Steve Hunt - Please calm down

[Royalee]

Every player has shortcomings..............even Henry.

HE'S FRENCH! HE'S FRENCH! FRENCH BASTARD! HE'S USELESS! HE'S FRENCH! HE'S FRENCH! oxf*rd OFF FRANCE!

[readingbedding]

Of course with 1 start and 1 sub appearance he's the prime example.
He hasn't played a league match this season

In my eyes, they're all legends, all played a part.

Backroom, all the way through.

Oscar acceptance speech.

It's true though.

[Gordons Cumming]

Every person has shortcomings..............even Spacey.

I'm holding my breath for the huge amount of abuse you must surely get for that comment.

[RoyalBlue]

I wrongly thought this was a plea for supporters to calm down regarding all the claims about Hunt!

Hunty, please stay exactly as you are.

Sure some refs are pretty awful but they can't all be wrong about you.

[ScottishRoyal]

Still think he was entirely innocent in connection with the Cech incident and no blame appears to attach over the clash with Gillespie - however he does seem to attract controversy!

It appears that his role is to ruffle the opposition with his energy and "in the face" style but after the game on Saturday I felt myself wishing that he hadn't caried out the two footed tackle on the corner flag as part of the goal celebration. It seemed very inappropriate after all the aggression that had surrounded his clash with Gillespie.

Despite the slating you've gotten I admit at the time I also winced a bit when seeing this. Seemed to me to be an incredibly daft thing to do... that pole must have been inches from taking the lino's eye out... the Oliver Holt press bandwagon would have just loved that...

Have to agree. To steal Coppells line his celebration was 'antagonistic and the wrong gesture to make at the wrong time'.

With regards to the elbow it was completely unjustified and deserveda red card, however as someone else said, Gillespie wouldn't have reacted like that for no reason. Perhaps Hunt does have a Dennis Wise streak? As far as arguing with Warnock was concerned he needed to walk away, as Sidwell and Murty were trying to get him to do. Some refs will book players for that sort of thing.

You're right. The sooner we can have robot players with no emotions the better.

If that's the most constructive response that you can come up with then your not proving that Hunt's actions were not unjustified.

hunts actions?

what were they exactly?
running about playing football? scoring a goal? getting elbowed and punched for nowt?
crap like that doesnt need any response other than
RUBBISH

FWIW I actually thought he had a great game and scored a cracking goal too. So i'm not slating his performance whatsoever.

But people do not throw elbows within seconds of coming on just for the craic? 'Punched for nowt?' I don't think so!

His goal celebration just antagonises an already hot atmosphere between the sides and adds fuel to Warnocks fire.

FFS if the shoe was on the other foot there would be a lot of angry people on this board.

[Vision]

Stephen Hunt 23 appearances this season - 1 yellow card.

Obviously needs to calm himself as he's clearly walking a disciplinary tightrope.

Last week someone was saying the exact same thing about Leroy Lita ( 25 appearances - 1 yellow card )

We're not a dirty or hard side by any means and personally i wouldn't want us to be but there's absolutely no harm in having the odd player who can get under the oppositions skin. Hunt's doing a great job in my opinion and should change absolutely nothing about his approach to the game.

[Royalee]

Still think he was entirely innocent in connection with the Cech incident and no blame appears to attach over the clash with Gillespie - however he does seem to attract controversy!

It appears that his role is to ruffle the opposition with his energy and "in the face" style but after the game on Saturday I felt myself wishing that he hadn't caried out the two footed tackle on the corner flag as part of the goal celebration. It seemed very inappropriate after all the aggression that had surrounded his clash with Gillespie.

Despite the slating you've gotten I admit at the time I also winced a bit when seeing this. Seemed to me to be an incredibly daft thing to do... that pole must have been inches from taking the lino's eye out... the Oliver Holt press bandwagon would have just loved that...

Have to agree. To steal Coppells line his celebration was 'antagonistic and the wrong gesture to make at the wrong time'.

