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Blackpool will not be signing him because his wage demands were too high.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24069112
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24069112
Stephen Hunt (retired)
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Indeed, and with countryman/everyone's favourite opposition striker Alan Lee.
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Isleworth_Bee
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As mentioned elsewhere I really hope Hunty gets a great reception alongside Tabby.
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I'll be chanting both Hunt & Tabb's name at some stage against Ipswich.
I got my first season ticket for Coppells sole season in charge, which was Hunt's first season too. I've only fond memories of SH.
...Loftus Road, Martin Rowlands , Stephen Hunt...
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Ill get Shot down here. But the booing was poor IMO. Yes he celebrated but why cant he? I think most actually booed him just to take some frustration out on how the game was going.......... End of the day ITFC pay his wages and i doubt he celebrated to piss us off. After all it was a big game and it was as big a win for them as it would have been for us. Bet a large percentage of those booing never really saw him play. Was a good player for us and gave his all. Tabb (who i adore btw) celebrated the goals just as hard but not that much booing for him was there??? SH is a passionate player and i think you will see him act that like on and off the pitch here or at any other ground in the FL.
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he said on his twitter that had he scored himself, then he wouldn't have but he celebrated as a team when they scored..
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if many who booed never saw him play for us, then why be offended by him celebrating ?
I didn't see him celebrating but I don't see the problem with him celebrating his team scoring and going top of the championship. If he ran down the touchline with his arms open to the fans, yeah, maybe.
The man was a good servant for us in his time. Even if any didn't rate him, then surely they respect and hold him in high regard for booting rowlands 10 rows up into the main stand at loftus road, for that alone he should be carried off the pitch
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Agreed. All that 'I will show my respect by not celebrating' stuff is just showing off in most cases (not all). The worst that could be said about Hunt is sometimes his crossing was a bit iffy and in his enthusiasm he could run around like a headless chicken but he really tried hard while a player with us and was pretty effective.
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I thought he looked like he'd come to Tarmac the Braemar Road forecourt.
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lol I had just shock his hand in the forecourt when my 14 year old daughter said dad, he looks like someone who works on the building site..
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Agree with everything. But what i will say is.................. You've never heard of a player that played for us before you started watching us?? Easy for some to jump on a bandwagon.
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Hunt said after the match that he was celebrating because his team had scored, but went on to say that if had personally scored, he would not have celebrated because he had a lot of respect for Brentford.
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Don't really get the problem with celebrating. His team was 3-0 up and top of the league. Of course I would have completely neutral emotions to that situation...!
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I can't see the issue with any former player celebrating a goal, they are paid professionals who want success for whatever team they are playing for
If they started kissing the badge of their new clubs in front of their old fans then that would be out of order. Are you listening Rowlands
If they started kissing the badge of their new clubs in front of their old fans then that would be out of order. Are you listening Rowlands
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He deserves it for chasing that **** Rowlands all over Loftus Road.
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Possibly not news to other Bees fans, but I noticed this little snippet about his departure from BFC in a longer article by Stephen :
"There were times when I was younger when it was tough. I was released by Brentford when I was 24 and I hadn't made a penny from the game. Then I could have cut and run. I got an offer from Bradford and was going to sign a three-year contract. I arrived on a plane from Dublin and was ready to sign when I got a message from Steve Coppell, who was at Reading, and said he'd pay the same money for a one-year deal.
The Bradford chairman was waiting for me in arrivals and I walked out and told him I want to sign for Reading.
He persuaded me to come and do a medical anyway, but I knew I had to stay focused. After I did the medical, I told them I wanted to sign for Reading. Football is all about mental strength."
(More at: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...nd-life-tough-in-premier-league-30785091.html )
"There were times when I was younger when it was tough. I was released by Brentford when I was 24 and I hadn't made a penny from the game. Then I could have cut and run. I got an offer from Bradford and was going to sign a three-year contract. I arrived on a plane from Dublin and was ready to sign when I got a message from Steve Coppell, who was at Reading, and said he'd pay the same money for a one-year deal.
The Bradford chairman was waiting for me in arrivals and I walked out and told him I want to sign for Reading.
He persuaded me to come and do a medical anyway, but I knew I had to stay focused. After I did the medical, I told them I wanted to sign for Reading. Football is all about mental strength."
(More at: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...nd-life-tough-in-premier-league-30785091.html )
Isleworth_Bee
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Not too much there. He left us without making a lot of money............... we never had more then a few pennies to give him.
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And we never made money out of him.....in fact his wages COST us money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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he hasn't learned to get a decent hair cut once in the money lol
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As did 100% of players weve ever had............. Unless we dont pay wages?
Ealing Bee
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Indeed.
So the question must be, did Hunt "repay" his wages with his performances and attitude etc?
My recollection is that he most certainly did. In fact, didn't he continue to put in a good shift for the team in his last few matches, even after he knew he was being released?
If so, he deserves respect (imo).
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He definitely did. He ran his socks off. I can't recall which game but one of his last ones, I remember being in the Paddock and seeing him busting a gut chasing down every ball.
I thought he had a great attitude on the pitch and was a clear championship player.
My memory of it was that he fell out with Martin Allen and MA therefore just cut him loose. Since he wasn't under contract when he left, we got nothing for him by which time MA had left us. I could well have got this wrong but I would hope that something like this could never happen again. MA and Andy Scott were way too powerful within the club on issues such as this and I am not sure their decisions were always in the best interest of the club.
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This is my memory as well. Hunt was a class individual at Brentford: He never, ever gave less than his absolute best on the pitch and he handled his demotion and then his departure from GP with real class and dignity.
I remember him coming on very late against Southampton in the 2-2 FA Cup match and terrorizing their left back in the time he was on. He was determined to make his mark in a short cameo and had the Saints backing off and backing off. A terrier.
My chief memory of him is a matchday program from about a decade ago where he was featured in which he talked about the differing fortunes of him and John O'Shea, who both grew up in the same area. At the time O'Shea was a starter at ManU. It certainly appeared at that time that Hunt was going to rise no higher than League 1, and he was able to look that reality in the face with dignity. So when I watched him in the Premiership with Wolves I always thought of that article, how proud he must have been at that time, and what a sensible, responsible guy he clearly was/is.
I remember him coming on very late against Southampton in the 2-2 FA Cup match and terrorizing their left back in the time he was on. He was determined to make his mark in a short cameo and had the Saints backing off and backing off. A terrier.
My chief memory of him is a matchday program from about a decade ago where he was featured in which he talked about the differing fortunes of him and John O'Shea, who both grew up in the same area. At the time O'Shea was a starter at ManU. It certainly appeared at that time that Hunt was going to rise no higher than League 1, and he was able to look that reality in the face with dignity. So when I watched him in the Premiership with Wolves I always thought of that article, how proud he must have been at that time, and what a sensible, responsible guy he clearly was/is.
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Should've had a penalty too, when he was tripped in the area, with Graham Poll standing just a few yards away.
Always remember Hunty working hard for Brentford. One of my favourites. :love2:
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I think it sums up the lack of quality in sports journalism that a Chief Sports Writer of one of the leading tabloids didnt know that Hunt had been released by Palace and Brentford and was making his first Premier League start when he was writing an article about him. It would take a few minutes to have researched that.
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seems to have upset Oliver Holt on twitter!...some amusing quotes from Mr Holt
'its hard to believe you work in a PR dept..is your bio a spoof'
'seem slightly odd you go around abusing reporters'!!!
'its hard to believe you work in a PR dept..is your bio a spoof'
'seem slightly odd you go around abusing reporters'!!!
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Saw it earlier said what he had written 8 years ago was a load of s***, or something to that effect. Then something about him 'fitting in at the mail'. Hardly abuse. More opinion. Oliver Holt started asking if this was Brentford's PR strategy and tagging Chris Wickham...