Out for two to three weeks with a calf injury.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/mix...es-491766.html
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Out for two to three weeks with a calf injury.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/mix...es-491766.html
Expected to play for the reserves tonight:
http://nexadviser.com/2011/stephen-h...onight/224820/
SSN says he's out for a few more weeks. He needs a hernia op after the reserve game mentioned above.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I wondered why Hunt wouldn't survive at CM.
Our Gattuso is a winger.
why do you say thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
He asked him for directions once.
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.
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)
According to BBC text reports he limped off towards the end of today's game.
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.
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 cat reminds me of Mick re: World CUp 02 v Germany...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQOoSUbnBs
That goal says a lot about Stephen Hunt if it didn't go in they were relegated.
The cat one is top class, literally 'laughed out loud'. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
That was a great performance that day from wolves. A great game.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Never get over micks reaction to that goal.
Hunty got a haircut! Not the best picture but the mullet is gone.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S...s400/Hunty.jpg
Oh no!
The source of all his powers!
Don't worry, he got a good assist against Liverpool today.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
At least he can see where he is going now!!!
Sky Sports understands Celtic are eyeing a move for Wolves midfielder Stephen Hunt before the transfer window slams shut.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7465647/
Hunt made the bench for Wolves today after a long lay-off thanks to a hernia problem.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/300320...lost-time.html
Just had groin surgery. Potential doubt for Euros..?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17609123
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...y-3073330.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by johnnyc
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...r-Ireland.html
Quote:
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by JGKyne
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.
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/Transfe...w#cite_note-27Quote:
Originally Posted by JGKyne
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/20122013transf...incejan31.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/RulesandR...rs%202010.ashx
So maybe all those loans are in fact illegal :)
Making his first start of the season tonight against Chelsea. Forde and Foley on the bench, Ward and Doyle rested.
Hunt hauled off at half-time for Anthony Forde with Chelsea leading 3-0. Now 4-0. Can't be good for Hunt.
6-0 now after 70 minutes. So at least they've done worse without Hunt!
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.
Hunt won't make the squad barring a series of injuries.
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...:(