I thought Hunt did alright yesterday, Hunt never came on against Utd, was going to but then went back and sat down. :shock: Hunt did nothing upwards the field, and little backwards either. Misplaced on several occasions, and not at all friendly with the ball. And we saw little of his most appreciat...

I only saw this episode in a quick shot, seeing Hunt laying on the pitch while Lehmann shaking his head in a "what an idiot" way. Is there any video of this incident. If this thread is anything to judge by Hunt seems to deserve the "what an idiot" label. Cheating/Diving should be...

Bikey played very well today. The penalty looked pretty bad, but it's just the kind of foul that Sonko could have given away, as at Villa. Yup. Bikey played very well apart from that penalty. He is still a bit raw around the edges, but nothing like the first games he played. Will be here next year?...

Volvicanus He'd be my first goalie choice at this point. Excellent game.

This game made a believer out of me. I now declare my confindence in Federici. Great game.

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That might even prove to be a good thing for us as he won't be attracting interest from the likes of Villa, City, Newcastle or Everton who might've tried to nick him off us if he continued the way he was going.

Always look on the bright side of life?

Platypuss These skills come with (years of) experience of playing at centre back - I don't think he or we have the time to let him develop them to the level required.

If young players can't be given time to develop, what do we need the youth academy for? Or young unproven players in general?

Royalee Maybe if he learns to mark properly, some positional sense and football skills, yes.

--> Rather harsh, I think. He played a good game i the FA cup fixture.

It is way to early to write Bikey off. He had a few bad clearences and on a few occassion also with his ball controll. But on other parts he was strong. No problems with his marking or control in the air as I can recall (after the first 10 very poor minuts from the whole team). And he did a few key ...

If we are to distribute guilt for the first Wigan goal, it should be more to the defenders who let Heskey come through like that. If I recall correctly that was Ingimarsson who missed.

Big Ern I thought Hahnemann was at fault for the Eigan goals as he was beaten at his near post for both of them.

The last one I can agree on. More hesitant on the first. He had a few good saves, was safe when out in the box and made good decision in terms of positioning as I can recall.l

I do rate the lad but do we need him and at that price???? We now have Bennett, as well as Bikey, Sodje, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Gunnarsson, Pearce, Halford. (this is presuming Brown is going as part exchange) Lot of money for someone who may not start and would leave us a little bit top heavy in that ...

Upper West?!?

while Hunt didn't excel forwards, particularly being unprecise.

What does the guy have to do to impress you? He showed very good touch and control today, not least of which was the chest control and pass to Long for Long's goal.

He has impressed me in previous games. Not today.

Murty was very solid, and claiming my man of the match award, in tight contest with Lita. Hahnemann was solid. The back four opened up very insecure and unbalanced, but sort of found their way. Bikey need to work on clearences and ball control. Centre midfield was good. Little had his periods, while...

I assume that will be credited to Lita. Anyway, great work

Friday's Child Hunt has had a superb game so far... (83 mins).

I'll have to disagree. Low precision, and not contributing all that much in the attacking play in general.

Good game by Long. With experience comes a better feeling for when to hold up the ball, and when to keep the steam on. I believe!

The wacky-clearances syndrome seems to be spreading back there

A bit of a temper on Long today. He has yellow, so he should be careful about delivering out small pushes when ball is out of play...

Bikey do seem to have a problem with ball control and clearences today.

Well, that certainly took some time to get in...

I'm particularly impressed with Lita's start of the second half.