Noel Hunt Confrimed

[Pepe the Horseman]

Deserves his own thread. Straight at it on a perm basis, with lots of years and lots of zeros. Done a cracking job with the kids, so no reason he can't continue Ruben's good work. No period of uncertainty so we can get behind him straight away, and hopefully will settle the squad too. I'm feeling good about this guys x

[windermereROYAL]

Wonder who his back room staff will be.

[AthleticoSpizz]

an bas

[Pepe the Horseman]

an bas

Savage?

[Pepe the Horseman]

Wonder who his back room staff will be.

Brynjar Gunnarsson and Brian McDermott.

[Crowbar6753]

Wonder who his back room staff will be.

Brynjar Gunnarsson and Brian McDermott.

Now wouldn't that be just amazing!!

[The Royal Forester]

Would they be willing to work here for nothing. though?

[Pepe the Horseman]

Would they be willing to work here for nothing. though?

Presumably we were paying Ruben and his staff.

[Uke]

Confimred FFS!

Newbie

[SCIAG]

I'll get in early.

Hunt is a very good coach. When you watch him leading warm-ups, it's clear he has a good relationship with the players. He's enthusiastic while also being serious. Gives players good tips on how to use their bodies or what to do with their first touch.

I don't think he's got a tactical bone in his body. Some of this is maybe that young players aren't as good at following tactical plans, although we've had well-drilled young teams in the past. And this season the U21s have been just as starved of players as the first team, often playing with no recognised striker and a midfielder at right-back out of necessity. And I thought he seemed out-of-his-depth last time he had the job - much like Marshall and Kuhl (both of whom I'd say were better tactically but not as good man-to-man).

Tactical strengths: he loudly says the right things defensively. Weaknesses: build up and breaking teams down. In fairness, he'll have better midfield options now, and Smith is obviously much better than Wareham.

Beggars can't be choosers, he was the obvious choice, and plenty of such gambles have paid off for other clubs. Heck, Pardew and McDermott both made the same leap. But I'm pessimistic.

Best of luck to him, Royals legend either way.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Confimred FFS!

Newbie

I thought it was interchangeable

[Ascotexgunner]

I'll get in early.

Hunt is a very good coach. When you watch him leading warm-ups, it's clear he has a good relationship with the players. He's enthusiastic while also being serious. Gives players good tips on how to use their bodies or what to do with their first touch.

I don't think he's got a tactical bone in his body. Some of this is maybe that young players aren't as good at following tactical plans, although we've had well-drilled young teams in the past. And this season the U21s have been just as starved of players as the first team, often playing with no recognised striker and a midfielder at right-back out of necessity. And I thought he seemed out-of-his-depth last time he had the job - much like Marshall and Kuhl (both of whom I'd say were better tactically but not as good man-to-man).

Tactical strengths: he loudly says the right things defensively. Weaknesses: build up and breaking teams down. In fairness, he'll have better midfield options now, and Smith is obviously much better than Wareham.

Beggars can't be choosers, he was the obvious choice, and plenty of such gambles have paid off for other clubs. Heck, Pardew and McDermott both made the same leap. But I'm pessimistic.

Best of luck to him, Royals legend either way.

Think this probably sums it up well enough.

[RG30]

Not even sure he is a Royals legend. Good player excellent servant but that’s about it.

[skipper]

Not even sure he is a Royals legend. Good player excellent servant but that’s about it.

We've been promoted to the top tier twice in our history. He played a significant part the 2nd time.

Ergo, he's a legend.

[SCIAG]

Yeah, wouldn't say he was one of our best-ever players or anything (hell, I can think of four better strikers he played with!) but he was involved in three top-six finishes and one top-flight campaign in five years, and he was injured all season in the other.

[Sutekh]

Would they be willing to work here for nothing. though?

Presumably we were paying Ruben and his staff.

Not a lot if the compensation is anything to go by.

[Sutekh]

All hail King Noel for the next 2.5 years, or remainder of the club’s existence, whichever is the longer.

[Snowflake Royal]

Not even sure he is a Royals legend. Good player excellent servant but that’s about it.

Yeah. Legend is bandied about too much. Not for me.

Good luck to him. Hugely enthusiastic, lovely seeming guy. Not sure how thoughtful he is. We'll see how he does, he's got a good, tight, well motivated squad in good form, so it's a far better time to take over than it was when Ince left.

Should be a free hit first game. The derby element adds a bit more pressure though.

[Royal_jimmy]

Noel is a terrific man, one of the nicest professional footballers I've met in person. I really hope he succeeds. His job is to get us another 25 points. Hopefully like Selles he'll grow into the role.

[PieEater]

I hope he does well but I'm not confident. For the club to give him such a long contract is surprising, I can't help think this they did this because it was the cheapest option.

If he doesn't get the chance to build his coaching team then we are oxf*rd.