Popular Post Pez1974 Posted August 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2020 Reminder - he's had 1 season in the Prem, in a struggling side, without a recognised goalscorer, in a midfield that got overrun too much and with a defence which was flakey - at least until after lockdown. Yes, he can go missing. And yes, he was part of the midfield which got overrun too often. But you can't write him off, especially when his stats show the impact he has made. And a big part of his job was to feed the woeful front line, and his midfield peers - Jack's better, but we want £80m for him. McGinn is better, but he runs around a lot, so I suspect that people are better disposed to him. I agree that if he is a regular starter next season, then we're either in the shit, or he has massively improved. But why would we 'get rid' when a good coach will make a very good squad player of him - after all, if we need a goal, we need someone to assist (and occasionally pop a free kick into the top corner). 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted August 4, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2020 He's definitely someone you would want on a 5 sub bench and playing in the cup competitions when you want to rest whoever we have bought to replace him as the main starter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 A lot of time for Conor. Key man for the squad for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumstopdogs Posted August 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2020 Good lad is our Conor.... 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonperry_uk Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 When you're looking to consolidate in the Prem, you need players like Conor who can create goals from set pieces etc. His delivery is up there with some of the best in the league, and often it's the lack of a clinical finisher that's the problem rather than Conor's input. Yes, he can be anonymous at times, but he's well worth having on the pitch/bench in order to make things happen some times. I'd love us to strengthen the midfield, but I'd also want to keep Conor because he does create a lot more chances than people give him credit for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRO Posted August 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, jasonperry_uk said: When you're looking to consolidate in the Prem, you need players like Conor who can create goals from set pieces etc. His delivery is up there with some of the best in the league, and often it's the lack of a clinical finisher that's the problem rather than Conor's input. Yes, he can be anonymous at times, but he's well worth having on the pitch/bench in order to make things happen some times. I'd love us to strengthen the midfield, but I'd also want to keep Conor because he does create a lot more chances than people give him credit for. Conor is a player who needs to stay with the club......whether he commands a first team place depends on us having better players......but he has given us loyalty and has a wand of a left foot. We need to be philosophical about him.....I hope he sticks around. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 If he is happy to play a bit part role then I'd have no problem keeping him around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted August 14, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2020 I hundred percent agree, he is part of the essence of the football club at the moment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaVilla Posted August 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2020 as others have said really, i have no issue at all with him being a squad player, he seems to have a great attitude and work ethic. However, if he is considered first 11 at the start of the season, this transfer window would have gone badly wrong. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, TRO said: Conor is a player who needs to stay with the club......whether he commands a first team place depends on us having better players......but he has given us loyalty and has a wand of a left foot. We need to be philosophical about him.....I hope he sticks around. Totally agree with you here TRO. He's still got something more to offer to Villa yet and is a very useful squad player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I like him, I think he was starting to get into his groove after lockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Follyfoot said: I hundred percent agree, he is part of the essence of the football club at the moment Yeah we got a lot of shit footballers. Been like that for years. Edited August 15, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 We seem so much more dangerous when we have that Grealish-Targett-Hourihane triangle working on the left. I wouldn't want to rely on it for another season though, we need a lot more creativity in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Has been linked with a move to a couple of Turkish clubs (Besiktas and Trabzonspor) in Turkish media. The manager of Trabzonspor is Eddie Newton who was assistant manager for West Brom and Chelsea for a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 No chance he's leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 42 minutes ago, Wes said: Has been linked with a move to a couple of Turkish clubs (Besiktas and Trabzonspor) in Turkish media. The manager of Trabzonspor is Eddie Newton who was assistant manager for West Brom and Chelsea for a time. I've seen some f***ed up links in my time but that's up there with the best of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 As others have said he has to say. He's also a very good team guy and is a big presence in the dressing room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 22:44, MaVilla said: as others have said really, i have no issue at all with him being a squad player, he seems to have a great attitude and work ethic. However, if he is considered first 11 at the start of the season, this transfer window would have gone badly wrong. I could also say that about Trez, El Ghazi, Davis and Samatta at least. Difference is I'd not want those four players on the bench ideally either as they offer so little. I have all the time in the world for Hourihane. He's not the best player we have, but he's my favourite. I love his work ethic, I love that he's scored some absolute beauties for us at the most crucial times and I kind of like him purely because I think he is underrated and gets unfair flack from some fans. Hourihane is absolutely a Premier League player, he may not be good enough for where we want to go but he's definitely good enough for where we are and probably will be for at least the next couple of seasons. As somewhat of a fringe player he still scored 3 goals in the league and had 5 assists. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 He seems like a good lad with a good attitude but he’s not a starter for a top 10 team which is where we want to be. Happy to have him in the squad but he goes missing too often for my liking in games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 04/08/2020 at 13:29, Pez1974 said: Reminder - he's had 1 season in the Prem, in a struggling side, without a recognised goalscorer, in a midfield that got overrun too much and with a defence which was flakey - at least until after lockdown. Yes, he can go missing. And yes, he was part of the midfield which got overrun too often. But you can't write him off, especially when his stats show the impact he has made. And a big part of his job was to feed the woeful front line, and his midfield peers - Jack's better, but we want £80m for him. McGinn is better, but he runs around a lot, so I suspect that people are better disposed to him. I agree that if he is a regular starter next season, then we're either in the shit, or he has massively improved. But why would we 'get rid' when a good coach will make a very good squad player of him - after all, if we need a goal, we need someone to assist (and occasionally pop a free kick into the top corner). On 14/08/2020 at 20:10, jasonperry_uk said: When you're looking to consolidate in the Prem, you need players like Conor who can create goals from set pieces etc. His delivery is up there with some of the best in the league, and often it's the lack of a clinical finisher that's the problem rather than Conor's input. Yes, he can be anonymous at times, but he's well worth having on the pitch/bench in order to make things happen some times. I'd love us to strengthen the midfield, but I'd also want to keep Conor because he does create a lot more chances than people give him credit for. you are right.....we need to strengthen the midfield....but at the same time keep Conor. I thought Weston McKennie was a serious consideration, his footballing attributes are impressive.....sad it looks like he is going to Juve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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