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Author Topic: Conor Hourihane - thanks and farewell  (Read 299823 times)

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #945 on: February 24, 2018, 08:31:43 PM »
HE reminds me of Hitz more than anyone else

Great left peg. Not really good enough at the most competitive levels.  But could be vital this season

A kind of cross between Hitz and Sidwell for me. Hitz was a bit classier, but not as mobile or dangerous inside the box.

Hitz couldn’t tackle to save his life either. Hourihane can at least get stuck in occasionally.

Westwood was like a 'Shittest Hits' of all of them, Hitz's tackling, Hourihane's touch and Sidwell's vision.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #946 on: February 24, 2018, 10:33:58 PM »
HE reminds me of Hitz more than anyone else

Great left peg. Not really good enough at the most competitive levels.  But could be vital this season

Hitz not really good enough at the most competitive levels, that Bundesliga medal and 52 German caps showed what a limited player he was.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #947 on: February 24, 2018, 11:16:36 PM »
HE reminds me of Hitz more than anyone else

Great left peg. Not really good enough at the most competitive levels.  But could be vital this season

Hitz not really good enough at the most competitive levels, that Bundesliga medal and 52 German caps showed what a limited player he was.

Some German teams must be blessed with 3 very pacey, dynamic midfielders.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #948 on: February 24, 2018, 11:20:38 PM »
He was a full back in the Stutgart side.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #949 on: February 24, 2018, 11:29:24 PM »
Missing a t.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #950 on: February 24, 2018, 11:31:48 PM »
Missing a t.

Sttutgart? Are you sure?

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #951 on: February 24, 2018, 11:36:55 PM »
Yes. That's perfectly acceptable :o

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #952 on: February 25, 2018, 07:18:17 AM »
Part of the reason he’s not running games is whenever we turnover possession his instruction is simply to make a run into the opposition box to take a player away from Hogan, and until they were injured, Jack and Albert. An instruction that he selflessly follows unless it is him who has won possession. Unless you’re watching him closely or it leads to a goal like Albert!s in the b-lose game it’s a contribution that goes unnoticed and uncredited. Proper team player.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #953 on: February 25, 2018, 10:28:54 AM »

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #954 on: February 25, 2018, 10:32:42 AM »
Sometimes he appears to go  missing, but may be that's explained in Percy's post, however you can not but admire his goals. A long time since we ave had a midfielder contributing as many as he has bagged.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #955 on: February 25, 2018, 10:44:39 AM »
I don’t think he’s a particularly good player and I often find myself muttering under my breath when he’s on the ball but his goals have been vital to the Villa this season, so fair play to him.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #956 on: February 25, 2018, 10:51:18 AM »
He's sort of like a midfield version of Darren Bent: if he doesn't score then you'd struggle to point to anything he does in a match. But having the knack of chipping in with important goals is such a rare skill, and when Jack is back, his deficiencies will be diluted somewhat.

He drives me mental, but without his goals we'd be struggling to keep pace with the leaders, so fair play Conor.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #957 on: February 25, 2018, 12:48:02 PM »
Missing a t.

Sttutgart? Are you sure?
Errm...Stutgartt silly.

That rogue t is a bit like Der Hammer, willing to venture forward but now out of position and not able to get back when needed.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #958 on: March 16, 2018, 07:39:21 AM »
Conor wins Championship Goal of the Month:

https://twitter.com/SkyBetChamp/status/974549578841296896

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #959 on: March 16, 2018, 10:43:40 AM »
Congratulations on your first goal of the month award Conor! T'was a belter!

 


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