Conor Hourihane

[DeLorean]

Well I'd agree Villa are the better bet long-term regardless.

[CraftyToePoke]

Went on his thread on Villatalk last night quickly, they seemed to think he looks a player but the side are hoofing too much to benefit from him. Its better if Bruce weathers this for him but its looking like a real nose dive presently.

[DeLorean]

First goal for Villa after coming on as a sub. They lead Bristol City 2-0. O'Dowda started for them.

[DeLorean]

Just saw it on SSN, a close range finish with his right foot, not one for his spectacular highlights reel but a massive moment for him all the same.

[DannyInvincible]

Video of his goal against Bristol here: https://twitter.com/NickGrifindor/status/836683878823755776/video/1

[tricky_colour]

Not his best goal ever, I think that is the first time I've ever seen him in the opposiition box!

[tricky_colour]

He is back at top of the Championship stats, joint top.

[DeLorean]

Might have his second for Villa as he and the defender both slid in but it's registered as a Will Vaulks own goal on Sky Sports for now. They lead 1-0 at Rotherham.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Criticised for missing several chances against Rotherham at the weekend and he's missed another this evening from ten yards.

Villa fans are crazy about him though.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Sheffield Wednesday down to ten men after Vincent Sasso was sent off for a foul on Conor Hourihane, who assisted Villa's goal.

SW may live to regret not pushing strongly enough to sign Hourihane when they had the chance.

[tricky_colour]

Highlights v Wednesday.

Very nice assist, got a player sent off due to alertness/speed, had a chance himself but put it wide, played a part in early build up for second goal.

Was there not some other player at villa who was eligible for Ireland, seems he play a couple of games ago, came on and then was subbed off
after 10 mins, I forget his name now.

[edit - seem I forgot to post the video too!! here it is]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV8FiicIPO8

[OwlsFan]

Highlights v Wednesday.

Very nice assist, got a player sent off due to alertness/speed, had a chance himself but put it wide, played a part in early build up for second goal.

Was there not some other player at villa who was eligible for Ireland, seems he play a couple of games ago, came on and then was subbed off
after 10 mins, I forget his name now.

Low lights more like it.

Gralish or Relish or something like that I think.

[SkStu]

Low lights more like it.

Gralish or Relish or something like that I think.

was it not Churlish?

[Stuttgart88]

Anyway, is that 4 wins in a row now? Quick reversal in fortunes.

[DeLorean]

Not quite, they lost to Huddersfield last week. More importantly though, they've cut the deficit to Barnsley from thirteen points to just three, so OwlsFan may yet restore his pride. :)

[OwlsFan]

was it not Churlish?

..or even Foolish perhaps?

[tricky_colour]

Oh it seems in my haste I forgot to post the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV8FiicIPO8

[OwlsFan]

Oh it seems in my haste I forgot to post the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV8FiicIPO8

I can't imagine too many people sitting through that but 4 controversial incidents on which, despite the rants of many Wednesday fans, the ref got right in 3. Owls goal disallowed: scorer not offside but player who heads the ball to him was. Correct. Sending off: Weds centre-half has worse first touch than me and would have broken a leg with the subsequent lunge if Hourihane (I think) doesn't get out of the way. Correct. Owls penalty appeal: Looks like Hunt pulled back. Incorrect. Villa second goal offside ? No. Correct decision.

[tricky_colour]

It only about 2 mins, it automatically goes into the extended highlights though.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Linked with a move to Sheffield Wednesday.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/alan-biggs-who-could-bring-goals-to-sheffield-wednesday-s-midfield-1-8573250

[tetsujin1979]

no he's not, that's an opinion piece on who the journalist would like to see Sheffield Wednesday sign

[DeLorean]

Hourihane talks to the Southern Star - http://www.southernstar.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2017/08/01/4143778-settled-hourihane-ready-for-promotion-push/

[DeLorean]

Scores late on to bring Villa back into it at Reading. Good strike from inside the box. The trail 2-1... Whelan scored an o.g. earlier. Villa have been well outplayed by the sounds of it.

[tricky_colour]

Two points behind the club he left. Sometimes things do not go well for big spending clubs?

[geysir]

They aren't a million miles away yet. Come on Brucey, get it together!!

[Olé Olé]

Now he's getting going. Another goal for Hourihane. He has opened the scoring against a fancied Norwich. Appears to be playing in a 4-4-2 beside Whelan. If he gets another run under his belt it would be nice to see him become a real option for us. Having someone in midfield with an eye for goal is important for us.

[Olé Olé]

One wasn't enough for him. Got a second to make it 3-1.

EDIT: Hat trick for him. Good finish too apparently.

[DeLorean]

That's fantastic. Delighted for him, that should sort out the pecking order in midfield nicely.

[Olé Olé]

That's fantastic. Delighted for him, that should sort out the pecking order in midfield nicely.

Should do but Henri Lansbury came on for the player that started number 10 and got two assists. Pecking order sorted but now Bruce might have to shoehorn in a third centre midfielder.

Hourihane seems like a confidence player though. He went on some great runs with Barnsley. Hopefully this also sparks the latest streak.

EDIT: And the boys on the Villa forum seem to be really keen on him (as you would be when your player gets a hat trick): https://www.villatalk.com/topic/16032-conor-hourihane/?page=71

[tricky_colour]

Hat trick eh?

