Conor Hourihane

nvidic wrote: Trap for Pope wrote: As a Villa fan I have followed Conor closely since joining and while his goal scoring exploits are eye catching, I remain unconvinced he has what it takes to cut the mustard at International level. He flits in and out of games far too much for my liking and his goal scoring can mask this fact at times. He has potential though and has certainly an eye for goal Useful post that was skipped by for some reason

Yep. I agree with you, TFP

John Sheridan scored 5 in 35 which isn't a bad return

Andy Reid had a reasonable record at club level, and managed 4 in 29 for us.

As has been mentioned before though, the likes of Hendrick and Arter had good goalscoring records in the Championship, and neither has really translated that to a higher level. In their defence, that's partly because they been asked to play in a more constrained role, but I suppose that's how they'll be asked to play for Ireland too...

Goal scoring can often camouflage deficiencies in other areas of somebody’s game. It’s not a bad camouflage in a way pace and speed can be, but it can deflect from the fact that somebody may not be highly involved in games, or is weak in the tackle, or has a poor passing remit.

I feel Hourihane should be given an opportunity, and I feel he has done more than enough this season to warrant a number of starts in the warm up games before we look to qualify for Euro 2020,but he is a player who will need to show a wide remit as I feel we don’t have the scope to carry a passenger who may or may not score a goal.

 

Conor is in the Villa team for their first leg play off game v Boro live on sky now.

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Edited by Sono - 27 May 2018 at 12:46pm

Agree with ya there 100%  not impressed with him at all