Scott Hogan - retired

[KevinGage]

Good news for player and both clubs. Wilder appears to be an excellent coach and gets a decent tune out of journeyman like Sharp and McGoldrick so there is hope for Hogan.

Was never going to happen for him at Villa Park. To be honest it was apparent very early on that we had our pants pulled down by Brentford on the price. Bruce's claims that he had been scouting him since his Rochdale days never seemed convincing.

McCormack and Hogan over 20m spent with neglible return, teams at our level shouldn't get away with that waste.

And we probably won't if we're not up this summer.

[Concrete Tom]

I always liked Hogan but have to concede that it’s not worked out for him or for us.

Our style of play has never suited him and in more recent appearances, he hasn’t looked as bothered as previous.

It speaks volumes that Smith has decided to let him go despite him being a key part of his early Brentford team.

He goes with no ill feeling from me and I hope that his career can be kickstarted elsewhere so long as it does not negatively impact us.

[SoccerHQ]

Don't see him playing much for them, they have five forwards at the club already.

Odd move to me.

You've got Sharp who's a 20 goal striker at this level, Leon Clarke hits 15 for them each year then you have McGoldrick who's been a regular starter for them.

They also signed Gary madine from Cardiff earlier this window.

[sid1964]

Hogan currently has more chance being promoted with Sheff Utd than with our lot - good luck to him, when he signed for us, him and Kodja were never going to work together as a partnership (especially as Kodja does not pass)

Leon Clarke has gone to Wigan

[Ads]

Don't see him playing much for them, they have five forwards at the club already.

Odd move to me.

You've got Sharp who's a 20 goal striker at this level, Leon Clarke hits 15 for them each year then you have McGoldrick who's been a regular starter for them.

They also signed Gary madine from Cardiff earlier this window.

Clarke has gone to Wigan, but Sharpe is going to play unless his legs are hanging off. Wages off our books at least.

[footyskillz]

Don't see him playing much for them, they have five forwards at the club already.

Odd move to me.

You've got Sharp who's a 20 goal striker at this level, Leon Clarke hits 15 for them each year then you have McGoldrick who's been a regular starter for them.

They also signed Gary madine from Cardiff earlier this window.

Sharp is old though and does get rested.

They play 3-5-2 I believe and impressive use of defenders and wing backs.

I always thought they lack cutting edge.
Despite billy sharp and Clarke last season.
8-10 goals for Hogan he does ok as long as chances created

[Hookeysmith]

He never looked happy here and there did not seem any camaraderie with him and his fellow players - maybe he is a moody bugger, maybe he felt poorly treated by the likes of Bruce and co

Either way - I wish him no ill and hope he can resurrect his career elsewhere

[eamonn]

Do we get a fee or are his wages so high that we only got an offer of part-subsidising them? Bitten again with our reckless spending.

[kippaxvilla2]

Wonder who he’s on about.

"I've watched teams with big egos and I don't like seeing it. But here, you see the lads will go that bit extra for each other and it pays dividends in the end, they'll end up running you into the ground or score four or five past you.  "I know they did it to Villa earlier this season and they absolutely destroyed them. There is nothing like that in this dressing room which is the best thing about it." Despite citing September's 4-1 victory over his parent club as evidence of their potential it was eight months earlier, following Villa's narrow win at Bramall Lane, when Hogan first became a fan of United's attack-minded football.

[Sexual Ealing]

Wonder who he’s on about.

"I've watched teams with big egos and I don't like seeing it. But here, you see the lads will go that bit extra for each other and it pays dividends in the end, they'll end up running you into the ground or score four or five past you.  "I know they did it to Villa earlier this season and they absolutely destroyed them. There is nothing like that in this dressing room which is the best thing about it." Despite citing September's 4-1 victory over his parent club as evidence of their potential it was eight months earlier, following Villa's narrow win at Bramall Lane, when Hogan first became a fan of United's attack-minded football.

He's got no real incentive to be making this stuff up. I guess that one man's (Bruce's) 'big character', i.e. Terry, Snodgrass (who, to be fair, always came across as a decent bloke to me), Grealish etc, is another man's egotist (and again, to be fair, the evisceration of his own self-confidence might make Tom Carroll seem like a Charlie Big Potatoes to him).


Edit: then again, I'm not sure I'd be so publicly bitter to an organisation that had guaranteed me £5m that I didn't really deserve.

[kippaxvilla2]

Exactly.  Really gets on my tayters the way they go on.

[jwarry]

Wonder who he’s on about.

"I've watched teams with big egos and I don't like seeing it. But here, you see the lads will go that bit extra for each other and it pays dividends in the end, they'll end up running you into the ground or score four or five past you.  "I know they did it to Villa earlier this season and they absolutely destroyed them. There is nothing like that in this dressing room which is the best thing about it." Despite citing September's 4-1 victory over his parent club as evidence of their potential it was eight months earlier, following Villa's narrow win at Bramall Lane, when Hogan first became a fan of United's attack-minded football.

He's got no real incentive to be making this stuff up. I guess that one man's (Bruce's) 'big character', i.e. Terry, Snodgrass (who, to be fair, always came across as a decent bloke to me), Grealish etc, is another man's egotist (and again, to be fair, the evisceration of his own self-confidence might make Tom Carroll seem like a Charlie Big Potatoes to him).


Edit: then again, I'm not sure I'd be so publicly bitter to an organisation that had guaranteed me £5m that I didn't really deserve.

And one that is your employer....

[Mister E]

Exactly.  Really gets on my tayters the way they go on.

He’s obviously not expecting to be recalled and probably expects his loan to be made permanent in the summer.

[Ads]

Bitter little twat.

[Risso]

Bitter shit little twat.