Scott Hogan - retired

[Exeter 77]

It looks as though Hogan is, at least temporarily, a replacement for Berahino who they have just released - £12M for just 5 goals, a drug ban and a drink/drive conviction is up there with the worst of Villa's spending excesses in the last 20 years.

[KRS]

The Championship is Hogans level and that is on the caveat that he is the right team that can provide him the right kind of service. He will never be the kind of player that can create something out of nothing and needs to be fed through balls close to the box (because he has no pace) and low crosses or scraps in the box (because he’s too small to win a header). Nothing against the man but hope this turns into a permanent move for all concerned.

[Jon Crofts]

Are Stoke resurfacing a car park? Only reason I can think we are lending them a traffic cone.

[Pete3206]

I'll miss his Hobbit running.

[eamonn]

How long will he have left on his deal next summer, a year? Even with a good season and a permanent transfer in the offing we'll get very little for him. Still, no one wins with him being here so it's a decent move overall.

[OCD]

"Hi Christian we would like to take one of your players off you."

"Oh, who?"

"Hogan. We would like to loan him for the season. But we don't want to pay for him and we want you to keep paying most of his wages. Is that alright?"

Got to wonder how these conversations go.

[Meanwood Villa]

He looked like he might be OK for a few weeks in January 2018. As career summaries go it's not a great one.

[olaftab]

Good luck to him. He appears to be a good professional albeit slightly short or required ability for top two divisions.

[sid1964]

Best of luck Scott, I hope that you do well at Stoke and get your career back on track. You will not be the first to fail at the Villa and you certainly won't be the last!

[brontebilly]

Was apparent early on that Hogan didn't fit the type of football that Bruce preferred. So much for his scouting of Hogan since his Rochdale days. There was a brief flicker of form the season after but Grabban came in and was vastly superior. Disappointing that there was no improvement from Hogan once Smith came in, though again Abraham was a far better option.

Arguably one of our worst ever signings in terms of value for money.

[colin69]

He looked like he might be OK for a few weeks in January 2018. As career summaries go it's not a great one.

Yes he did and I really hoped he’d kick on from that, but it wasn’t to be.

I hope it goes well for him at Stoke and everyone comes out a winner.

[AsTallAsLions]

The Championship is Hogans level and that is on the caveat that he is the right team that can provide him the right kind of service. He will never be the kind of player that can create something out of nothing and needs to be fed through balls close to the box (because he has no pace) and low crosses or scraps in the box (because he’s too small to win a header). Nothing against the man but hope this turns into a permanent move for all concerned.

For the very reasons that you've indicated in your post, I suspect it won't.......

[Diablo]

He did an impressive first interview on his arrival. Seems like a sound bloke, hope it goes well for him at Stoke. Bruce, Wyness the Doc have a lot to answer for - so glad we've got an actual structure/ transfer policy now - rather than some throw away/made up sound bite in the form of a broken, misfiring, Villa Engine.

[mr underhill]

We simply have to own up to this being one of several egregious signings made in the first season we went down. Hopefully those days are behind us.

[Toronto Villa]

Yes I too hope the days of us going down are behind us.