Stephen Hunt

**BigmanCas** · 11/02/2008, 9:15 AM

Your missing the point Bill. I doubt you are clueless. Watch and make comments afterwards.... [COLOR=#800080]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1yCKKh7TY4[/COLOR]

**Morbo** · 11/02/2008, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

Hunt is a Kunt....he started thelling Steven Ireland to "be a man" in the paper a few months back. what a t osspot

He is a kunt for saying that? Good advice he gave S.Ireland there, wish he would be a man and just admit he didn't want to play for us rather than hiding behind dead grannys

**McGinty** · 11/02/2008, 3:56 PM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

Mageady gave two of the worst performances I have ever seen from an Irish player EVER in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Best player my hole.

bout time i heard some sense on here about McGeady. The vast majority of people on this board seem to have a huge horn for him...

**eirebhoy** · 11/02/2008, 4:18 PM

I don't know about that. There'll always be one or 2 that go over the top with every player though.

**NeilMcD** · 11/02/2008, 4:25 PM

ahhh dont be so hard on yourself Eirebhoy!!!

**eirebhoy** · 11/02/2008, 4:55 PM

I probably mentioned McGeady's name more than anyone on this forum but I never went ott with him. I don't think so anyway.

**Stuttgart88** · 11/02/2008, 5:58 PM

You can't just dismiss anyone's achievements in the SPL, just as you can't state them as definitive proof of quality either. It's obvious that, say, Nakamura and McGeady are more gifted than almost anyone else up there though.

There have been plenty of players who did OK in the EPL or other decent leagues who have flopped in Scotland. As far as I'm concerned I think it's a good place for a 20/21 year old to be doing well, especially with European experience. He has already shown he has great talent and great potential but has plenty to do to establish himself as an international.

I think to rely on him to get a grip on a game for us is daft, but we could get a lot out of him if the rest of the midfield has already got a grip on the game.
McGeady would probably do very well in a Hleb-like role for Arsenal for example but would be anonymous at a Wigan or Bolton.

**Larks** · 14/02/2008, 3:29 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

You can't just dismiss anyone's achievements in the SPL, just as you can't state them as definitive proof of quality either. It's obvious that, say, Nakamura and McGeady are more gifted than almost anyone else up there though.

There have been plenty of players who did OK in the EPL or other decent leagues who have flopped in Scotland. As far as I'm concerned I think it's a good place for a 20/21 year old to be doing well, especially with European experience. He has already shown he has great talent and great potential but has plenty to do to establish himself as an international.

I think to rely on him to get a grip on a game for us is daft, but we could get a lot out of him if the rest of the midfield has already got a grip on the game.
McGeady would probably do very well in a Hleb-like role for Arsenal for example but would be anonymous at a Wigan or Bolton.

I'd have to agree with you although I think he'll never be as smart a footballer as Hleb, he could be that style of player. However are we, ireland, an Arsenal or a Bolton? Pity.

**paul_oshea** · 14/02/2008, 3:45 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I think to rely on him to get a grip on a game for us is daft, but we could get a lot out of him if the rest of the midfield has already got a grip on the game.
McGeady would probably do very well in a Hleb-like role for Arsenal for example but would be anonymous at a Wigan or Bolton.

I think that was the a bit of the problem in eastern europe, he was isolated and no support so the usual running that he does, ended up with him ALWAYS losing the ball as oppossed to every second or 3rd time like we saw at the brazil game at home. I think you summed it up very well.

**BigmanCas** · 14/02/2008, 4:06 PM

You Tube his name and you'll find all the clips showing him against top class club sides. He is still learning Paul and has come along way. To quote Beckett:- "ever tried, ever failed? no matter, try again, fail again, fail better". Mc Geady understands that it is very important that you got to fail to succeed. His mistake while occuring less and less are making him into what will be one of the best. He will be a better player than Alex Hleb eventually. He was our best player against Brazil. He has had a few bad games in a Green Jersey but that will go down to experience.

**eirebhoy** · 14/02/2008, 4:08 PM

Did he really lose the ball every 2nd or 3rd time against Brazil? I thought he kept on to it very well.

**jmurphyc** · 14/02/2008, 4:14 PM

Against Brazil he was obviously excellent, but I do sometimes worry that whilst he has some pace, he doesn't have enough pace to escape the last man and has to use other techniques in order to do so. This was evident against Brazil. Also, rewatching a bit of the recent Ireland games, Andy Reid and him are closed down by 2-3 players very quickly or otherwise marked tightly.

**BigmanCas** · 14/02/2008, 4:27 PM

That what happens to the best players. Rumour has it that Celtic have employed a French speed coach to work with him??

**jmurphyc** · 14/02/2008, 4:31 PM

Originally Posted by BigmanCas

Rumour has it that Celtic have employed a French speed coach to work with him??

Yeah I heard that on here a few months back. His pace is the only thing that worries me. He has pace, but just not a huge amount of it. If he is changed from a winger into an "attacking midfielder" as he says he wants to be, then it wouldn't worry me as much. When I first started watching him I thought that this would be his best position and where we needed him the most as at the time we were really lacking creativity.

**paul_oshea** · 15/02/2008, 11:40 AM

EB, id have to watch it again but i can remember clearly on 3 occassions where he ran diagonal in the second half and lost the ball. not to mention a good few stray passes.

anyhow im not denying he had a good game, but it could have been a good bit better too if he had used his loaf a little more.

**eirebhoy** · 15/02/2008, 11:53 AM

I did watch it again and I just can't agree. Gave the ball away less than most of our players.

**sligoman** · 19/04/2008, 9:48 PM

Tubridy Tonight, now.

**frog-gufc** · 19/04/2008, 10:23 PM

tubridy asked hunt about stephen ireland, hunt replied well hes a munster man like myself,

isnt hunt from wexford????
poor fella was pure nervous, ,my girlfriend who knws nuthan about football asked me was he a retard

fair play to him though hes an honest lad and always give 100% unlike that toupet wearin wack job(stephen ireland) he should be ashamed of himself i hope i never see him in an ireland shirt again

**Irish_Praha** · 19/04/2008, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by frog-gufc

tubridy asked hunt about stephen ireland, hunt replied well hes a munster man like myself,

isnt hunt from wexford????
poor fella was pure nervous, ,my girlfriend who knws nuthan about football asked me was he a retard

fair play to him though hes an honest lad and always give 100% unlike that toupet wearin wack job(stephen ireland) he should be ashamed of himself i hope i never see him in an ireland shirt again

Pot kettle black?

He was born in Laois but brought up in Waterford.