Conor Hourihane’s stunning hat-trick for Aston Villa leads to inevitable calls

What an achievement.

Conor Hourihane is a name Irish football fans are getting more familiar with by the day. He's been touch and go in an Ireland jersey with a below-par performance against Mexico but was one of the few shining lights against Iceland. With the two crunch World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Serbia quickly approaching the Aston Villa player has just thrown his name into the hat for a starting spot. The 26-year-old started against Norwich (Wes Hoolahan was on the bench) and was sensational. As Aston Villa ran out 4-2 winners in an enthralling encounter Hourihane scored a hat trick and it that means Irish fans have inevitably been calling for the player to start for Martin O'Neill's side. https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/898935898175397888 https://twitter.com/FintanMusic/status/898935146711322630 https://twitter.com/gerrytastic/status/898930538689568768 Aston Villa fans were happy too. https://twitter.com/StanleyTiger/status/898939535274409985 https://twitter.com/Sam1874_/status/898939249340420101 https://twitter.com/jaaack___/status/898939166628737026 https://twitter.com/Lbrennan07/status/898935025865019397