With regards to the elbow it was completely unjustified and deserveda red card, however as someone else said, Gillespie wouldn't have reacted like that for no reason. Perhaps Hunt does have a Dennis Wise streak? As far as arguing with Warnock was concerned he needed to walk away, as Sidwell and Murty were trying to get him to do. Some refs will book players for that sort of thing.

You're right. The sooner we can have robot players with no emotions the better.

If that's the most constructive response that you can come up with then your not proving that Hunt's actions were not unjustified.

hunts actions?

what were they exactly?
running about playing football? scoring a goal? getting elbowed and punched for nowt?
crap like that doesnt need any response other than
RUBBISH

FWIW I actually thought he had a great game and scored a cracking goal too. So i'm not slating his performance whatsoever.

But people do not throw elbows within seconds of coming on just for the craic? 'Punched for nowt?' I don't think so!

His goal celebration just antagonises an already hot atmosphere between the sides and adds fuel to Warnocks fire.

FFS if the shoe was on the other foot there would be a lot of angry people on this board.

Did I miss something or did he celebrate his goal as far away from Sheffield's support and Warnock as he possibly could've done whilst remaining on the pitch and face completely the opposite direction?

[ScottishRoyal]

Still think he was entirely innocent in connection with the Cech incident and no blame appears to attach over the clash with Gillespie - however he does seem to attract controversy!

It appears that his role is to ruffle the opposition with his energy and "in the face" style but after the game on Saturday I felt myself wishing that he hadn't caried out the two footed tackle on the corner flag as part of the goal celebration. It seemed very inappropriate after all the aggression that had surrounded his clash with Gillespie.

Despite the slating you've gotten I admit at the time I also winced a bit when seeing this. Seemed to me to be an incredibly daft thing to do... that pole must have been inches from taking the lino's eye out... the Oliver Holt press bandwagon would have just loved that...

Have to agree. To steal Coppells line his celebration was 'antagonistic and the wrong gesture to make at the wrong time'.

With regards to the elbow it was completely unjustified and deserveda red card, however as someone else said, Gillespie wouldn't have reacted like that for no reason. Perhaps Hunt does have a Dennis Wise streak? As far as arguing with Warnock was concerned he needed to walk away, as Sidwell and Murty were trying to get him to do. Some refs will book players for that sort of thing.

You're right. The sooner we can have robot players with no emotions the better.

If that's the most constructive response that you can come up with then your not proving that Hunt's actions were not unjustified.

hunts actions?

what were they exactly?
running about playing football? scoring a goal? getting elbowed and punched for nowt?
crap like that doesnt need any response other than
RUBBISH

FWIW I actually thought he had a great game and scored a cracking goal too. So i'm not slating his performance whatsoever.

But people do not throw elbows within seconds of coming on just for the craic? 'Punched for nowt?' I don't think so!

His goal celebration just antagonises an already hot atmosphere between the sides and adds fuel to Warnocks fire.

FFS if the shoe was on the other foot there would be a lot of angry people on this board.

Did I miss something or did he celebrate his goal as far away from Sheffield's support and Warnock as he possibly could've done whilst remaining on the pitch and face completely the opposite direction?

... and mocking Warnock yes.

[Royalee]

How was he mocking Warnock?

[londinium]

Still think he was entirely innocent in connection with the Cech incident and no blame appears to attach over the clash with Gillespie - however he does seem to attract controversy!

It appears that his role is to ruffle the opposition with his energy and "in the face" style but after the game on Saturday I felt myself wishing that he hadn't caried out the two footed tackle on the corner flag as part of the goal celebration. It seemed very inappropriate after all the aggression that had surrounded his clash with Gillespie.

Despite the slating you've gotten I admit at the time I also winced a bit when seeing this. Seemed to me to be an incredibly daft thing to do... that pole must have been inches from taking the lino's eye out... the Oliver Holt press bandwagon would have just loved that...

Have to agree. To steal Coppells line his celebration was 'antagonistic and the wrong gesture to make at the wrong time'.

