A lot of people know why I haven't kicked on and I know myself.

Venezia loan signing Aaron Connolly has cast doubt on his future with Brighton.Connolly is adjusting to a new environment after agreeing a loan move from ...

“Now I think I've turned that around and hopefully people will be able to see that with performances. At the minute I'm probably the forgotten man in Irish football and if I kept associating with people I'd been associating with before, I would have completely gone off the scale. That's why this move to Italy was vital, just to get away from the circle I was in back in England," says Connolly.

Brighton striker Aaron Connolly will be looking to fire up his career in Italy's Serie B next season with the Republic of Ireland international on loan with ...

Brighton striker Aaron Connolly will be looking to fire up his career in Italy's Serie B next season with the Republic of Ireland international on loan with ...

Mentally, I wouldn’t have been able to move abroad last season. Connolly admits that he had to get away from England, telling RTE: “Physically and mentally, I haven’t felt this strong in a long time. In a recent fan Q&A, Boro manager Chris Wilder admitted he would not be looking to re-sign any of last season’s loanees.

Two of Ireland's brightest attacking talents have been candid about the the different struggles they have faced in their young careers.

“It’s either I keep going in the phase I was going in and eventually I’ll just be completely forgotten. And maybe the way I carried myself on the pitch and sometimes off it,” Connolly continued. “My confidence was on the deck when I missed chances and hadn’t been playing. “A lot of people know why I haven’t kicked on and I know myself. “I think it was more just something in myself. I realised I just needed to do more.

Parrott got his head down, got himself into Stephen Kenny's Ireland team, and now a nice loan move to the Championship after a really impressive 2022. Connolly ...

“I’ve come across loads of them in my time as a coach, fellas with loads of ability, but if you haven’t the right attitude, that’s part of being a great player. The cookie limits the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement. Each purpose has a description so that you know how we and our partners use your data. You have a choice in who uses your data and for what purposes. Some partners do not ask for your consent to process your data, instead, they rely on their legitimate business interest. The cookie limits the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times. This cookie is used to collect information on the visitor. The cookie is also used to ensure relevance of the video-advertisement to the specific user. Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. You have a choice in who uses your data and for what purposes. This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing.