He was clearly always good enough for us but the frustration came from the fact that he would play the safe ball rather than drive us forward as he clearly now does with Barnsley.
Whether it was Fletchers tactics, playing in a poor team or his relative inexperience who knows but we only saw his potential being realised in his final 6 months with us when really started to boss midfield
Fingers crossed he continues to improve and we get a decent windfall from the sell on.
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I firmly believe that it was Fletchers tactics. I remember seeing him play against Truro as a trialist IIRC and I think Saltash too. I remember being impressed by his passing range and how he got forward well, and quickly too.
We have a lot to thank Fletcher for, genuinely, but I don't think his development of Hourihane into a pass sideways DM is one of them.
Although having said that at least he was getting game time.
My point really was that he was another who the green army loved to get on his back, and those that were deemed not good enough such as Mackie, Barnes, Puncheon etc have all gone on to flourish when leaving Argyle.
