Oh dear.....

[Archie's penalty]

Steven and Noel Hunt, Hunt, Hunt!!!

[Southbank Old Boy]

Unless i'm much mistaken, Manchester United only have three strikers who play regularly.
Rooney, Tevez and Saha.
Still, I agree with you.

On that note, I think if you're not including Ronaldo as an integral part of United's forward line-up, I think there's a point bounding off down the hill yodelling "missed me".

Not to mention Giggs who has played a fair bit upfront over the last season or two as well. And don't forget they had to resort to playing John O'Shea up there at times at the start of the season too

They also play with one upfront a lot of the time too and their looking to bring in another forward on top of those mentioned already anyway.

[Alan Partridge]

And for those who are slagging off Noel Hunt he definitely hits the target a lot better than his brother!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPEEN8eZ3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlasP4H_ ... re=related

Yes AP take a look at that.

I remember people posting up clips of Fae looking like Pele as he scored against some French side. Basically youtube can make anyone look good. He can't be as bad as his brother surely?

[rfcjoe]

I do like the look of the lad. Looks like a natural goalscorer, nippy and fairly strong. I've also spotted a few times as a good player before when watching on saltana sports.

Noely hunt hunt hunt...

[Archie's penalty]

And for those who are slagging off Noel Hunt he definitely hits the target a lot better than his brother!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPEEN8eZ3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlasP4H_ ... re=related

Yes AP take a look at that.

I remember people posting up clips of Fae looking like Pele as he scored against some French side. Basically youtube can make anyone look good. He can't be as bad as his brother surely?

I agree AP but as I have said am happy to be signing someone.

[Alan Partridge]

It's not that he's a Hunt honest, He's 5'10 and imo not significantly better than our other 3, it doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. Certainly no Kitson replacement, if we sign him and 1 other 'target man' then fair enough I would be satisfied with that.

[rfcjoe]

Heightist!

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

And for those who are slagging off Noel Hunt he definitely hits the target a lot better than his brother!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPEEN8eZ3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlasP4H_ ... re=related

Yes AP take a look at that.

I remember people posting up clips of Fae looking like Pele as he scored against some French side. Basically youtube can make anyone look good. He can't be as bad as his brother surely?

Hunt's played well for us for 2 1/2 years, and poorly for 1/2 a year. I take it you believe the 2 1/2 years were a fluke, and the last few months showed what he's really like?

[Alan Partridge]

2 1/2 years? Well he was sub for a year of that then he he replaced convey with mixed results. He started last season in excellent form and got worse ever since, was rewarded with a nice new £25,000 a week contract as basic skills for a winger i.e. crossing still alude him.

I would say Hunt has played well for 1 year tops of the 3 seasons he's been here, all about opinions.

[clauski]

The problem with a mooted interest in Hunt or in Mooney from Cork is it shows the lack of imagination on Coppell/the club's part once more. I and others on here have spoken before about the need to take some risks, I think this holds true. It was asked if the feelings on here now were similar to 2005 and yes there was some misplaced negativity then, but I have honestly not approached a season in such doubt about our chances of success in a long long time. I hope I am proved wrong. I wanted Coppell to stay but now I am questioning it - why is that?

http://soccerlens.com/english-champions ... 2008/7851/
Take a look at the list of "ins" and spot the odd one out

Hear him talk about Sodje being surplus as "centre half is probably my healthiest position" - maybe in numbers but in quality surely the 66 goals we conceded as we got relegated on goal difference and an inability to decide our best partnership puts this into question?

Coppell's loyalty to players I think has now become a noose around his neck. Unfortunately I think he is indecisive on transfers and team selection becuase of this. Undoubtedly there is dissatisfaction among the fans. A poll on this site may not reflect all supporters but I am willing to bet there will quickly be signs of unrest from supporters if we start slowly and 500 noisy disgruntled fans can have more of an impact than 5,000 quiet supportive ones.

We talk about teams needing to come in for our players in the next 3 weeks or there will be a premium put on them yet it will be no different in any club we plan to disrupt by buying their player 3 weeks before the season starts - we have simply acted too slowly.

Bottom line I think we need to do something dramatic and do it now and make a statement of intent or we will struggle to live up to past glories with an older adn weakened team.

[joe999]

The problem with a mooted interest in Hunt or in Mooney from Cork is it shows the lack of imagination on Coppell/the club's part once more. I and others on here have spoken before about the need to take some risks, I think this holds true. It was asked if the feelings on here now were similar to 2005 and yes there was some misplaced negativity then, but I have honestly not approached a season in such doubt about our chances of success in a long long time. I hope I am proved wrong. I wanted Coppell to stay but now I am questioning it - why is that?

http://soccerlens.com/english-champions ... 2008/7851/
Take a look at the list of "ins" and spot the odd one out

Hear him talk about Sodje being surplus as "centre half is probably my healthiest position" - maybe in numbers but in quality surely the 66 goals we conceded as we got relegated on goal difference and an inability to decide our best partnership puts this into question?

Coppell's loyalty to players I think has now become a noose around his neck. Unfortunately I think he is indecisive on transfers and team selection becuase of this. Undoubtedly there is dissatisfaction among the fans. A poll on this site may not reflect all supporters but I am willing to bet there will quickly be signs of unrest from supporters if we start slowly and 500 noisy disgruntled fans can have more of an impact than 5,000 quiet supportive ones.

We talk about teams needing to come in for our players in the next 3 weeks or there will be a premium put on them yet it will be no different in any club we plan to disrupt by buying their player 3 weeks before the season starts - we have simply acted too slowly.

Bottom line I think we need to do something dramatic and do it now and make a statement of intent or we will struggle to live up to past glories with an older adn weakened team.

all been said before, but still agree


it does my head in thinking about it

we buy a cheap player who'll be just about chapionship standard, meaning we cant have much ambition for promotion... Granted, he might be amazing, but its not showing too much!

But if we do go back up, we'll struggle like last season cos Mr. Mad takes moral highground and wont spend anything on decent players once we're up there!

Fozzy in page 4 explains this much better than I can..

[loyalroyal4life]

It's not that he's a Hunt honest, He's 5'10 and imo not significantly better than our other 3, it doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. Certainly no Kitson replacement, if we sign him and 1 other 'target man' then fair enough I would be satisfied with that.

Exactly, he's not exactly someone who can take over from Kits.

[Arch]

It's a signing, that's all (if it happens, of course). Just like Kebe was a signing, Matejovski, Fae, etc, etc. I never took the view that Kebe was signed as a direct replacement for an ailing Little; he was just a 400k addition to the squad. Fae and Matejovsky were international midfielders from respectable national teams; potentially decent signings, not direct replacements for Sidwell. Cisse this time last year, a signing. The fact that Hunt doesn't address a specific need (i.e. A Kitson-like player) is neither here nor there in our assessment of this signing. So criticize the club all you like for not getting a Kitson clone, but don't get on Hunt's case before he's even here. If he has his brother's commitment coupled with good finishing, he'll be a good acquisition at the price. To be booing Hunt already because he's not Kitson is as irrational as booing Kebe because he's not Little.

[seahawk10]

'greed with the above. Signing Noel Hunt would be a good start.

[FiNeRaIn]

Nice to see the excuses have begun already.

A few weeks will go by and still nothing, coppell will play it calm, the RTG's will back him and ridicule the realists, it will die down for a bit.
A month will go by and still nothing, coppell will say " we have a few targets", the RTG's will back him and ridicule the realisits, the realists will say " well fvking sign them then, we don't want " target's", we want signings". It will all die down for a bit.

The start of the season will begin, coppell will say " player's weren't available at the right price, money was available though", realists will be angry, RTG's will back coppell and laugh at the realists.

We get off to a crap start, lose at forest, get 3 points from our first 6 games and the team looks poor.
Coppell will say " we are happy with what we have got", the RTG's will agree, the realists will hit their head on the desks and say " here we go again".

Prediction in a nutshell.

Looking all too familiar, I forgot the part about us selling players tho

[Alan Partridge]

It's a signing, that's all (if it happens, of course). Just like Kebe was a signing, Matejovski, Fae, etc, etc. I never took the view that Kebe was signed as a direct replacement for an ailing Little; he was just a 400k addition to the squad. Fae and Matejovsky were international midfielders from respectable national teams; potentially decent signings, not direct replacements for Sidwell. Cisse this time last year, a signing. The fact that Hunt doesn't address a specific need (i.e. A Kitson-like player) is neither here nor there in our assessment of this signing. So criticize the club all you like for not getting a Kitson clone, but don't get on Hunt's case before he's even here. If he has his brother's commitment coupled with good finishing, he'll be a good acquisition at the price. To be booing Hunt already because he's not Kitson is as irrational as booing Kebe because he's not Little.

No one is 'booing' anyone. Coppell has gone on record numerous times saying he doesn't like big squads, yet he continues to clutter his up with signings such as some of the ones you mention, who as you say weren't direct replacements. That's how you end p with massive squads and players like Bennett and Sodje. Buying quantity over quality.

[Southbank Old Boy]

No one is 'booing' anyone. Coppell has gone on record numerous times saying he doesn't like big squads, yet he continues to clutter his up with signings such as some of the ones you mention, who as you say weren't direct replacements. That's how you end p with massive squads and players like Bennett and Sodje. Buying quantity over quality.

We definately had far too much dross added to our squad during the Premiership years, plus John Halls who was brought in in preparation, and Coppell has blamed that on the transfer window. He's always maintained that he had to have a bigger squad than he'd wish for because the windows meant he had to cover for an injury crisis as he wouldn't be able to buy/loan to cover it during the season.

Still doesn't explain to me why we ended up buying players who were clearly nowhere near good enough for the Premiership though.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

It's a signing, that's all (if it happens, of course). Just like Kebe was a signing, Matejovski, Fae, etc, etc. I never took the view that Kebe was signed as a direct replacement for an ailing Little; he was just a 400k addition to the squad. Fae and Matejovsky were international midfielders from respectable national teams; potentially decent signings, not direct replacements for Sidwell. Cisse this time last year, a signing. The fact that Hunt doesn't address a specific need (i.e. A Kitson-like player) is neither here nor there in our assessment of this signing. So criticize the club all you like for not getting a Kitson clone, but don't get on Hunt's case before he's even here. If he has his brother's commitment coupled with good finishing, he'll be a good acquisition at the price. To be booing Hunt already because he's not Kitson is as irrational as booing Kebe because he's not Little.

And with the exception of Marek those players added nothing to the club and Marek was the wrong player for what we needed at the time.

[BR2]

It's not that he's a Hunt honest, He's 5'10 and imo not significantly better than our other 3, it doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. Certainly no Kitson replacement, if we sign him and 1 other 'target man' then fair enough I would be satisfied with that.

I obviously need to go to Specsavers because from the bits I have seen on TV he looks about 5ft 7ins.
I suppose Scottish defenders could all be 8 ft tall which makes him just look smaller.
Seeing him on TV he looks about as tall as Paul Dickov so somebody tell me that Dickov is 6ft tall.
Still if he plays then obviously our style will be a quickfire passing game along the ground (will it f***).

[BR2]

Just looked on Wikipedia and saw that Blackpool thought he was worth a bid of £175,000 in January this year which was turned down.
If and when we buy him I hope he does well for our club but do we really need another shorty?