What? He played very well for Hull. He did everything you could do with a very poor team who couldn't provide him with the ball in dangerous situations. He was superb with his back towards goal. I watched nearly every game of his that season. He didn't score very often, but no one on that Hull team did. Even a proven goalscorer like Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink struggled. Hell the leading scorer for that team was Stephen Hunt who scored six goals. What Altidore did was to hold up the ball in up the field, and earn foul after foul. He was fouled 57 times that season. Again, he played very well given the circumstances.

Jozy wouldn't be the player he is today without that spell at Hull. But a lot of people look only to the result and not process, and thus miss the big picture when it comes to player development.

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Posted by GABlueDog

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Member since Dec 2008

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Posted on 6/22/13 at 6:13 pm to crazy4lsu

I completely get what you are saying.

But now he has another chance with potential for tangible productive results...as in scoring, not just big picture, development and growth results.

There is a group of people out there that think Jozy cannot score against tough defense. He has been on a streak with his latest form for USA and with this recent year in the Eredivisie.

This seems like a good step to take on his natural progression as a player. Even if Sunderland is not exactly sexy.

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Posted by cwil177

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Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 6/23/13 at 2:49 am to crazy4lsu

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Jozy wouldn't be the player he is today without that spell at Hull. But a lot of people look only to the result and not process, and thus miss the big picture when it comes to player development.

Thank you. People shite on Jozy for his time at Hull, but this just shows me that they were only looking at wiki stats instead of watching the games. He was usually the most threatening looking player on the field. He only scored once in league play, sure, but he was 19 and hadn't gotten serious playing time over the year prior. Did y'all watch his games against Chelsea and Man City? He was awesome.

The biggest disappointment for me, as an American fan, in regards to Jozy's experience at Hull was his last game where he got sent off.