Hunt

Quoted from HerveJosse

This he’s to good for this level arguement is for the fairies. I don’t remember ageing Futcher , Birtles , Whywark  , Beassnt, Todd etc dropping down and not being able to play at this level

Still if he was good enough you'd have expected him to make more than single figure appearances over multipleseasons, also nobody else at that level was interested enough to pick him up instead of us.

Quoted from HerveJosse

This he’s to good for this level arguement is for the fairies. I don’t remember ageing Futcher , Birtles , Whywark  , Beassnt, Todd etc dropping down and not being able to play at this level

For a start the latter three didn’t, they played second tier. The other two were not anywhere near as slight as Hunt. They were also miles better than him too

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

For a start the latter three didn’t, they played second tier. The other two were not anywhere near as slight as Hunt. They were also miles better than him too

My point is if you are a good player playing below your level is not a problem whatever it is .

Quoted from HerveJosse

My point is if you are a good player playing below your level is not a problem whatever it is .

You just illustrated it really badly, is that what you’re saying?

Good players find space, look at Elliot Embleton when he came here. Looked a class above every single time he stepped foot on the pitch and he was roughly the same size as Hunt.

Embelton is a very, very high bar to compare anyone at this level with.  But it's a good point.    If you're good enough, you'll stand out at any level including those below you.  The reason aging players can drop down the levels even though their legs are going is because their train of thought is so much quicker.  First two yards in your head and all that...

That said I can understand what people are saying about perhaps Hunt would be better suited at a higher level.

Ironically, admittingly as a fully fledged Alex Hunt Fan Club member, I've always thought finding space was something he's very good at, especially when playing further forward.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Embelton is a very, very high bar to compare anyone at this level with.  But it's a good point.    If you're good enough, you'll stand out at any level including those below you.  The reason aging players can drop down the levels even though their legs are going is because their train of thought is so much quicker.  First two yards in your head and all that...

That said I can understand what people are saying about perhaps Hunt would be better suited at a higher level.

Ironically, admittingly as a fully fledged Alex Hunt Fan Club member, I've always thought finding space was something he's very good at, especially when playing further forward.

Yeah I totally understand the reasoning behind it, look at MK's pitch compared to ours and the space you get on the ball but you either need to be lucky whilst you're at one of them clubs i.e Harry Kane and take your chance when you get it or perform whilst you're out on loan or in these divisions and earn your chance. Hunt clearly hasn't done either which is a shame because there's quite obviously a talented player there.. his technique to deliver set pieces in that conference season was so pinpoint. The LW header at home against Wrexham was magical.

I am a fan of Hunt as well.  Although not sure why looking at the evidence.  He was better when here on loan (as others in the past have been).  He takes a mean free kick.  

A frustrating player that should produce more than he does.  

Both excellent points on him.  I can't remember who said it someone said in the last few days that they feel that they've become more a fan of the idea of him succeeding than actually a fan of him.  The more I think about it, the more I think I'm in that camp too.

I do believe that he has the talent a) to build an attacking base around and b) to perhaps indulge a little with his flaws, such as his slightly wasteful nature with the ball. Making ourselves very comfortable that 50% of his passes might not come to anything, but put him in a position on the pitch where we've plenty of opportunities to recover and there's enough players around him to do that actual recovery.  That's not to suggest he's a lazy player of the luxury sense either.  He's neither Scott Neilson or Jordan Maguire-Drew, he's obviously prepared to put a shift in and get stuck in.  The other 50% of his passes that do come to something, well they're what we base our attacking play around (or at least a lot of it).

Something, quite clearly, isn't quite right though.  With Hurst I can almost forgive and understand his reluctance.  Neilson, Maguire-Drew...plus others have found themselves signed by Hurst and then not trusted.   But Artell came in with a reputation of expansive play, he described our style as 'meh', he described Hunt as 'pivotal' moving forward.  Hunt should be the player that Artell clocked on Day One and said 'yep, he's the focal point'.  But very quickly he looks to have identified that he isn't.  

Hopefully, this transfer talk is shite.  Artell reviews the last midfield performance and puts Hunt in on Saturday, he plays a blinder and we base our future development around him.  It just doesn't look likely, does it?

So he has not gone then ?