Hunt/Halford/Sunderland

[Cookie]

Why are so many nobbers so bl**dy negative?

It really gets on my nerves.

Not all of us. Some of us are big on neutrality, we love the club unconditionally. Staying up or going down.

[Focher]

Keane is a pretty level headed guy

[Royalee]

Etherington, Duff, Kapo, Malbranque, Petrov, Downing, Gamst Pederson and Barry/Young/Maloney are all infinitely better than Hunt. He is however one of our top six players, which is why we're doomed.

[Royal Rother]

The difference is that the aforementioned all regularly drift out of games, Hunt very rarely does. He keeps going 90 minutes and although he lacks the finesse of the others he is always involved.

[TheMaraudingDog]

Hunt is a top player.....Probably the best left winger you'll find outside the real big teams.

Keep telling yourself these things and you end up convincing yourself, if not everyone else.

Oh look - another negative post from mr negative

Your words will haunt you and yes I agree with Ian, I actually believe Hunt would do well at Liverpool who seem to lack a left winger.

[Wax Jacket]

Hunt is a top player.....Probably the best left winger you'll find outside the real big teams.

Keep telling yourself these things and you end up convincing yourself, if not everyone else.

Oh look - another negative post from mr negative

Your words will haunt you and yes I agree with Ian, I actually believe Hunt would do well at Liverpool who seem to lack a left winger.

fits in with all their other players who can't pass the ball accurately - hence why they're not top 3

anyway it's hardly negative to say that you don't think a footballer is an especially good player is it? jsut saying it the way you see it. and besides, the negativity is hardly mis-placed is it? the league table doesn't lie

[brendywendy]

the league table isnt a measure of the quality of a teams left winger though

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

He's determined and always willing to have a go, sometimes trying to much. He can get himself in trouble with his aggression, I'd call it hard but generally fair (or at least fair intent)..

in truth Hunt isn't even in the "hard but fair" mould, as he's not the type to fly in with crunching tackles. He's not a ball-winner to any degree. He's more like the stray dog in the park that will scamper around like a maniac and pinch the ball off your toes.

It's just been decided by the media, because of the Cech incident, that he's the sort of player that like to go in hard.

By the way, I like him as a player, but I'd be pretty horrified if we paid £6.5 million for a player of his ability. We didn't sell mainly because we'd have had to have gone out an bought a replacement. I also think coppell would have been reluctant to sell to Keane because of Keane's insistence on doing his bidding through the media, presumably to try and unsettle Hunt into wanting a move.

[1871royals]

I like Hunty because he gives it his all and is a typical 'RFC' player (not very well know but worked hard to become an established prem player). Some people need to be realistic Hunty is never going to be a top class left winger. He cannot cross and does have a tendency to run down blindy alleys.

[BR2]

He's determined and always willing to have a go, sometimes trying to much. He can get himself in trouble with his aggression, I'd call it hard but generally fair (or at least fair intent)..

in truth Hunt isn't even in the "hard but fair" mould, as he's not the type to fly in with crunching tackles. He's not a ball-winner to any degree. He's more like the stray dog in the park that will scamper around like a maniac and pinch the ball off your toes.

It's just been decided by the media, because of the Cech incident, that he's the sort of player that like to go in hard.

By the way, I like him as a player, but I'd be pretty horrified if we paid £6.5 million for a player of his ability. We didn't sell mainly because we'd have had to have gone out an bought a replacement. I also think coppell would have been reluctant to sell to Keane because of Keane's insistence on doing his bidding through the media, presumably to try and unsettle Hunt into wanting a move.

Pretty well summed up Rev.

[Hoop Blah]

The difference is that the aforementioned all regularly drift out of games, Hunt very rarely does. He keeps going 90 minutes and although he lacks the finesse of the others he is always involved.

I think that's quite harsh on most of the names listed, however, by nature a creative winger will always drift out of the game at times as they generally rely on teammates to get them involved. Their position is on the periphery and they, like forwards, rely on a team getting them involved a bit more.

Hunt isn't a traditional winger, and I don't think there is a better player, of his type, in the Premiership. Largely that's because most teams play with wingers who are there to create and so they tend to be technically superior. Hunt on the other hand survives on hard graft alone.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Top Cat - A question for you,- as I've heard a couple of different accounts of this from Sunderland-supporting mates.

When Keano exploded in Steve Coppell's office after the match at the MadStad, was it solely down to the last minute winner, or was it more to do with certain features of Halford's personal life that Keane thinks we should have told him about?

Bit of both. Have to be careful waht I say, as our own message board (http://www.readytogo.net/smb) was shut down for a few days due to certain allegations.

Keane is a pretty level headed guy when it comes to decisions going against us, so can only assume (if the stories are true) that the bust up was down to Halford in some form

No way Coppell would have let his best mate sign Halford if those stories are true, not in a million years. You'd have thought Coppell would have mentioned he was a bit shite to Pards though.

He's only gone to Charlton as cover. He'll be back at Col U next season!!

[Gus the teenage cow]

can someone detail what the rumours were, use the word "allegedly" if you fear the cyber police are tailing you

[West Stand Man]

Hunt is a top player.....Probably the best left winger you'll find outside the real big teams.

Keep telling yourself these things and you end up convincing yourself, if not everyone else.

Well, not you anyway.

[West Stand Man]

Apart from the athlete bit, that describes me!!

Apart from the 'no ability' bit it describes Hunt!

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

can someone detail what the rumours were, use the word "allegedly" if you fear the cyber police are tailing you

He is actually black.

[Rawlie19]

can someone detail what the rumours were, use the word "allegedly" if you fear the cyber police are tailing you

He is actually black.

He ALLEGEDLY liked to use the odd aspirin on occasion, although I don't believe it. BTW, the use of the word ALLEGEDLY does not make you exempt from legal action.

[Gus the teenage cow]

can someone detail what the rumours were, use the word "allegedly" if you fear the cyber police are tailing you

He is actually black.

He ALLEGEDLY liked to use the odd aspirin on occasion, although I don't believe it. BTW, the use of the word ALLEGEDLY does not make you exempt from legal action.

thats you f**ked then!

[Wax Jacket]

Apart from the athlete bit, that describes me!!

Apart from the 'no ability' bit it describes Hunt!

[Coppelled Streets]

Hi TC

Is Stephen Hunt any good? Yes

Is Greg Halford our revenge for John Oster? Yes, although we did slightly better then you out of that one.

Thanks for buying him!

Hopefully we can all thank Charlton for taking him if his loan deal works out. Can't believe we bought Bardsley for £1M less and already he looks 10 times the player.

Is Oster still in the team? He was poor for us, but very rarely played in his favoured position, and was one of the many scapegoats with the supporters.

What are your thoughts in Hunt? Did he want to join us (Big love in with Keane) or was it just to get a better contract with you guys? Didn't you pick him up on a free from Brentfor a couple of years back? £5.5M would have been a hell of a profit!

He'll join Sunderland in the summer for £5m when we're relegated.