Hyam Set to Sign New Deal

Tuesday, 10th May 2016 13:40 TWTD understands that midfielder Luke Hyam will put pen to paper on his new contract within the next 24 hours. The 24-year-old has agreed a new two-year deal running until 2018 with an option for a further season. As previously reported, the club and Hyam initially failed to agree new terms but the player accepted a revised offer towards the end of last month, as manager Mick McCarthy confirmed, the Blues having already activated an option for another season in his previous contract. Hyam came through Town academy and having made his debut at Middlesbrough on the opening day of the 2010/11 campaign has now made 114 starts and 17 sub appearances, scoring three goals. The former Northgate High School pupil missed the early part of 2014/15 having undergone knee surgery but, having spent a month on loan at Rotherham, returned to the side just after Christmas and went on to make 11 starts and six sub appearances.

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Chicago_Blue added 13:43 - May 10

Shame. Don't rate him. The 'local lad' tag has carried him for a while. 16

vanmunt added 13:45 - May 10

Really hasn't kicked on and improved (In my opinion)... good back up I suppose but not a name I would put on the starting sheet. Love to be proved wrong. 14

casanovacrow added 13:50 - May 10

2 out of Douglas, Skuse and Hyam again in the middle again next year then? That's progressive :-/ 11

RaymondovicBlue added 13:54 - May 10

Casanova ... I agree with your concern - especially now we have others free from injury - but look on the bright side --- let's at least hope that it is never all three of them again !



Hyam could be a long term servant of the club - but I agree he hasn't kicked on yet - maybe the injury time off has slowed this and we can hope for more? 6

DoobDude added 13:55 - May 10

I can barely contain my ... indifference 10

MattinLondon added 13:57 - May 10

Hyam has termandous workrate as well as tenacity but is simply too bang average whilst in possession of the ball to be a good enough midfielder for a promotion push. Wheras Skuse isn't too bad on the ball but lacks that cutting edge and dynamism to control the midfield.



Pity we can't mode them into one player. 14

12th_Man added 13:59 - May 10

Happy bunch on here Congratulations Luke on new contract 6

iaintaylorx added 13:59 - May 10

I actually like Hyam, does the dirty bits. Does lose his head sometimes, but been plagued with injuries so I would be happy with the new contract. 6

jayessess added 13:59 - May 10

He won't be on huge money and is solid backup for Skuse. No brainer really. 7

woohoo added 14:03 - May 10

He's 24, so not a kid anymore, and really does not seem to have matured. Much as I like the idea of having locals in the team, I don't think that he will cut it for us next season.



I'd be happy for him to prove me wrong though! 9

Currie10 added 14:06 - May 10

Happy to have him in the squad don't get me wrong, but annoyed at the club offering him a new deal after he rejected the initial one ( which I doubt was anything other than a payrise ) I would have at that point told him to jog on to be bluntly honest. Sums up all that's wrong with the modern day game in my opinion, players like this dictating. Grow some balls clubs, if they feel the offer is sub-standard then they are welcome to go and find a new club.



All that being said a decent squad player but I hope the deal is 2 years maximum. 5

SuttonColdfieldBlue added 14:08 - May 10

Looking good for the future. Would like to see Hyam, Bishop and Dozzell playing midfield for Town some day soon. 8

rickw added 14:15 - May 10

I think the problem people don't rate Hyam is because he's usually been asked to do a more offensive job than his skill-set allows.

If you have him in the Skuse role protecting the defence and just giving the ball to a more skillful teammate he'll do a good job, but he's usually asked to play with Skuse and get forwards more which he isn't much good at.



Anyway - I'm happy he'll provide good competition/cover for Skuse 6

gmanrom added 14:25 - May 10

That is some picture you have found there Phil lol 0

gmanrom added 14:25 - May 10

That is some picture you have found there Phil lol 1

iaintaylorx added 14:26 - May 10

Currie10, it won't have been Hyam who rejected it, it would have been his agent which is a problem in football these days. 1

Currie10 added 14:30 - May 10

Then his agent should have been told in no uncertain terms " no ta ". Clubs seriously need a backbone. That said we're a lot better than your Fulham, Blackburn, Forest, QPR of this league. Crikey moses it must be an agents dream how thick clubs are.



Not as though Hyam is guaranteed to be fit before this big injury he's had a few. 2

BLUEBEAT added 14:36 - May 10

very rare picture of Hyam, there (he's not touching his hair). 6

crunchie1978 added 14:53 - May 10

Back up for skuse???? He's better than skuse....dozzell with more goals and kentlock with more assists.....neither of them are going to be good enough to get us up....you can't keep quoting the " does all the dirty work" tag anymore...we need goals and assists from midfield to get us up. -4

dav86 added 14:57 - May 10

I like hyam but the problem is he's to much of a liability 4

BlueKush added 14:58 - May 10

The best XI's we've played under ME under every manager has featured Hyam. So underrated, hopefully no more injuries and can show his importance in next season's promotion!



Great stuff! 0

rinkydinkpanther added 15:00 - May 10

Fortunately, and this is the main thing, this report confirms that Hyam's a former Northgate High pupil. That rarely ever gets mentioned on TWTD. Just thankful to finally have that detail confirmed. 4

Taricco_Fan added 15:17 - May 10

Local lad he may be, but he's not really good enough to play a prominent role in a promotion-chasing team. Fine as a back up but personally I would have moved him on when the first contract offer was rejected. Just a very average player. 4

Lathers added 15:19 - May 10

It's surely better to have Hyam type players as a back up for next season to play League/FA Cup matches than Toure, Coke, Varney etc. I think the only loser here is Hyam himself, as at his age he would surely benefit more from moving somewhere where he was going to get a regular game. 2

unknown100 added 15:27 - May 10

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