The Aston Villa forward has barely played in his natural position.
According to a recent report from the Sun on Sunday (print edition 29/10/2017 page 65), Aston Villa are prepared to sell Scott Hogan in January to fund some new additions, but has the forward been unfairly judged given the failure to feature in his preferred position on a regular basis?
Villa boss Steve Bruce has three quality forwards to chose from, and yet Hogan appears to have been written out of the equation, used instead out wide and then somewhat unfairly criticised for failing to make his mark.
As good as Jonathan Kodjia and Keinan Davis can be, the former has looked out of sorts in recent games and Hogan deserves a starting spot as a central striker to prove his worth.
After all, he has 22 goals in 58 Championship matches so Villa fans know what he is capable of from his days at Brentford.
And yet when Bruce does use him, Hogan is almost invariably shunted out wide, unable to make his mark on the game and then written off as a flop.
Hogan may well be leaving in January, but do not expect his bad form to continue for long if a new club sticks him where he does his best work.
The alternative is that Villa start treating him like a striker and potentially have a third goal-scorer to call on for the second half of a vital campaign.
Goal-scorers win promotion and that is Villa’s priority, so why play one out of position and then ditch them all together?
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