Hunt

I thought Hunt was excellent today and is a real talent .Did anyone take from Hursts interview that he may not ask for an extension on his loan .JT did ask him a couple of times but he never said yes he would be staying ,even though the Sheff Wed manager says he would like him to

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I thought Hunt was excellent today and is a real talent .Did anyone take from Hursts interview that he may not ask for an extension on his loan .JT did ask him a couple of times but he never said yes he would be staying ,even though the Sheff Wed manager says he would like him to

Obviously we will have to wait and see, but with a reference on another post that Hurst might now prefer his own players to loans, I notice on the Sheffield Star article that Alex Hunt's contract runs out at the end of the season. They have however renewed Ryan Galvin's contract for another year, who is on loan to Gloucester City, where the Wednesday manager would also like him to stay. .

https://www.thestar.co.uk/spor.....ity-over-duo-3513383

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Obviously we will have to wait and see, but with a reference on another post that Hurst might now prefer his own players to loans, I notice on the Sheffield Star article that Alex Hunt's contract runs out at the end of the season. They have however renewed Ryan Galvin's contract for another year, who is on loan to Gloucester City.

https://www.thestar.co.uk/spor.....ity-over-duo-3513383

Hurst commented that "there's more to it than that" too. We all know Hurst keeps his cards close to his chest anyway but there is a lot more. Like you say Hunt is in the last 6 months of his contract and we don't know if Wednesday want to keep him. If they do then they want him playing no doubt which is happening here but if they aren't too bothered then any bids received this month will be tempting.

Unsure how realistic it is but it would be a great bit of business if we could get him permanently as I think he can command a decent fee in the future.

Listening to the interview I interpreted it more that Hurst wants to freshen things up in the midfield a bit and the ability, or inability, to move overs on may be the main factor in if we look to keep Hunt or not.

Clifton and Fox are pretty much mainstays in Hurst's eyes I think, Coke coming in as and when needed.  I'd say it's Coke who's the one he may look to move on.  Whilst I'm a fan of Coke, I don't think there's a massive role for him to play in a side that should be aiming for promotion.  The occasions when we're needing someone to come in and protect the back four should be very limited, I think we saw yesterday the difference that Hunt will offer compared to Coke.  Even though Hunt naturally sits deep, like Coke, he has more attacking intent and moves the ball on much quicker and with purpose.  Of course, what Coke does offer instead of Hunt is that extra protection and physical presence.  

That said, even with another central midfielder potentially coming in, if we discount Spokes (who has fallen well off the radar), that's only really 5 covering the central midfield slots.  Where we are quite heavy on numbers is wide areas.  Maguire-Drew, Wright, Grant, Scannell, Sousa, Bapaga plus you can add Clifton to that and if McAtee plays he either occupies an inverted wide role or one of those central berths, but further forward.  Perhaps Hurst is looking to offload some of those wide players to bring in a central player in addition to Hunt?  I seem to think he did nod to the fact that we're well stocked in wide areas.  Problem is that 3 of the wingers listed are injury prone, one is out of favour and the other is unpredictable to say the least.

From what I've heard that was Hunts last game for us yesterday, hope that is proven wrong...

Was it Hunt that won the ball back immediately before our equaliser? That was a cracking piece of work.

Clifton I thought

Hurst should be breaking his back to keep Hunt here. The lad must’ve been sat watching Coke hide for half an hour wondering what was going on.

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Clifton I thought

Yes it was, cracking tackle too, surprised the ref didn't blow tbh going the rest of the idiots performance throughout that game.
As for Hunt and reading between the lines from Hurst interview, I'm thinking Hunt may want to move to a league team, he's in a position where he really needs to be in the shop window at a higher level, either to gain another contract with Wednesday or a  permanent move to another EFL club.

We got better once Hunt came on - maybe a cheeky early bid as a permanent player, rather than using up a loan place.

Best hitter for corners and free kicks thus far this season.

He at least passes forward as well !