Stephen Hunt

[TrapAPony]

Out for two to three weeks with a calf injury.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/mixed-news-for-irish-pair-at-wolves-491766.html

[AlaskaFox]

Expected to play for the reserves tonight:
http://nexadviser.com/2011/stephen-hunt-eyes-his-return-for-wolverhampton-wanderers-reserves-tonight/224820/

[Stuttgart88]

SSN says he's out for a few more weeks. He needs a hernia op after the reserve game mentioned above.

[the bear]

hunty was the best player on the pitch last night. his doggedness, commitment and passion to play for ireland is a joy to watch. assuming duffman and mcgeady are back for slovakia, what is the best way to utilise hunt?

he can be very effective as a 20 min impact sub but then you are missing out on him for 70 mins. maybe he could do a job in centre mid.

[Murfinator]

Horses for courses. Hunt is undeniably very strong defensively against opponents with a dangerous wide threat. Otherwise I think Duff/McGeady and Hunt off the bench is a solid plan.
I wonder where Lawrence fits in all this now, he hasn't really done anything wrong. Ditto Fahey.

Duff is the only one I'd consider undroppable, I think the others all have merits to be argued for.

[the bear]

i would consider mcgeady undroppable now aswell, which is unlucky for LL and hunt, and to a lesser extent coleman trying to break through. mcgeadys confidence and all round play has improved no end since moving to russia, he is on another level. fahey should start cm in my opinion with a harrier alongside him, at the moment i would go with andrews but its a position i would be tempted to try hunt in, not in a qualifier though.

[Charlie Darwin]

Hunt is a winger. He'd never survive in the centre. He has a lot of great attributes but spatial awareness isn't one of them.

[geysir]

I wondered why Hunt wouldn't survive at CM.
Our Gattuso is a winger.

[the bear]

Hunt is a winger. He'd never survive in the centre. He has a lot of great attributes but spatial awareness isn't one of them.

why do you say that

[geysir]

He asked him for directions once.

[Charlie Darwin]

He'd be a hyper Paul Green - he'd chase every ball but good midfielders would find it easy to pass around him. I moved from winger to centre mid at underage level and it requires a completely different set of skills - you need to know what's going on in front of you, around you and behind you, and that's just not something Hunt has in his game. Defending as a winger is a lot more straightforward.

[the bear]

i know what your saying, i play cm or cb back myself. the best cms are players who have a natural footballing brain ie. can antcipated where the ball will be, where players will move, where to find space. i realise the way hunt performs on the wing he comes across as a headless chicken a bit. maybe he could adapt i dunno if hunt would be capable of filling this role but i wouldn't say it's not in his game without having seen him play there. maybe he would lack the discipine to keep the shape trap likes. but he does a good defensive job from the wing so id like to try him in there, more so as a way of getting him onto the pitch in our starting 11 than anything else i suppose (and glenn whelan out of it)

[SwanVsDalton]

According to BBC text reports he limped off towards the end of today's game.

[Noelys Guitar]

Looked fine to me when he went off. Had a very good game today. Made the second goal and played as well as I have ever seen him play. Laughed off a crunching tackle from Sidwell and his first touch and passing today was excellent. Did get booked for one late challenge himself but never close to another yellow after that.

[tricky_colour]

Just found these on a Wolves forum, I thought they were worth posting....

Great control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GW5HSynOA&NR=1

Great reaction to goal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNQGdKg4Cw&NR=1

[Kingdom]

That cat reminds me of Mick re: World CUp 02 v Germany...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQOoSUbnBs

[tricky_colour]

That goal says a lot about Stephen Hunt if it didn't go in they were relegated.

[Sullivinho]

Just found these on a Wolves forum, I thought they were worth posting....

Great control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GW5HSynOA&NR=1

Great reaction to goal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNQGdKg4Cw&NR=1

The cat one is top class, literally 'laughed out loud'. :D

[BonnieShels]

Just found these on a Wolves forum, I thought they were worth posting....

Great control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GW5HSynOA&NR=1

Great reaction to goal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNQGdKg4Cw&NR=1

That was a great performance that day from wolves. A great game.

Never get over micks reaction to that goal.

[EastTerracer]

Hunty got a haircut! Not the best picture but the mullet is gone.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sw08XiXZzKI/Tn3t2PBKsLI/AAAAAAAAAgw/NjO-6K1LGZ4/s400/Hunty.jpg

[BonnieShels]

Oh no!

The source of all his powers!

[tricky_colour]

Oh no!

The source of all his powers!

Don't worry, he got a good assist against Liverpool today.

At least he can see where he is going now!!!

[TrapAPony]

Sky Sports understands Celtic are eyeing a move for Wolves midfielder Stephen Hunt (http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/7465647/Celtic-in-Hunt-for-Wolves-ace) before the transfer window slams shut.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7465647/

[Carrigaline]

Hunt made the bench for Wolves today after a long lay-off thanks to a hernia problem.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30032012/63/hunt-lost-time.html

[johnnyc]

Just had groin surgery. Potential doubt for Euros..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17609123

[Yard of Pace]

Just had groin surgery. Potential doubt for Euros..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17609123

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/speedy-return-to-action-expected-for-hunt-following-surgery-3073330.html

[Carrigaline]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/irishsun/irishsunsport/4259166/Stephen-Hunt-I-should-start-for-Ireland.html

Hunt, who has won 38 caps, said: “I am one of those players who believes he should be in the starting XI, never mind the squad.

[Carrigaline]

Spectacular fall from grace for Hunt, apparently the manager says he is not part of his plans and that he is willing to let him go on a free. Unfortunately, no club came in for him, so he is stuck at Wolves until January. At the moment, he's not even making the bench for Wolves.

