S Hunt. 4th best player in the league - OFFICIAL

[Ian Royal]

What does it say about the quality of attacking footballers in this division?

It says that if you can produce some fantastic form for a few months and take the majority of corners and penalties in a team that go through a purple patch with set pieces, you will end in a significantly overinflated position, because stats don't tell you the whole story.

So NOT "crap for the last two seasons" then

No, and nowhere have I ever said he was you subnormal stat licking moron.

[reading fc rock leroylero]

Clearly bollocks, Rosenior is apparently the 17th best player in the league.

[Dr Hfuhruhurr]

I cant tell you how the Actim Index is calculated because I dont know, so this post is ultimately flawed.
But if it akin to a fantasy football score, i.e. a cumulative score of all games in a season, then there are maybe some reasons why Hunt has scored a lot of points.

What would be most interesting is how many points Hunt had at the end of January. Does anybody know where I can get that information?

Prior to that, Reading were gaining some heavy victories and had by far the best goal difference in the league. It is quite possible that Hunt (and Doyle for that matter) were picking up major contributions to the overall score in just a handful of large home victories (Im thinking of the kind of 6-0 Wednesday or 4-0 Watford). My memory of the first half of the season were that these two players looked by far the best players on the pitch at the start of the season, before Hunt's form dropped off and Doyle lost his fitness. I certainly remember that at one point that virtually all the extreme results in the league involved Reading. They could have got a lot of their points here, very little in a good number of other games, and still finished in the top 5.

Just because Hunt came 4th doesnt mean he is now the 4th best player in the league. Also, given some of our heavy victories and Kebe's omnipresence, his total should be higher.

Also note that the high position of the Burnley players may have something to do with their small squad size.

[Arnie_Pie]

I cant tell you how the Actim Index is calculated because I dont know, so this post is ultimately flawed.
But if it akin to a fantasy football score, i.e. a cumulative score of all games in a season, then there are maybe some reasons why Hunt has scored a lot of points.

What would be most interesting is how many points Hunt had at the end of January. Does anybody know where I can get that information?

Prior to that, Reading were gaining some heavy victories and had by far the best goal difference in the league. It is quite possible that Hunt (and Doyle for that matter) were picking up major contributions to the overall score in just a handful of large home victories (Im thinking of the kind of 6-0 Wednesday or 4-0 Watford). My memory of the first half of the season were that these two players looked by far the best players on the pitch at the start of the season, before Hunt's form dropped off and Doyle lost his fitness. I certainly remember that at one point that virtually all the extreme results in the league involved Reading. They could have got a lot of their points here, very little in a good number of other games, and still finished in the top 5.

Just because Hunt came 4th doesnt mean he is now the 4th best player in the league. Also, given some of our heavy victories and Kebe's omnipresence, his total should be higher.

Also note that the high position of the Burnley players may have something to do with their small squad size.

Goals and assists by the looks of it - http://actimindex.wordpress.com/

[Far from the royal crowds]

Kebe made 45th on the list...Read into that what you want

[loyalroyal4life]

Kebe made 45th on the list...Read into that what you want

that there are 44 better rated players than him

[Dr Hfuhruhurr]

It would be wrong not to mention Ibrahima Sonko who averaged a staggering score of 28 during his three games with Reading, helped by a very impressive 50 against Plymouth in August

Or in other words, you can pick up big points in one game.
Im willing to bet that Hunt picked up more than half these points prior to the Rep of Ireland v Poland game

Thats quite a while ago now.

[NR_Royal]

Snowball is going to get a boner.

Whats a boner ?

An erect penis.