Hogan has to take a little responsibility himself, he signed for Villa knowing Bruce was the manager and knowing how Bruce's Villa (the same as every other Bruce team in history) played, did he ask how he would fit in or if the team would be playing to his strengths or did he just see the £££s on the contract.
Hogan points out what we all could see, he can't play as the loan striker. He needs to play as part of a front two and I could see him working well with Abraham. The problem is I can't work out how you get a system with two up front and Jack in the team. Over to the new manager.
Quote from: WarszaVillan82 on October 11, 2018, 12:11:58 PMHogan points out what we all could see, he can't play as the loan striker. He needs to play as part of a front two and I could see him working well with Abraham. The problem is I can't work out how you get a system with two up front and Jack in the team. Over to the new manager.He played as a lone striker for Brentford I think I've posted this about five times on this thread now so should probably stop
Quote from: Villafirst on October 11, 2018, 09:14:59 AMQuote from: PeterWithe on October 11, 2018, 07:35:06 AMScott’s problem is that if we build a system to accommodate one forward, he’s not good enough to be it.I disagree, he was a free scoring forward at Brentford. Bruce had no confidence in him, no wonder Hogan got fed up. Interesting that Scott said he's been ready to play for 5 weeks. Bruce kept saying "he's not quite ready" for the last month or so. Bruce has gone down in my estimation.Bruce's bullshit about players almost always coincides with a transfer window. If Hogan was fit 5 weeks ago then the board may not have let him sign Tammy, so lie about it and then leave Hogan in limbo for another month to prove that we had to get Tammy in. Think back, he fucked us up in the striker department in his first window to ensure he got the money for Hogan, he spoke about building his team around Grealish at 10 as soon as he got injured (despite giving him about 10 minutes there in the 9-10 months to that point) so he could get Snodgrass. Kodjia was probably out for the rest of the season in Early December before coming back into full training at the end of Feb and eing available for the last 8-9 games. I'm fairly sure he said something about Jedinak before we signed Whelan as well.
Quote from: PeterWithe on October 11, 2018, 07:35:06 AMScott’s problem is that if we build a system to accommodate one forward, he’s not good enough to be it.I disagree, he was a free scoring forward at Brentford. Bruce had no confidence in him, no wonder Hogan got fed up. Interesting that Scott said he's been ready to play for 5 weeks. Bruce kept saying "he's not quite ready" for the last month or so. Bruce has gone down in my estimation.
Scott’s problem is that if we build a system to accommodate one forward, he’s not good enough to be it.
Quote from: ColinMac on October 12, 2018, 12:25:05 AMHogan has to take a little responsibility himself, he signed for Villa knowing Bruce was the manager and knowing how Bruce's Villa (the same as every other Bruce team in history) played, did he ask how he would fit in or if the team would be playing to his strengths or did he just see the £££s on the contract. A friend of mine, a Brentford supporter told me that the money received for Hogan went quite a long way towards keeping Brentford afloat so he may just have been encouraged to join us, wages notwithstanding.
I think that’s fair enough from Hogan and most pertinent is to remember Bruce bought him and claimed he’d watched him for years. If you want anymore evidence around Bruce’s incompetence it’s purchasing Hogan and then playing a game completely unsuited to him.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on October 11, 2018, 07:22:23 PMI think that’s fair enough from Hogan and most pertinent is to remember Bruce bought him and claimed he’d watched him for years. If you want anymore evidence around Bruce’s incompetence it’s purchasing Hogan and then playing a game completely unsuited to him.Nails Bruce completely.A striker needs a supply line.Ours was launching the ball or getting crosses in.Anyone who watched Hogan for 30 minutes,would realise he was not suited to that style.Either adapt the style or don't waste a big transfer fee on such a player.
Also remember Brentford took a decent fee so they didn't really want to turn that down did they .Player would not have been averse to coming villa but Brentford taking £12 to 15 million was what they are about . A business sense move