Hourihane has talent to survive in the Premier League, says Andrews

Conor Hourihane’s first taste of competitive English football was a League Two draw between Plymouth Argyle and Shrewsbury Town at the compact New Meadow Stadium just shy of eight years ago. The attendance was 6,421.

The Cork midfielder had cut his ties with Premier League Sunderland, and with Ipswich Town, in an effort to kickstart his career in the lowest of the professional tiers. A tidy, clever ball player, it was his willingness to play that long game that finally paid off.