With regards to the elbow it was completely unjustified and deserveda red card, however as someone else said, Gillespie wouldn't have reacted like that for no reason. Perhaps Hunt does have a Dennis Wise streak? As far as arguing with Warnock was concerned he needed to walk away, as Sidwell and Murty were trying to get him to do. Some refs will book players for that sort of thing.

You're right. The sooner we can have robot players with no emotions the better.

If that's the most constructive response that you can come up with then your not proving that Hunt's actions were not unjustified.

hunts actions?

what were they exactly?
running about playing football? scoring a goal? getting elbowed and punched for nowt?
crap like that doesnt need any response other than
RUBBISH

FWIW I actually thought he had a great game and scored a cracking goal too. So i'm not slating his performance whatsoever.

But people do not throw elbows within seconds of coming on just for the craic? 'Punched for nowt?' I don't think so!

His goal celebration just antagonises an already hot atmosphere between the sides and adds fuel to Warnocks fire.

FFS if the shoe was on the other foot there would be a lot of angry people on this board.

Did I miss something or did he celebrate his goal as far away from Sheffield's support and Warnock as he possibly could've done whilst remaining on the pitch and face completely the opposite direction?

... and mocking Warnock yes.

You have to remember four things in all this.

1) He is a Reading player
2) Because of point 1 we should back him
3) Because of Saturdays events the doom mongers amongst you had something to moan about especially as Bikey and De La Cruz had good games so you can't moan at them.
4) Most importantly he made me laugh and he is great entertainment. If you think he is over the top in a sport full of primadonnas then go watch netball or another mild mannered sport that suits you better.

[ScottishRoyal]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

You have to remember four things in all this.

1) He is a Reading player
2) Because of point 1 we should back him
3) Because of Saturdays events the doom mongers amongst you had something to moan about especially as Bikey and De La Cruz had good games so you can't moan at them.
4) Most importantly he made me laugh and he is great entertainment. If you think he is over the top in a sport full of primadonnas then go watch netball or another mild mannered sport that suits you better.

I am not a doom monger nor will I ever be, I just like to see the game played in the right spirit. I'll respectfully agree to disagree.

[Royalee]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

Plenty of players celebrate with the corner flag - Corradi knighting Barton, Cahill punching it every time he scores - is that insighting the opposition?

Oh, and Gillespie's just handed in a transfer request btw - unhappy with his manager perhaps?

[readingbedding]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

Plenty of players celebrate with the corner flag - Corradi knighting Barton, Cahill punching it every time he scores - is that insighting the opposition?

Oh, and Gillespie's just handed in a transfer request btw - unhappy with his manager perhaps?

Warnock may have severely reprimanded him for the sending off, Gillespie did cause all this after all.

[ScottishRoyal]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

Plenty of players celebrate with the corner flag - Corradi knighting Barton, Cahill punching it every time he scores - is that insighting the opposition?

Oh, and Gillespie's just handed in a transfer request btw - unhappy with his manager perhaps?

Read my posts again, they're not criptic. My point is pretty clear I think.

[londinium]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

It doesn't matter why he felt the need to do it. The fact is he did it, and he now gets a ban that that brings.

The same goes for Wally, you know the rules and if you break em you have to take your punishment.

The only outstanding question and punishment in all this is.... What did Colin actually say? and if it is what it most likely looks like he said then how will he be punished?

All in all I care not a jot...Gillespie gets banned - good, if Wally gets banned - no great hardship. We got the 3 points and more publicity for the club which is always a good thing no matter what the subject of the publicity is (ask millionaire Jade that one).

[Vision]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

I really don't now what you're trying to suggest here.

Gillespie is so ill disciplined that he swings his elbow within seconds of coming on the pitch yet it's Hunt who apparently needs to calm down.

Warnock abuses Hunt after the sending off and makes an aggressive stamping gesture on the sidelines in full view of everyone and yet Hunt is apparently out of order for celebrating a goal at the opposite end of the pitch.

Perhaps he shouldn't have scored at all for fear of mocking poor old Colin.

[Pool and Darts]

How was he mocking Warnock?

