'Not close to PL level' - Aston Villa fans slaughter outfield player after loss to Fulham

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17 Feb 2018, 11:44 am

By Richard Parks

Aston Villa fans took to Twitter to lay into Conor Hourihane for his performance in their 2-0 Championship defeat to Fulham on Saturday afternoon. Goals from man-of-the-moment Ryan Sessegnon and Floyd Ayite secured the three points for the Londoners in the battle of the in-form sides at Craven Cottage. The win for Fulham was their seventh in succession in the league and ended Villa's own golden sequence of seven consecutive Championship victories. Hourihane, 27, played the full 90 minutes of the Rivers Thames encounter in a midfield three with Mile Jedinak and El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, both of whom were substituted. But supporters of the Midlands giants took to social media to express their dissatisfaction with the Republic of Ireland international's performance. Here is a selection of their messages on Twitter:

Yes, and hourihane has been bad
— George Adey (@george_adey) February 17, 2018

Hourihane needs to get involved, he is so slow
— George Adey (@george_adey) February 17, 2018

Giving them a lot of respect. Hogan & Hourihane hardly had a touch. Not sure why Hourihane isn’t the left side of the three ...
— Yalie (@yaliekins) February 17, 2018

Hourihane has been a key player for Villa this season, with his goals from midfield integral to the team's push for promotion. The Irishman has scored eight league goals from 29 matches, 28 of which have been starts. In other Aston Villa news,

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