Conor Hourihane

[Bakero]

I think that it was during Gus time that we had a scout based in Europe. Zaragrande or similar name.

Could Fabian Delph be a similar type option? I was going to suggest Sami Nasri but his wage would probably be stupid by our standards.

I think Nasri has just signed a four million a year contract in Turkey

 

[Bakero]

It must be an awful lot easier to monitor players from the English leagues though, (Vardy and Delli Ali are good examples). I wonder how often, and over what period of time the likes of Ryan or Izquieido were watched for. Probably not as often, and not for so long.

Bruges is about 3 hours from London by train, isn't it? Admittedly, Forest Green and MK are closer but it's not too tricky to pop to Belgium on a Saturday afternoon.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

I was going to suggest Sami Nasri but his wage would probably be stupid by our standards.

He should provide a great boost to team spirit! He's an absolute c*nt by all accounts.

 

[blockhseagull]

Why do we keep targeting players who have only just moved clubs ?

Delaney
Raphael
Now Hourihane

 

[BensGrandad]

I think Nasri has just signed a four million a year contract in Turkey

Bbc says he is in talks not signed but if that is £4m a year wages we are well out of it.

Do Belgium play their games Sat or Sun?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Bruges is about 3 hours from London by train, isn't it? Admittedly, Forest Green and MK are closer but it's not too tricky to pop to Belgium on a Saturday afternoon.

Thank heavens for the channel tunnel! I take your point though. Maybe my examples weren't very good ones, but certainly it may still hold true if we were trying to monitor players in further flung parts of Europe, and the world.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Vardy from Stevenage? Forest Green for £1m I believe. Lots expected of him at that price at that time and from non league.

Deli was a class apart and clearly so.

Both completely different from this guy. Question I have is that if we really are interested why now? Why not when he was at Barnsley and available?

Vardy was at Fleetwood.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Similar to what we hope Propper will be. Don't need both..... maybe we did look at both

 

[BensGrandad]

I feel sure there isnt much truth in this as I am sure CH would have bid for him when he left Barnsley if he wanted him.

 

[OvingdeanSeagull]

I feel sure there isnt much truth in this as I am sure CH would have bid for him when he left Barnsley if he wanted him.

Doubt it, we wouldn't have paid what Villa paid for him whilst we were still in the Championship.

 

[BensGrandad]

Doubt it, we wouldn't have paid what Villa paid for him whilst we were still in the Championship.

I may be wrong but I thought it was only £1m

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I may be wrong but I thought it was only £1m

It will have been well in excess of that figure. It was undisclosed at the time.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Similar to what we hope Propper will be. Don't need both..... maybe we did look at both

I still have faith that Davy Propper will turn out to be a very good signing for us, although he has looked to rush things a bit when he has been on the ball in his first couple of games, he has also shown a few nice little touches too. Once he adpats to the pace of the Premier League he will be just fine.

 

[ewe2]

I think DS needs viable competition .

 

[OvingdeanSeagull]

I may be wrong but I thought it was only £1m

Just checked and it seems it was around £3m, which is actually way less than I thought. Maybe you're right in that case.

 

[Brighton Mod]

Yeah and also Stephens slows our attacks down quite a few times - passing backwards or sideways far too much

This was noted last season, but derided by many on here, he really needs to up his game.

 

[BensGrandad]

Last season Stephens was able to sit on the ball, do a little turn which gave him time and space but he is unable to do that this season as he is closed down very quickly, but it will come as he gets used to the tempo of the game in the Premier. He is too good a player to not realize this and it will happen.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

My Villa supporting mates have been disappointed in him - maybe we saw an opportunity but the hat trick probably put pay to that

 

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