[Junior]

If they paid up his contract and made him a free agent, he could then move before the next transfer window I guess?

[Carrigaline]

If they paid up his contract and made him a free agent, he could then move before the next transfer window I guess?
Once you're registered with a club after the window has closed, you are not allowed to sign with another club even if they cancel your contract.

[IsMiseSean]

Isn't there a loan window that opens in Sept that allows players to join another club for 90 days?

[Olé Olé]

Isn't there a loan window that opens in Sept that allows players to join another club for 90 days?

If a loan to a fellow championship were allowed then it would certainly be to everyone's benefit. Although, I think this new Wolves manager should really see that playing Hunt is more to his benefit. Their midfield in a 3-1 loss to Cardiff contained Doumbia, Peszko, Bakary Sako and Edwards. Now, I may not be aware of the other 3 but I could be fairly certain that Hunt is a far superior player to David Edwards.

[Charlie Darwin]

It's a strange one - it's hard to know if the manager just doesn't rate him, or if the manager's been told to ostracise him to get him off the wage bill, or if our Stephen's just dumped out his toys. All we've got to go on is the manager saying he can leave. I'd have thought there'd at least have been a couple of clubs making enquiries - Hunt's agent should at least have been making some noise.

[tricky_colour]

Isn't there a loan window that opens in Sept that allows players to join another club for 90 days?

In England, clubs from the Football League Championship to the Football Conference can loan in players from 8 September to 25 November and also from 8 February until 24 March. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_window#cite_note-27

The reference for that is not to an official source and does not actually say what it is supposed to reference.

It's referenced here and several other places but I think they all reference wikipedia, could not find anything on
an official site.
http://lfcstats.co.uk/20122013transferrumourssincejan31.html

However the rules on transfers and loans seem to be here and I see no mention of those dates.
http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/Rules_Regs/2011/FIFA%20Regulations%20Status%20and%20Transfer%20of% 20Players%202010.ashx

So maybe all those loans are in fact illegal :)

[Charlie Darwin]

Making his first start of the season tonight against Chelsea. Forde and Foley on the bench, Ward and Doyle rested.

[Colbert Report]

Hunt hauled off at half-time for Anthony Forde with Chelsea leading 3-0. Now 4-0. Can't be good for Hunt.

[pineapple stu]

6-0 now after 70 minutes. So at least they've done worse without Hunt!

[Carrigaline]

It's going to be very interesting to see if Hunt makes the squad for the game against Germany in two weeks time. At this point and time, the only winger who you would guarantee to make the squad is McGeady, so that potentially leaves 3 open spaces. Even if Trap doesn't fancy McClean, you would have to expect he will take a position in the squad given.

[Charlie Darwin]

Hunt won't make the squad barring a series of injuries.

[Grafter]

Kind of sad to witness the inevitable decline of a onetime supersub during the Croke Park era. Still he made the most of what he once had...:(

[tetsujin1979]

going to be out for a few weeks after a hip operation: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/hunt-faces-hip-operation-as-injury-jinx-strikes-again-3247199.html

[Kingdom]

This sums up Stephen Hunt for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iwf20t9J1k

[OwlsFan]

Wants to get back in the Irish team and first team football and is taking 36 slimming tablets a day in his quest!!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/1127/1224327142932.html

[Junior]

Newstalk had a decent interview with him there the other night........

http://podcasts.newstalk.ie/newstalk/media_uploads/upload_mp3/2611fs.mp3

[gastric]

Mick supposedly after Hunt - would bea good move for him!

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/285303/Ipswich-target-Stephen-Hunt/

[Olé Olé]

Quite a predictable link with McCarthy, but could work very well for Hunt, particularly in his quest for regular and international football.

I really enjoyed that Newstalk interview. He's a real bubbly and determined character and spoke very honestly in saying that he doesn't like to see someone like James McClean playing well or grabbing headlines when he isn't which is refreshingly honest coming from a footballer. The joke among Ken Earley and the lads was that Hunt would walk himself into trouble with a few manipulatable quotes and you could sense that Hunt was aware of this reality, but really couldn't care less.

[tricky_colour]

Yes I enjoyed that too, straight talking, got to respect that, a lot of time when you hear other players talk
you hear what they are saying but you know they probably do not mean it, so you may as well say what is
on your mind and get some respect for that. I mean I don't think James McClean would be offended at what he
said, he would know that anyway as it is pretty much the same for everyone, if you want to play it means some
one else not playing.
I think he made some good points about the team not losing when he did play, I think it was similar with Reading,
the team played better when he played I seem to remember. I don't know if he would have made a difference in
the Euro's but he could hardly have made things worse!! He is the kind of player who can make and impact on the
game, raise expectations, it give you a lift when he is brought on, where as with some other players I don't get
that feeling, you just kind of think it's a waste of a substitution. With Hunt it's more the exception he does not make an
impact, with other players it's the norm, if nothing else he will bring a bit of madness to the game!!!

[elroy]

Hard to see how he cant get back in the Wolves team now that he is fit. They are on a shocking run right now

http://www.soccerway.com/teams/england/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/

[tricky_colour]

Well sure it would be easier if they are on a shocking run?
However they are 0-4 up so the run is ended,a brace for doyle. (not for his teeth)

[Grafter]

Guess Stephen might get a second life at Wolves now with Solbakken gone. Who appoints these guys FFS! You just knew when the likes of Solbakken, Berg etc... were appointed to their respective clubs that it wasn't gonna work!:rolleyes: