STEPHEN HUNT - IS HIS TIME UP?

[Alan Partridge]

Sorry if this has been posted by another member, but WHY is SHunt nominated for Player Of The Month? (December)
He hasn't exactly been amazing and has been below average in most games. He missed a penalty but then scored one when it mattered and created Doyle's goal against Brum but other than that...what has he done to deserve the award? Surely it should be Federici?

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDet ... 94,00.html

If more evidence was needed that the people who hand out this award actualy are clueless and don't properly watch the teams and players they put forward this is it. Hunt has been Reading's worst player in December and he'll probably win this award because they've heard of him.

[phil in cornwall]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/2432939/Premier-League-Transfer-Talk---Club-by-club---Football-Transfers---Football-Rumours.html

Wigan have made a £5 million offer for Reading winger Stephen Hunt.

[loyalroyal4life]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/2432939/Premier-League-Transfer-Talk---Club-by-club---Football-Transfers---Football-Rumours.html

Wigan have made a £5 million offer for Reading winger Stephen Hunt.

HAPPY DAYS!!!!! HOPE HE GOES

[andrew1957]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/2432939/Premier-League-Transfer-Talk---Club-by-club---Football-Transfers---Football-Rumours.html

Wigan have made a £5 million offer for Reading winger Stephen Hunt.

HAPPY DAYS!!!!! HOPE HE GOES

We just need Everton and Middlesborough to also put in bids and start a bidding war which drives the price up to £10M for our most valuable player.

[M U R T Y]

If that means I wont have to endure another "Ronaldo style set-up to a free kick" again, then great. The results are embarrasing...

SHunt has been the most improved player i've seen at the club in the past 5 years, but the last 2 months has seen him playing for himself above playing for the team. Shame, as I thought he was quite humble when Coppell rescued him from Bradford and inevitabally lower league football for the rest of his career.

[rabidbee]

We just need Everton and Middlesborough to also put in bids and start a bidding war which drives the price up to £10M for our most valuable player.

They'd be more likely to each table £5m bids and then try to outbid each other in their wages signing-on fees.

[RobRoyal]

HAPPY DAYS!!!!! HOPE HE GOES

Utter idiocy. Whatever you think of Hunt, to gleefully celebrate losing a member of the first-team when the only replacement is hopelessly short of form, and when there's 3 1/2 weeks to find a replacement is really daft. What might be good business in the summer could be devastating this month.

We just need Everton and Middlesborough to also put in bids and start a bidding war which drives the price up to £10M for our most valuable player.

Why would they do that when they only have to offer £5m to speak to him

[Royal Lady]

I'm sure he'll love it at Wigan.

[loyalroyal4life]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/2432939/Premier-League-Transfer-Talk---Club-by-club---Football-Transfers---Football-Rumours.html

Wigan have made a £5 million offer for Reading winger Stephen Hunt.

HAPPY DAYS!!!!! HOPE HE GOES

We just need Everton and Middlesborough to also put in bids and start a bidding war which drives the price up to £10M for our most valuable player.

It wont happen like that, it will be £5mill top bid and if more than 1 club come in they will bid the same

[RoyalBlue]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/2432939/Premier-League-Transfer-Talk---Club-by-club---Football-Transfers---Football-Rumours.html

Wigan have made a £5 million offer for Reading winger Stephen Hunt.

HAPPY DAYS!!!!! HOPE HE GOES

Stattos - How many 'assists' has SHunt got so far this season?

Seems strange that people would be happy to see him go unless, of course, they know the club have got a damn good replacement lined up!

[Upper West Ginger]

Shame, as I thought he was quite humble when Coppell rescued him from Bradford and inevitabally lower league football for the rest of his career.

Somewhat geographically challenged, methinks ...

[loyalroyal4life]

Stattos - How many 'assists' has SHunt got so far this season?

Seems strange that people would be happy to see him go unless, of course, they know the club have got a damn good replacement lined up!

Yes i know very well he tops the assists column but i just think his attitude together with a fee of £5 mill bodes better for RFC long term rather than presently. Of course a replacement who can come straight in and do well is a must but i think it is the right time for s.hunt to move on and the bottom line is he will be the first to say so himself so why keep a player whose mind is elsewhere?

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Ive read some tripe on this board, but this S Hunt slag thread is plain embarrassing.

Now i agree his form has dipped, i dont question that. I missed Soton away unfortunately, but i have seen 2 clips from the game. 1 was us scoring from a S Hunt free kick, the other was us coming within a whisker of us winning the game with a good a cross as you are likely to see at CCC level. Oh yes, a Hunt cross.

Boxing Day. we score last kick of the game. From a Hunt Corner was it?

week before, potential promotion decider, game at 1-1 and home side on top. Hunt assist, could win us promotion in then end. You could argue that was worth 6 points alone!

Even out of form, if he hadnt played in the last 6 weeks we could be back in the chasing pack.

Our team permormances almost totally mirror S Hunts performance. He plays well, we play well. He plays Bad, we play bad.

Anyone who thinks we should sell arguably our most influencial player, and replacing him with Henry of Convey, just becauce his current form is, apprently, poor then i pity your blinkered view of the footballing world.

[Sun Tzu]

Shame, as I thought he was quite humble when Coppell rescued him from Bradford and inevitabally lower league football for the rest of his career.

Somewhat geographically challenged, methinks ...

Um, no. Totally accurate...

[Archie's penalty]

Ive read some tripe on this board, but this S Hunt slag thread is plain embarrassing.

Now i agree his form has dipped, i dont question that. I missed Soton away unfortunately, but i have seen 2 clips from the game. 1 was us scoring from a S Hunt free kick, the other was us coming within a whisker of us winning the game with a good a cross as you are likely to see at CCC level. Oh yes, a Hunt cross.

Boxing Day. we score last kick of the game. From a Hunt Corner was it?

week before, potential promotion decider, game at 1-1 and home side on top. Hunt assist, could win us promotion in then end. You could argue that was worth 6 points alone!

Even out of form, if he hadnt played in the last 6 weeks we could be back in the chasing pack.

Our team permormances almost totally mirror S Hunts performance. He plays well, we play well. He plays Bad, we play bad.

Anyone who thinks we should sell arguably our most influencial player, and replacing him with Henry of Convey, just becauce his current form is, apprently, poor then i pity your blinkered view of the footballing world.

Great post. Thank you - far too much Hunt bashing of late.

[winchester_royal]

TLM, the only reason why our performances coincide so much with Shunts is that our whole pattern of play revolves around the 2 wingers, therefore it is no suprise that if he is shit we are shit.

The first 2 months I thought he was our best player, he worked his socks off, his dead ball delivery was top notch, and he was consistently getting in areas to cross the ball. However at the moment he does not seem interested in RFC, and 5 mil for him would be daylight robbery, hence why so many (including myself) would be happy to see him leave.

[Ian Royal]

I don't see a problem with his attitude either. His on the pitch attitude is what makes him such an important player for us.

He isn't technically fantastic, but he makes up for that with his determination and drive. Yes he may be getting a bit big for his boots and talking about a return to the prem, but unless someone good enough stumps up £5m he's going nowhere and it won't effect his dedication in the slightest. Much like Sidwell.

He has off patches because he doesn't have the skill he thinks he does, and there are few wingers who can cope with being marked out of the game by more than one player. Something which seems to be happening a fair amount from what many are saying.

Even then his set pieces this season make him invaluable to the club. We won't go up automatically if Hunt goes, unless we get seriously lucky with a replacement.

[Bucks Dave]

TLM, to describe that centre at B'ham at 1-1 as simply an assist doesn't do it credit. It was a great swerving cross at speed with pinpoint accuracy. It came right in my direction!!

All fan Boards have their baying mobs of the deluded. Ours is no different.

[winchester_royal]

TLM, to describe that centre at B'ham at 1-1 as simply an assist doesn't do it credit. It was a great swerving cross at speed with pinpoint accuracy. It came right in my direction!!

All fan Boards have their baying mobs of the deluded. Ours is no different.

LOL, and I suppose you think you're the voice of reason in this forum of delusion.

[Tony Le Mesmer]

We won't go up automatically if Hunt goes

That pretty much sums it up for me.