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Take a look at @SkyBet's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SkyBet/status/82...003714560?s=09
Scores to put Barnsley 3-1 up against in form Leeds. Was instrumental in their equaliser just before half time with a clever free kick. Was booked in the first half too.
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Take a look at @SkyBet's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SkyBet/status/82...003714560?s=09
He was interviewed afterwards and said obviously being linked with a big club like Villa and being wanted by a manager like Steve Bruce does turn your head a bit. Then there was the usual we'll see what happens stuff and his manager echoed that as well. It looks pretty certain to happen you would think.
MOTM again.
https://twitter.com/bfc_official/sta...03974730809344
Crazy that he hasn't being linked with any Premier League clubs.
I think he handled that interview very well actually.Originally Posted by DeLorean
He seems like a very grounded fella. I think he has not only the ability but the mentality to play in the Premier League. It seems like nothing phases him.
It's not just the goals and assists; it's the ground he covers, the tackles he wins, his passing and set piece ability.
He could be the pivot for us to build our play around when Hoolahan retires.
And from what I've seen of him there shouldn't be any doubts over his physicality.
Agreed I have been thinking that for a long time.
This is interesting, who they could be looking at a number of players but his free kick and motm match award
have hopefully not gone unnoticed. Conor has more goals 6 v 5 than the striker mentoioned but he has had
more starts 25 v 14 (9), buthe has considerably more minutes but then he has his assists and motm awards too.
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2017/01/...united/322860/
http://gpstrackinginfo.com/uncategorized/army-of-scouts-from-premier-league-elite-clubs-talent-spot-at-barnsley-vs-leeds-united/2478Army of Scouts from Premier League Elite Clubs Talent Spot at Barnsley vs Leeds United
Scouts were less concerned with the scoreline though and more focused on the talent on display, of which there was much. Talent spotters from Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were all in attendance, according to Sky Sports 1.
Barnsley have developed a reputation in recent years for bringing through talents and the club's right-back James Bree has been linked with a move to a Premier League club. Young striker Tom Bradshaw, 24, was on display and scored; Barnsley signed Bradshaw from Walsall last year. And midfielder Conor Hourihane, the subject
It was actually Josh Scowen who won the official motm award. Hourihane did top the Sky Sports goal of the day poll though!
Yes will different people have different options, I was going by whoscored opinion, Scowen was the 4th best Barnsley player there!
Anyhow seems a Villa move is likely
http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/01/22...s-on-a/page/1/
The Sun report that Villa are prepared to offer £3 million, plus £30,000 a week in wages, for Hourihane and the midfielder has admitted publicly for the first time that he may be interested in pulling on the famous claret and blue.
"Aston Villa is a fantastic club,” the former Sunderland youngster said after Saturday’s victory in quotes reported by the Birmingham Mail.
"When a manager like Steve Bruce comes looking for you, it does turn your head a little bit. But we'll see what happens next week."
It would be sweet if he went to Villa and took Grealish's place!
Yes but in the other hand Villa are 5 points behind Barnsley, Barnslay are 4 points off a play off place Villa are 9.
Barnsley are in pretty good form, Villa not so much.
That Villa move worries me. Can't help but feel he's better off staying where he is, seeing out his contract and a PL club will surely make a move in the summer. Not sure why one hasn't come in yet. He's 26 next season so if Villa don't go up it might be 27 before he ever plays at PL level. And that's a maybe.
The risk signing for Villa represents is offset by the security of a long contract and big wage packet. That might be too good to turn down for anyone. 30k must be exponentially greater than his Plymouth contract and probably his Barnsley contract (he's only had one, right?).
Thing about those free kicks too. They might make awesome vines but he's scoring them consistently and they'll find the back of the net no matter what level he's playing at.
It helps that his all-round play is brilliant too but goals win games and assists help win games too.
Although the PL scouts might be seeing the same things that have led MON to ignore what a lot of us are deeming as brilliant form for the last 18 months.
I don't think it's fair to say that O'Neill has ignored him. He included him in at least one provisional squad to let him know he's on the radar and he went to see him play when, by Hourihane's own admission, he didn't have his best game.
I think it's reasonable that a player should have to perform well at a decent level for more than five minutes before getting included in our final squads and becoming a genuine option for us. The cut off in terms of what a decent level constitutes seems to be anything above League One which also seems fairly reasonable I think, with Callum O'Dowda being the only exception that I can think of and that might have been seen as a special case for a variety of reasons.
Hourihane should have definitely done enough at this stage though to merit some game time against Iceland I would hope.
It might be a good thing MON has ignored him judging by how much O'Dowda has struggled at Bristol City.
So... O'Neill not ignoring O'Dowda has caused him to struggle at Bristol City?
The latest scare is a local London news story circulating that Hourihane has been approached by Crystal Palace. This was enough to also see the Irishman’s name feature in Sky Sport’s transfer rumour reports & Football Whispers.
Done deal
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