Scott Hogan - retired

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7 goals in 48 games suggests to me Hogan is not good enough for us.

[dave.woodhall]

Traore was many things for us but never garbage.  If he was, he is the only Villa player in my watching games live for 75 years home and away,  who had the Villa fans singing the name of a garbage player.

...for Tony Cascarino.

[Damo70]

Traore was many things for us but never garbage.  If he was, he is the only Villa player in my watching games live for 75 years home and away,  who had the Villa fans singing the name of a garbage player.

...for Tony Cascarino.

He set up a couple of crucial goals against Arsenal and Chelsea in 1-0 wins late in the season in 1990 then scored in the last two games against Norwich and Everton if I remember right. Plus some vital goals against our relegation rivals Derby and Sunderland late in the following season. Although he was mainly celebrated due to the fact Doug actually shelled out a record fee for him. He always speaks highly of us on Talksport to be fair.

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Traore was many things for us but never garbage.  If he was, he is the only Villa player in my watching games live for 75 years home and away,  who had the Villa fans singing the name of a garbage player.

...for Tony Cascarino.

Sali-Salifou!

[ChicagoLion]

He wasn’t garbage at all, he was raw and take a look at the players keeping him out the team.
The management of the club was garbage as were many things going on behind the scenes.

[PeterWithesShin]

Adama was ok for us in his few appearances, at least he was exciting which was distinctly lacking from pretty much every other player that season. He left because he had no interest in playing for us after relegation, not because we wanted to sell him.

[SoccerHQ]

Surely could get 5m for him in the summer given the form he's in? Bristol City were linked with him in the past and they like spending decent money on forwards.

[Demitri_C]

Hogan said he works better in a front two.Has DS ever played him in that formation? To be honest I'd rather he was still with us than Borja Baston.

Baston and Hogan might be our front 2 next season.

Or we didnt use him to his strengths

[manic-road]

Traore was many things for us but never garbage.  If he was, he is the only Villa player in my watching games live for 75 years home and away,  who had the Villa fans singing the name of a garbage player.

Traore was raw and exciting which got the crowd on their feet. First time I saw him was against Notts County in  a cup game  and he got the place buzzing until he was stamped on and then he was out injured for a while. No he wasn't garbage but injuries and probably crap coaching went against him. He now has more of an end product.

[N'ZMAV]

Calm your tits people. Hogan wouldn't get nowhere near this many goals in the Premier League.

[N'ZMAV]

He wasn’t garbage at all, he was raw and take a look at the players keeping him out the team.
The management of the club was garbage as were many things going on behind the scenes.

he was the wrong player, at the wrong club, with the wrong manager - the whole thing was a mess....

also, remember, Traore has had a good few months - no doubt about that, but that's all it's been really....

[Brassneck]

Hogan has consistently played under "the wrong manager" though:  Dean Smith (Villa), Wilder (Sheff U), ONeill (Stoke).

For me, he needed to adapt to styles of play and couldn't.  He seems to be thriving playing with Jukevick or whatever his name is and long may it continue.  It's a marathon not a sprint though and I still think he'll level out.

Tarore was always a fantastic prospect - He didn't want to be here in the Championship so it was better to move him on.  Wolves paid £18m for him which is a measure of how far he'd improved.  There was always a very good chance of him improving.

I've no problems with letting Hogan go and whilst I wanted to keep Tarore, I understand the reasons for not standing in his way of a move.

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Its pronounced Juicybitch. At least according to one commentator I've heard.

[VillaBoy_23]

Traore was many things for us but never garbage.  If he was, he is the only Villa player in my watching games live for 75 years home and away,  who had the Villa fans singing the name of a garbage player.

Ok maybe garbage is a bit strong but when you compare his contribution to Albert it’s night and day. Fair play to any of the 15/16 squad that went onto better things but after that season I personally wouldn’t have been against selling 99% of that squad (Traore, Veretout and Gueye included)

[Villatillidie1982]

He can obviously play do maybe we should just recall him in the summer and  play him in a front two, maybe with Samatta, whichever division we are in. That would really p**s off SHA.