I feel like hes the sort of player who will go to Burnley and do ok.
No one judges Gueye Ndidi Kante on goals or assists
Another one who plays for west ham now......sanchez! he is just as bad for them as he was for us. We must collect useless midfielders on purpose.
Hourihane is one of a long line of Villa players that the longer they are out the better they become in some people's eyes
and the two 'assists' were also against Norwich & Newcastle.
so nothing in terms of goals or assists against any other team we've played.
not missing much if he's not on are we.
Talking about Christian,anyone seen Christian Bale in Le Man's 66? He plays Ken Miles,a Brummie racing driver. To cut a long story short,he goes from hero to zero,winning big races in the states and winning le Man's but losing on a technicality. Best part of the movie? We see his son, watching back in States with le Mans live on the box and the boy is wearing a proper villa shirt with a proper lion.l expect a bollicking from Lord Fear but it received a big cheer and lightened my day.And nobody judges Christian Eriksen on tackles.
So I really don't get your point.
So is hourihane the only one to go missing against the good teams? No. There's at least 10 other players that could be aimed at.
Someone above called him a Pony.... he's not a Pony, he's a scapegoat.
It's like the difference between a sieve and a colander, they both let liquid pass through but one of them lets far more through than the other.
Hourihane is most effective and involved in the final third, he links up with Jack better than El Ghazi does. We tend to concede possession against better teams so he's less likely to feature with us sat back defending. Good option off the bench and against sides that give away fouls for free kicks in the danger areas. Samatta's runs open up space - had CH been on against B'mouth when Nakamba had two attempts to shoot we might well have took the points.
He's shite sorry mate but Targett links up far better with Jack than Hourihane and Targett is far better with the ball in open play and that to me says everything when our left-back has more skills on the ball than a midfielder
Hourhane is frightened of the ball, which is shocking for a midfielder. The only time he comes alive is when the ball is dead because that is the only time he can catch up with the fecking thing
totally negated by Hourihanes weak game mate did you not see the pathetic marking on Maupay against Brighton and him being so slow he had to haul another player by his neck. His weaknesses far outweigh any strengths It's like wanting Chester in the side because he's more of a goal threat. His overall game is poor. ElGahzi is not my Favourite player but he's twice the player that hourihane is .Totally agree Targett links up better but that forces Jack to play on the left and gives us f'all down the right with El Ghazi. A few times we have seen CH exchange passes with Jack to create shooting chances for either of them which is why I think he should feature more in games - maybe off the bench like Luiz has done. The bigger problem there though is that we're often losing by then.