Conor Hourihane - thanks and farewell

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

He will be confirmed before the weekend.

Come on chelts, I bet he was confirmed bloody years ago!

[cheltenhamlion]

He will be confirmed before the weekend.

Come on chelts, I bet he was confirmed bloody years ago!

Well that is true enough. The deal has been done for ages now. They wouldn't let him leave before they played the derby with Leeds and then not until they had a replacement. All sorted now.

[LeeB]

I didn't want to start a new thread for this but, seeing how we're doing business with Barnsley there's bound to be a good few looking in here. I got to thinking how many players we've bought from Barnsley in the past.  I can only think of two: Frank Barson and Danny Blanchflower.

I've tried to find somewhere on the net but am drawing a blank.  Anyone know of any others?

Yup.  That's one I never thought of.  Came to us in 1987 and moved him on in 1991 to Southampton.  According to Wiki.

Didn't we sign Lee Butler from Barnsley?

Lincoln City.

Stuart Gray is the one that springs to my mind. He was their captain too.

[Ian.]

I loved Stuart Gray, I thought he was ace.

[Percy McCarthy]

He will be confirmed before the weekend.

Come on chelts, I bet he was confirmed bloody years ago!

Lol, very good.

[BOB MANSFIELD]

I loved Stuart Gray, I thought he was ace.

my goodness. you are young and were easily impressionable at that tender age, surely. imho opinion one of the most underwhelming midfielders we've had since alex cropley.

[London Villan]

Club captain and great a free kicks if I remember rightly.

[russon]

I loved Stuart Gray, I thought he was ace.

my goodness. you are young and were easily impressionable at that tender age, surely. imho opinion one of the most underwhelming midfielders we've had since alex cropley.

Paul Mortimer? His surname promised rather more than he delivered.

[Flamingo Lane]

I loved Stuart Gray, I thought he was ace.

my goodness. you are young and were easily impressionable at that tender age, surely. imho opinion one of the most underwhelming midfielders we've had since alex cropley.

eh?

[dave shelley]

I loved Stuart Gray, I thought he was ace.

my goodness. you are young and were easily impressionable at that tender age, surely. imho opinion one of the most underwhelming midfielders we've had since alex cropley.

I don't know if I'm reading your post incorrectly Bob so apologies if I am but, are you seriously suggesting Alex Cropley, one of the finest midfielders we've ever had was underwhelming?  Again, apologies if I'm reading you wrong.

[BOB MANSFIELD]

you mean you liked him too ?,,,,,,oh dear, outvoted by the cognoscenti.

[West Derby Villan]

you mean you liked him too ?,,,,,,oh dear, outvoted by the cognoscenti.

Of course he liked him, Cropley was on of our finest midfielders in recent history

[CAitken]

I loved Stuart Gray, I thought he was ace.

my goodness. you are young and were easily impressionable at that tender age, surely. imho opinion one of the most underwhelming midfielders we've had since alex cropley.

What??? Alex Cropley is the finest Midfielder I have seen play for the Villa in 50 years. A wand of a left foot, a great dribbler and a hell of a shot.

[john e]

you mean you liked him too ?,,,,,,oh dear, outvoted by the cognoscenti.

a minority of one,  is where your gona be with this

[oldham_villa]

Stuart Gray signed at the same time as Andy Gray, I think in November 87. We beat Bradford 4-2 away (I thin Stan Staunton played for them). Always liked him and he was a massive improvement over Mark Lillis