Scott Hogan - retired

[john e]

To be fair, he has.

He's on record as saying it went to his head when he signed for us and in combination with being played in a system which didn't play to his strengths he let things slip.

well there we are then

[RichardBatchelor]

he must have had ability at some stage yet he’s now surplus wherever he goes at whatever level,
he can only have himself to blame for that

Not necessarily.

He did very well for one season in a system that suited him. It's not his fault Bruce signed him with no clue how to get the best out of him.

I don't think he's as bad as Jordan Bowery for example, he's just incredibly one-dimensional and not Prem standard. But he's 27 now and needs to be playing regularly, which won't be for us.

Forgive me but I actually laughed out loud when you said ‘ I don’t think he’s as bad as Jordan Bowery for example’

I know. That's setting a low bar but it just shows how terrible some of those lucky enough to pull on a Villa shirt have been over the past decade. Hogan isn't close to being the worst. He was lucky to get picked up by us and unlucky Bruce was the manager at the time.

Bowery played really well in one match at home to Hull - that’s one more league match than Hogan and at a higher level.

[AV82EC]

I thought Bowery played quite well in that classic Stoke away game (LOWTON!!) as well.

[brontebilly]

Hogan was really poor when he did play for us. Didn't improve at all when his former coach Smith came in. Was he more of a poacher at Brentford?

Bruce claimed he had been scouting him since his Rochdale days but it was clear after a handful of games that he wasn't a good fit for the team. Hard to know what club would even go for him on loan.

[john e]

I saw Hogan score in a 1 nill victory up at Shrewsbury
and people say he never delivered

[KRS]

The Hogan nightmare continues...

So he’s being sent back from Stoke for being as shit as we thought he was at Villa. Let’s hope we don’t end up being stuck with and reliant upon him.

[CT]

Another player we handsomely rewarded for fuck all return.

Maybe he'll go into punditry with Richards and Lescott who seem to be on TV a lot these days.

[ChicagoLion]

I saw Hogan score in a 1 nill victory up at Shrewsbury
and people say he never delivered

People on here are just too quick to write off players.

[PeterWithesShin]

The Hogan nightmare continues...

So he’s being sent back from Stoke for being as shit as we thought he was at Villa. Let’s hope we don’t end up being stuck with and reliant upon him.

Is he?

[SoccerHQ]

I thought Bowery played quite well in that classic Stoke away game (LOWTON!!) as well.

Yes he did but ultimately given he's gone back down the leagues and is now at Crewe I think in league 2 it's amazing what Lambert really thought was premier league quality about him. Most of his signings were like that though.

[eamonn]

Could we send Scott out to Belgium or Netherlands?

[dave shelley]

Or perhaps Antarctica.

[brian green]

And we never discovered whether there was any truth in the rumour that we paid £500,000 for Bowery, a player who could have been acquired for £200,000.

[ChicagoLion]

Or perhaps Antarctica.

He maybe some time.

[CT]

Or perhaps Antarctica.

He maybe some time.

Quality history! *applauds*