Its saying he himself pursued it in the summer and hints at agents stalling it in hopes of a bigger slice elsewhere.
Anyway, he's ours now.
FWIW the Official FAI shop on twitter has announced it: https://twitter.com/officialfaishop/...22306879217670, as has "thevillazone", which appears to be a fan feed: https://twitter.com/thevillazone/sta...39906128453633
Sun journalist Neil O'Riordan explains it here: https://twitter.com/noriordan/status/897227528800219136
O'Neill announced it but FAI put an embargo on it until today.
https://amp.independent.ie/sport/soc...-36032777.html
If O'Neill's words are to be taken at face value (as I would) then it appears the assertions that Hogan was looking to regain his fitness following his injuries rings true. I think if he had been interested in holding out for an England call then he'd be holding out a tad longer than he has. I think he genuinely wants to play for us and I think he'll make a brilliant addition. A lot of how he fits in depends on combinations etc. But we have him, Long, Walters and Murphy competing and hopefully Maguire establishes himself in there over the coming season.
Welcome aboard, Scott.
Good to see another option. Villa fans have not been too impressed, but seem to think he may not be suited to their style of play rather than him having a lack of ability.
I think he did great to get his big Villa move and serous wages I assume given that hourihane was supposed to have got close to 30 grand a week. He deserved that given his awful injuries. Nice addition for us but he needs to really improve his hold up and link play for international level. Don't see him having anything like longs impact in overall play but hopefully he turns out to be more prolific than long . He is a sub option in my eyes for games when we are pushing for a goal
Hogan gone off injured after 29 minutes tonight.
The Villatalk match thread tonight was post after post after post about how pointless it is hoofing it at him and impossible to judge how good he is, or even how his form is due to the system, they also gave Hourihane MOTM and the busiest thread seems to be who will replace Bruce as manager there. All going on at VP.
Not a whole pile about GW one way or the other, but I only traced the thread to see if there was anymore on Hogans injury. Which means he is probably just getting on with stealthily being GW out there y'know, no heroics, no disasters, keep it simple, keep the ball, in your own half, the dying art of standing in the right place all game, a delicate gift.
any update on his injury?
Bruce seemed a bit downbeat but didn't give a time frame - https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2017/08/...reading-defeat
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
Hogan's injury not as bad as first feared and he may be in Villa's team this weekend: https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2017/08/...nak-hogan-elmo, which is good. Still no official confirmation of his intent to play for us from the player himself or Villa, which is a little concerning.
Jason McCarthy is playing right back for Barnsley. Signed from Southampton in the summer. Middle name is Sean. He was Walsall's POTY last season.
No idea if he is eligible but the name would imply he might be.
Armstrong okoflex played for arsenal 18s at weekend and was their youngest player. He is under 16 this season. Good effort at a big club like arsenal
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