Seems a while since and Irish internation got a hat trick at club level.

Who got the last one?

I can't remember, surely we don't have to back as far as Robbie Keane?

I really looking at the top two tiers.


[edit] It was not Keane, so who was it?

[DeLorean]

Did Daryl Murphy get any in that prolific season he had with Ipswich?

[topia]

Hat trick eh?

Seems a while since and Irish internation got a hat trick at club level.

Who got the last one?

I can't remember, surely we don't have to back as far as Robbie Keane?

I really looking at the top two tiers.


[edit] It was not Keane, so who was it?

Leon Best?

[DeLorean]

Tweet here with Hourihane's goals... Funny comment about the Norwich keeper celebrating the hat-trick also. ;)

https://twitter.com/thevillazone/status/898946924665065472

[tricky_colour]

Leon Best?


Last Premiership one apparently, might have been a more recent Championship one, I expect there has?

[tricky_colour]

Hourihane only got 7 last season!

[tricky_colour]

Did Daryl Murphy get any in that prolific season he had with Ipswich?

Yes he got one in 2015 v Rotherham so the most recent in the top two tiers.


Premier League is Leon Best: Newcastle 5–0 West Ham United 5th Jan 2011

[tetsujin1979]

Walters notched a hat trick against QPR in January 2015

[DeLorean]

Hourihane looks to add goal threat to Ireland - http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/conor-hourihane-looks-to-add-goal-threat-to-ireland-457922.html

Only one midfielder has ever scored over ten goals for the Republic of Ireland... that's astonishingly poor!

[Eminence Grise]

A bit disingenuous not to mention Ian Harte and Noel Cantwell who both hit double figures from full-back.

[Edit]
Didn't Cantwell score more than Daly as well?

[samhaydenjr]

Hourihane looks to add goal threat to Ireland - http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/conor-hourihane-looks-to-add-goal-threat-to-ireland-457922.html

Only one midfielder has ever scored over ten goals for the Republic of Ireland... that's astonishingly poor!

Fortunately that figure should go up to three over the next couple of years, with McClean on nine and Brady on seven

[DeLorean]

A bit disingenuous not to mention Ian Harte and Noel Cantwell who both hit double figures from full-back.

I wouldn't really think it was disingenuous, goalscoring midfielders was just the topic being discussed. I think the fact our defenders are more prolific than most of our midfielders might actually emphasise the point more in a way.

[nigel-harps1954]

Is it not fair to say that a lot of the forwards with over ten goals played a lot of their time on the wing?

[DeLorean]

Walters, Long & Doyle might have played some games on the wing but more often than not were up front (usually in a 4-4-2) I would think. Here are the players with over ten goals:



Robbie Keane (https://www.11v11.com/players/robbie-keane-147/)
68
14 Oct 1998
31 Aug 2016


Niall Quinn (https://www.11v11.com/players/niall-quinn-478/)
21
10 Nov 1987
06 Oct 2001


Frank Stapleton (https://www.11v11.com/players/frank-stapleton-27701/)
20
13 Oct 1976
02 Jun 1990


Tony Cascarino (https://www.11v11.com/players/tony-cascarino-34520/)
19
22 May 1988
11 Oct 1997


Don Givens (https://www.11v11.com/players/don-givens-31928/)
19
08 Jun 1969
30 Apr 1980


John Aldridge (https://www.11v11.com/players/john-aldridge-32158/)
19
19 Oct 1988
11 Oct 1995


Shane Long (https://www.11v11.com/players/shane-long-42919/)
17
26 May 2007
09 Oct 2016


Jon Walters (https://www.11v11.com/players/jon-walters-19613/)
14
11 Nov 2011
11 Jun 2017


Kevin Doyle (https://www.11v11.com/players/kevin-doyle-42918/)
14
15 Nov 2006
03 Sep 2014


Noel Cantwell (https://www.11v11.com/players/noel-cantwell-26851/)
14
25 Nov 1956
22 Feb 1967


Gerry Daly (https://www.11v11.com/players/gerry-daly-27769/)
13
08 Sep 1976
25 May 1986


Jimmy Dunne (https://www.11v11.com/players/jimmy-dunne-44744/)
13
11 May 1930
13 Nov 1938


Ian Harte (https://www.11v11.com/players/ian-harte-224/)
11
15 Jun 1996
08 Jun 2005

[tricky_colour]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFwl5j498LM

[tricky_colour]

Crap wall really!

[tetsujin1979]

Keeper didn't do himself any favours either

[liamoo11]

With Brady been out of Moldova and no one of the regular starters having any ability on set plays might hourihane come into the mix with his ability to take corners free kicks?

[tricky_colour]

Keeper didn't do himself any favours either

Well it is his responsibility to line up the wall for starters and it should cover the far post, so it is no surprise he cant get to it really as it should not have been possible
to bend it round the wall. Hence he does not have to cover that post I mean if he could get there there is no point in having a wall.

As it happened he got it round the wall with a yard or two to spare. It is ridiculous!

Another man in the wall and that side is covered completely.

[seanfhear]

Perhaps they underestimated Hourihane's ability .

[tricky_colour]

I do not get it, I mean the wall is supposed to be covering the keepers left post yet the keeper is standing closer to the left post anyway and still can't save it. It is just
unbelievable. Was a good kick though.