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Offline Legion

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1185 on: February 14, 2019, 11:37:07 AM »
One of the most ineffective midfield players I've ever had the misfortune to watch.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1186 on: February 14, 2019, 01:08:02 PM »
One of the most ineffective midfield players I've ever had the misfortune to watch.

He's infuriating to watch, he spends most of the game doing an impression of wanting the ball but not actually trying to get it. If he'd finished his chance or put some quality into the box I'd have some more sympathy to him because he'd be finding ways to have an impact despite being largely anonymous but in games like last night where he doesn't score or put a decent ball in he's just not worth his place.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1187 on: February 14, 2019, 01:10:04 PM »
I'm similar to him when I play. I'm shit at anticipating what's going to happen until its too late, unless I'm in defence and can see it unfold in front of me. When I have the ball I can hit a pretty decent pass etc and have vision. It's why I only play 5-a-side. He's like a striker that scores goals and offers nothing else, except he doesn't score or assist enough and you really can't afford the luxury of that sort of player in midfield and even up front these days.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1188 on: February 14, 2019, 01:23:08 PM »
I'm similar to him when I play. I'm shit at anticipating what's going to happen until its too late, unless I'm in defence and can see it unfold in front of me. When I have the ball I can hit a pretty decent pass etc and have vision. It's why I only play 5-a-side. He's like a striker that scores goals and offers nothing else, except he doesn't score or assist enough and you really can't afford the luxury of that sort of player in midfield and even up front these days.

Don't be hard on yourself .
I reckon you offer far more verve and dynamism !
And you clearly show an awareness of your playing abilities !
Something Hourihane could do by having a good look at how he plays !

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1189 on: February 14, 2019, 02:08:18 PM »
The best one for me tonight was when he stopped and raised his arm imploring the ref to give us a throw-in when Brentford were attacking down our left close to the touchline. After about 5 seconds he realised that he wasn't getting the throw and that Brentford and the ref were now 10 yards further up the pitch. So, driven by his never-say-die work ethic, he gave up and jogged back.

Yep, saw that one as well.  His 'efforts' to block two crosses that resulted from the corner just before he went up the other end and missed that chance were equally pathetic. 

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1190 on: February 14, 2019, 02:17:55 PM »
How anyone at any club can rate him is beyond me. Bottles  out of tackles, plays like an invisible person on pitch, a poor impression of a footballer.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1191 on: February 16, 2019, 10:04:45 AM »
his stats are great though

better than Mcginns in certain games, just shows what a load of old bollocks they show us

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1192 on: February 16, 2019, 11:21:00 AM »
So Conor is flavour of the month to be slagged off. The manager is picking him to be a defensive midfielder when his strengths are in an attacking midfield position. Yes he's not great but he's far from being the worst option in midfield.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1193 on: February 16, 2019, 11:25:59 AM »
We haven't got any options.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1194 on: February 16, 2019, 11:38:18 AM »
He's being played in a position not suited to his strengths you cannot ask an attacking midfielder to play as a defensive midfielder and expect a good outcome.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1195 on: February 16, 2019, 11:38:53 AM »
He'd being played as an 8.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1196 on: February 16, 2019, 11:51:22 AM »
Given Dean’s comments about tweaking the midfield it’s pretty clear Conor is the one to suffer

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1197 on: February 16, 2019, 11:57:11 AM »
He's played more often than not as a dm with even whelan and barny playing further forward than him. He's not a dm and playing their nullifies his strengths. But lets not allow detail to get in the way of scapegoating, an all too easy thing to do. I've every confidence that when Hourihane is moved out of the team some posters on here will find a new scapegoat because after all that's what they do best.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1198 on: February 16, 2019, 12:13:18 PM »
He shouldn’t be in the side at the minute but he’s the sort of player of which there have been a few in our recent history that will be sold for a couple of million in the summer to a Burnley or Brighton and have decent PL careers.

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Re: Conor Hourihane - SIGNED
« Reply #1199 on: February 16, 2019, 01:07:07 PM »
In a properly functioning team, he's a decent even good player at the level.

If we had a team like this, his shooting and dead ball ability would be a real asset:

Decent right back - Chester - Mings - decent left back
Grealish - McGinn - Hourihane
Decent right winger - Tammy - decent left winger

In that team, with a solid defence, and McGinn doing the donkey work, you'd have Jack creating space, and the wingers benefitting from that, leaving Hourihane free to pick the ball up 30 yards out and attack into space.

At the moment, both flanks are utterly shit, with dreadful full backs and piss poor wingers contributing next to nothing.  We then also have one of two geriatrics playing the holding role.  Hourihane is being asked to do a role that doesn't suit him, in a team where at least half of the outfield players are complete rubbish.

He's really pissed me off of late, but in a decent team I think he'd still be an asset,  Unlike Whelan, Jedinak, Bjarnason, Hutton and Taylor, who are either old, shit, or both, and need clearing out as soon as possible.

 


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