McParlandTheGreat
Vital Champions League
Think the new contract will give him an extra boost.
The Conor Hourihane Thread
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jake findlay
Vital Squad Member
He passed the ball to the Bulgarians which started the move for their goal.
He was generally anonymous, defensively weak, mixed bag of set pieces and a couple of good passes.
A standard game for Hourihane at club and international level.
He was generally anonymous, defensively weak, mixed bag of set pieces and a couple of good passes.
A standard game for Hourihane at club and international level.
Melon Donkey
I am a little bit perplexed
Agreed. And I have been a critic of his.
I keep watching that baggies strike now.
What a great view it was from the Holte lower
sirdennis
Alert Team
I think I have watched it at least 20 times since it was posted.
CDX_EIRE
Vital Football Legend
If he wasnt so lightweight and passive in the middle and defensive 3rds of the pitch you could make a case for him. If someone gets shoulder to shoulder typically he loses the ball.
He comes alive in the final 3rd and he does have that little bit of quality and consistency with his end product.
When we have the ball he is useful but in physical games where we might not see much of the ball its hard to include him.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Had to check the title of the thread to see which player you were talking about, could have been any of them at times last season!
Pride of Lions
I am now official
Congratulations to Conor Hourihane for his call up for the October Internationals.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Congrats to him, but how weak is that Irish midfield?
CDX_EIRE
Vital Football Legend
Its absolutely shocking, we're so bad they've brought in Stephen Kenny as a coach to try and bring on younger players into the squad at a much earlier stage.
And trying to have a real coach in charge for once who might have some chance of improving the side in the long run.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
I have no Irish in me, but I do like seeing the Irish do well even if the feeling isn’t mutual back over the pond. That’s one of the weakest Irish sides I’ve seen in a long time, an alright defence but going forward it’s pretty poor I have to say.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
Well deserved , very underrated player.
JuanPabloAngel
Alert Team
Not sure why congratulations are in order, he's been in the Ireland squad for ages.
Thomas Holte
Vital Football Legend
Conor was overhead mumbling to himself...........
Wurzel
Vital Football Legend
As Phil Lynott used to say " would you like a bit of Irish in you?
Kiwivillan
Vital Football Hero
I'm a Villa fan because of Ireland 94 WC team. That's the worst Irish squad in my memory
mike_field
Vital Football Legend
Making the assumption Barkley is direct competition for Hourihane - given the lad likes proving people wrong about what he can do and where his career will go - it's win, win for me as it forces him to further improve his game.
My only question about Barkley is which one are we getting? The lad who has shown how good he can be, or the one who looked like he'd stopped bothering to put the effort in unless it suited him?
It has to make Hourihane more determined for me.
My only question about Barkley is which one are we getting? The lad who has shown how good he can be, or the one who looked like he'd stopped bothering to put the effort in unless it suited him?
It has to make Hourihane more determined for me.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
Great player for us, a real unsung hero of our modern times. With better players around him he will just get better