Double footing the corner flag after Warnock had appeared to indicate to his players to go out and break some legs, got in a scrap and subsequently been sent from the dugout.

I'm bored of this, i've said my piece. Either agree with me or you don't, some do and most don't but as yet nobody has explained why Gillespie felt the need to throw an elbow.

I really don't now what you're trying to suggest here.

Gillespie is so ill disciplined that he swings his elbow within seconds of coming on the pitch yet it's Hunt who apparently needs to calm down.

Warnock abuses Hunt after the sending off and makes an aggressive stamping gesture on the sidelines in full view of everyone and yet Hunt is apparently out of order for celebrating a goal at the opposite end of the pitch.

Perhaps he shouldn't have scored at all for fear of mocking poor old Colin.

Yeah!
And while we are at it, all the crowd had better just sit quietly and clap politely whenever the Royals score a goal, so that we don't antagonise the opposition.

Idiots.

[Pool and Darts]

Gilliespie swings an elbow at Hunt, and our fans think immediately that he must have done something to deserve it!?!??

Have any of you ever played the game?

You do all sorts of things to upset the opposition, within the laws of the game, to put them off thier game. If they can't cope and decide to lash out, then you have won! They get sent off, you win the game!

No wonder our fans are seen by other clubs fans as a bit of a joke, because usually we are!!

Best season of our lives, and you want to find fault and slag off our players. Truly amazing!!!

[Ian Royal]

Still think he was entirely innocent in connection with the Cech incident and no blame appears to attach over the clash with Gillespie - however he does seem to attract controversy!

It appears that his role is to ruffle the opposition with his energy and "in the face" style but after the game on Saturday I felt myself wishing that he hadn't caried out the two footed tackle on the corner flag as part of the goal celebration. It seemed very inappropriate after all the aggression that had surrounded his clash with Gillespie.

Despite the slating you've gotten I admit at the time I also winced a bit when seeing this. Seemed to me to be an incredibly daft thing to do... that pole must have been inches from taking the lino's eye out... the Oliver Holt press bandwagon would have just loved that...

Have to agree. To steal Coppells line his celebration was 'antagonistic and the wrong gesture to make at the wrong time'.

With regards to the elbow it was completely unjustified and deserveda red card, however as someone else said, Gillespie wouldn't have reacted like that for no reason. Perhaps Hunt does have a Dennis Wise streak? As far as arguing with Warnock was concerned he needed to walk away, as Sidwell and Murty were trying to get him to do. Some refs will book players for that sort of thing.

You're right. The sooner we can have robot players with no emotions the better.

If that's the most constructive response that you can come up with then your not proving that Hunt's actions were not unjustified.

hunts actions?

what were they exactly?
running about playing football? scoring a goal? getting elbowed and punched for nowt?
crap like that doesnt need any response other than
RUBBISH

FWIW I actually thought he had a great game and scored a cracking goal too. So i'm not slating his performance whatsoever.

But people do not throw elbows within seconds of coming on just for the craic? 'Punched for nowt?' I don't think so!

His goal celebration just antagonises an already hot atmosphere between the sides and adds fuel to Warnocks fire.

FFS if the shoe was on the other foot there would be a lot of angry people on this board.

Drivel.

I couldn't give a monkey's if Hunt said something to Gillespie. The red carded Cnut made a bee line for Hunt running straight into him before Hunt had a chance to say anything. Elbowing is out of order no matter what the circumstances, makes no difference if you were getting verbal, nothing or got punched in the face.

You need to take a second look at the footage and watch Gillespie as he runs on.

[M4 Junction 11]

Gilliespie swings an elbow at Hunt, and our fans think immediately that he must have done something to deserve it!?!??

Have any of you ever played the game?

You do all sorts of things to upset the opposition, within the laws of the game, to put them off thier game. If they can't cope and decide to lash out, then you have won! They get sent off, you win the game!

No wonder our fans are seen by other clubs fans as a bit of a joke, because usually we are!!

Best season of our lives, and you want to find fault and slag off our players. Truly amazing!!!

That stuff happens