Adam Phillips vs Conor Hourihane

They both have very similar stats for Barnsley.

Goals
Assists
Appearances

 

You always hear about players that have it all but the end product, Phillips seems to be the other way round, but as much as he irritates me sometimes with his attitude and his ability to go missing, we are probably going to have to sign two players to match his G/A output when he does leave which says something for how important he’s been.

Still not on the level of Conor though.

 

Conor captained a side to promotion and was a big player in that side. I like Phillips he's a very good player for us but until he achieves something with us like a promotion no comparison.

 

Oh definitely no comparison i know that. I like Adam Phillips but when I used to watch Conor Hourihane play i was in awe. His magical left foot. Adam Phillips does go missing quite a lot.

 

Phillips is technically excellent, as his goal at Plymouth and that brilliant 45 yard pass from right to left yesterday illustrated. He's definitely got the quality to be in a promotion-chasing Championship side.

 

Phillips has more individual quality but Hourihane was the better all round player.

 

Hourihane a different league in my opinion

 

Phillips, 7th round.

Ref to stop it.

 

I can rarely say I’ve seen him play outstandingly well but if you have so many assists and goals to your name how could we possibly do without him. Pretty invaluable at this moment.

 

That pass was absolutely sublime

 

They are both goals and assist machines. But what made Conor get to such a high level was he was more adaptable and learnt to do a job as a centre mid, for a brief period here he could do everything.

Because Phillips isn’t athletic and isn’t great off the ball it’s not ideal for a bottom end team in the championship to take a chance on him. But he’d do well for a team who dominates possession and has 2 midfielders who can a lot of running for him.

Conor’s the better player all day long but I’d like to see Phillips get a chance in the championship in the next couple of years as his final ball and shooting is very handy, it has to be at the right team though.

 

Adam Phillips v Max Watters for Barnsley (League and Play-Offs Only)

2022-23 Phillips
Minutes: 2491
Goals: 9 - Goal every 277 minutes - 0.33 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 8 - Assist every 312 minutes - 0.29 assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 17 - Goal Involvement every 147 minutes - 0.61 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

2022-23 Watters
Minutes: 611
Goals: 4 - Goal every 153 minutes - 0.59 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 2 - Assist every 306 minutes - 0.29 Assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 6 - Goal Involvement every 102 minutes - 0.88 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

2023-24 Phillips
Minutes: 3223
Goals: 12 - Goal every 269 minutes - 0.34 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 6 - Assist every 538 minutes - 0.17 assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 18 - Goal Involvement every 179 minutes - 0.5 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

2023-24 Watters
Minutes: 789
Goals: 3 - Goal every 263 minutes - 0.34 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 3 - Assist every 263 minutes - 0.34 Assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 6 - Goal Involvement every 132 minutes - 0.68 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

2024-25 Phillips
Minutes: 2846
Goals: 9 - Goal every 317 minutes - 0.28 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 7 - Assist every 407 minutes - 0.22 assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 16 - Goal Involvement every 178 minutes - 0.51 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

2024-25 Watters
Minutes: 1405
Goals: 5 - Goal every 281 minutes - 0.32 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 1 - Assist every 1405 minutes - 0.06 Assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 6 - Goal Involvement every 235 minutes - 0.38 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

Total Phillips
Minutes: 8560
Goals: 30 - Goal every 286 minutes - 0.32 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 21 - Assist every 408 minutes - 0.22 assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 51 - Goal Involvement every 168 minutes - 0.53 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

Total Watters
Minutes: 2805
Goals: 12 - Goal every 234 minutes - 0.39 goals per 90 minutes
Assists: 6 - Assist every 468 minutes - 0.19 Assists per 90 minutes
Goal Involvement: 18 - Goal Involvement every 156 minutes - 0.58 Goal Involvements per 90 minutes

https://footystats.org/players/england/adam-phillips
https://footystats.org/players/england/max-watters

There's a thing, isn't it.

 

And when we signed Conor from Plymouth, didn't it take him a while to settle at first, and win us fans over.
Who knew then ehh, what a talented star player he would turn out to be.

 

He did aye mate. He took some rate stick from a small section of our fans, who writ him off instantly, bit like they did Dike and Andersen (though in Mads' case it was a bit more understandable). But I suppose every fanbase has fans like it. Unfortunately not every player can hit the ground running!

 

While I don't think Watters is anywhere near Phillips in footballing ability, I also think that bearing in mind our current lack of out and out strikers, loaning him to Dundee Utd was crackers.

 

In fact Frog, and yeah we're obviously not the only fans who do this.
But didn't we also give Danny Wilson, and Ronnie Glavin, and maybe even Neil Redfearn, a bit of a cold-start attitude.
They had to win us over to begin with, like with Conor.

 

Apples and pears.

 

I'm too young to remember those mate - I was still nice and warm in the sack until 93 so..

 

Yes, Phillips’ goals and assists from midfield are almost as good as a striker’s!