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Offline Ad@m

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #750 on: March 01, 2017, 06:05:15 AM »
He came across really well in his interview on Talksport.

I've got high hopes for him and last night was the first time I saw glimpses he's heading in the right direction.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #751 on: March 01, 2017, 07:09:21 AM »
He played a lot closer to Kodjia second half and it gave us the dynamism we needed.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #752 on: March 01, 2017, 10:26:42 AM »
It was refreshing to see a midfielder running at goal from a through pass last night.  Can't remember seeing that too many times this or last season so hopefully there is more to come in the coming games.  I like the look of this lad.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #753 on: March 01, 2017, 12:15:12 PM »
It was refreshing to see a midfielder running at goal from a through pass last night. 

Even more incredible, it was Nathan Baker who slotted the ball through!

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #754 on: March 01, 2017, 02:51:59 PM »
The best recent spell I can recall was when Sherwood had our then midfielders like Cleverley or Delph really attacking the box. Not only was Benteke already lethal, but we also could add support from midfield players coming through. Throw in a growing Jack Grealish and things look rosy for 5 minutes culminating in that great SF vs Liverpool. For whatever reason he never persisted with it. We now need to get back to that and it was good to see Hourihane in an advanced position, but Lansbury is very capable too. He needs to start contributing like he was at Forest.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #755 on: March 01, 2017, 04:02:41 PM »
Conor Hourihane‏Verified account
@ConorHourihane

Back to back wins just what we needed!! Special feeling getting my first goal in front of the Holte end!! UTV

Good lad.

He looked at home in a Villa shirt today, delighted he has a goal to show for his troubles.

What troubles?

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #756 on: April 02, 2017, 12:13:09 AM »
So far disappointed with him and he had another bad game today. Not sure if we have him in the right position but a bit underwhelming at the moment.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #757 on: April 02, 2017, 12:23:42 AM »
A bloke (who by the way keeps saying the annoying phrase 'Nigel you'll know this as well as me/better than me') rang WM tonight to say we miss Westwood and that Hourihane is no better than us and by the way we aren't good enough.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #758 on: April 02, 2017, 12:36:50 AM »
A bloke (who by the way keeps saying the annoying phrase 'Nigel you'll know this as well as me/better than me') rang WM tonight to say we miss Westwood and that Hourihane is no better than us and by the way we aren't good enough.


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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #759 on: April 02, 2017, 02:13:30 AM »
So far disappointed with him and he had another bad game today. Not sure if we have him in the right position but a bit underwhelming at the moment.

He started out on the left today and looked uncomfortable in that position.  I thought he looked a bit jaded and sluggish, and just wonder if he was suffering a bit from his exertions in midweek.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #760 on: April 02, 2017, 08:04:34 AM »
It's a villa curse, we sign players because they're doing well at smaller clubs, but then try and play them in different positions or ask them to adapt their game, consequently we end up with square pegs in round holes. 

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #761 on: April 02, 2017, 08:25:04 AM »
He wasn't great today but his work rate was fine. Probably a big emotional week for him, first cap, first time doing that international to club game 3 days later thing, despite us thinking it's a piece of piss, it probably isn't.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #762 on: April 02, 2017, 12:57:54 PM »
I see it differently. Lansbury, Hourihane and the others have come in, none have looked spectacular, none have really stood out, everyone will question the money spent, again, but at the end of it all we are on a run of 6 wins from 7, 1 goal conceded 6 clean sheets and making no bloopers, fighting hard and not really giving the opposition much of a sniff at goal. However they appear individually, as a team they are better than what has come before them and this is what we need to get out of this shit hole. Some of it is Bruce, some of it is them gelling but a good part of it too will be that they are better than the players they've replaced.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #763 on: April 02, 2017, 04:23:43 PM »
Indeed. For 5 or so months we seemingly had no central midfield. Now we do. With Elphick out and Kodjia back (and johnstone looking better) we have a strong spine.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #764 on: April 02, 2017, 04:45:00 PM »
Players need time to adjust to a new club. These international breaks don't help.

 


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