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Aug312022 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town lineup, what to expect from Bristol and score prediction for tonight’s game

Matches

Huddersfield Town take on Bristol City tonight in a bid to register their first away win of their season and to claw their way out of the relegation zone. It won’t be an easy task though as Bristol City are enjoying some good form at the moment and are undefeated in their last six league and cup games. It feels like every team we play this season has a former ghost from our past that comes back to haunt us. This time out it is Nahki Wells that will no doubt play out of his skin and remind us of what we are missing and maybe make Leigh Bromby start to wonder if a second spell might be worth considering (he’s given enough other Town old boys another chance!). Anyway, here’s my preview of tonight’s game… Predicted Huddersfield Town starting XI to take on Bristol City Tom Lees sus...

Aug302022 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Angry Bruce, Sparkling Tino, Jon Russell: Submarine Commander, Schofield opinions and transfer shopping list – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s draw with West Brom

Matches

Huddersfield Town escaped a late penalty appeal to come away from their match against West Brom with a point. Which is more than they deserved from the balance of play but is less than any team should expect when they have a 2-0 lead early in the first half and are at home. At least Town weren’t as bad as they were in their opening defeats, but there are still consistent issues in Danny Schofield’s team that point towards problems that need to be solved. Having said that, we also saw a moment of pure magic from Tino Anjorin, when he curled an absolute beauty into the top corner. So it wasn’t all grumbles! A lucky draw It’s unusual to throw away a 2-0 lead and to come away thankful to have hung on for the point but that was my overwhelming feeling after this game. West Brom were ...

Aug272022 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on West Brom

Matches

Huddersfield Town take on West Bromwich Albion this afternoon in their first game for eleven days, following the postponement of last weekend’s game against Coventry. It’s likely to be a tricky fixture, West Brom sit in midtable after drawing too many of their games so far this season but their team is littered with quality players and even though they are managed by Steve Bruce (who I have held a grudge against ever since his days in charge of Town) they should still provide a stern test for Danny Schofield’s men. Speaking of Schofield, so far I’ve found his team selections a little bit easier to predict than his predecessor. He’s less inclined to make left-field changes and tends to prefer a settled lineup. Carlos liked to shake things up and tinker but Scoffa tends to stick with wha...

Aug172022 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

“Opposition teams are singling him out as a weak link” Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s defeat to Norwich

Matches

Huddersfield Town's first half woes continued against Norwich last night when they quickly found themselves 2-0 down, mostly down to good play from Danel Sinani down Norwich's right. A second-half red card for Tom Lees made Town's job harder but they still managed to look better organised.and more threatening after the break. These games where Town's performance levels vary hugely from one stage of the game to another make it very tricky to do player ratings because some players have produced both excellent and shocking moments in the same game whereas other are consistent across the whole game. I'll do my.best to average it out and see if I can give a fair score for everyone. Lee Nicholls - 7 out of 10 Couldn't do much for the first but came off his line for the second goal an...

Aug162022 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Coventry pitch doubts may impact selection, will Schofield park the bus?, Sinani revenge & predicted lineup – Norwich v Town preview

Matches

Huddersfield Town have made the long journey to Norwich for tonight’s game where they will be hoping to pick up more points after getting their first victory of the season against Stoke on Saturday. Our last competitive game at Carrow Road was a 7-0 drubbing back in April 2021, when Manchester United loanee, Joel Perreira, made a rare appearance in goals and Town put in one of their worst performances of the Carlos Corberan era. Thankfully, Norwich are nothing like the team they were the last time we visited them, after failing to win any of their first three league games of their return to the Championship they are in poor form, at least in terms of results. Here are a few of my thoughts ahead of the game. Predicted Huddersfield Town lineup to take on Noriwch Usually I’d dedicat...

Aug142022 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

“He’s going to be a new fan favourite” Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 win against Stoke City

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I've never felt more confident of a Town defeat going into a game but thankfully the team that emerged onto the field against Stoke were a completely different proposition to the limp and ineffective ensembles that have capitulated in all three of our previous games. After three consecutive false starts, it felt like this was the first time that Danny Schofield got the team selection and his tactics right and his good judgement was backed up by players that put in, on the whole, a decent shift. While not perfect, it was a dramatically improved Town performance and the fans showed that they are willing to heap praise on their team when they see enough effort being put in. Here are my individual player ratings. Lee Nicholls - 8 out of 10 I've not seen a replay at the time of ...

Aug132022 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Stoke

Matches

Huddersfield Town play Stoke at home on Saturday at three o'clock today. What a novelty to finally be playing a game of football when it should be played instead of being shunted about at the whims of Sky’s producers, the organisers of the Commonwealth games and the Rugby League fixtures. Today’s game has a lot riding on it as Danny Schofield seeks his first victory as Huddersfield Town manager at the fourth time of asking and Stoke City will be doing everything they can to stop that from happening. “Must win” is a term that gets used too often in football but with a daunting away trip to Norwich on Tuesday night (our last few trips there have been horror shows) Schofield will be hoping his dysfunctional Terriers will pull it together for this game. He probably isn’t going to ...

Aug122022 by Terrier Spirit15 Comments

What’s going wrong with Huddersfield Town? 7 potential reasons

Matches, Opinion

There's something wrong at Huddersfield Town this season. We've lost our first three games, which wouldn’t be horrendous on its own but the manner of the defeats and the way the team have been playing during those games alongside events off the pitch all point towards some rising concerns among Town fans. So rather than a preview article for tomorrow’s game against Stoke I’m going to try and dig into the possible reasons why Huddersfield Town are so bad at the moment. To save you from disappointment before you get too far, I don’t have the answers, you won’t finish this article with a neat, 5-point plan about exactly how to fix Huddersfield Town’s problems. Instead, I’m going to go over all the things I can think of that might be contributing to the problems and consider how much...

Aug92022 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

All change! Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on PNE in the League Cup

Matches

Huddersfield Town take on Preston North End tonight in the Carabao Cup tonight in a match that may previously have seemed fairly meaningless but now has increased importance after Danny Schofield lost his opening two games in the Championship. Away from the glare of the league campaign he's likely to rotate his squad and give the fringe players a run out but he will also be hoping to record his first win as Head Coach. Predicting the team for these games can be very tricky when wholesale changes are likely but it's also quite fun to try and guess which of the players on the first team will be given a chance. Here's how I think we'll line up. Goalkeeper: Chapman If you go off the official club website, Lee Nicholls and Ryan Schofield are the first team goalkeepers so it should b...

Aug72022 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

A spineless performance, a failed formation, Mr Nice’s nasty side, not putting it in the mixer, succession planning? – Notes on Birmingham away

Matches

I try and write these articles a day or two after the match so I've had time to think on the match, calm down and it's not one long rant. But I'm still wound up about how abject Town were in that first half having slept twice after the game. There have been some really bad Town performances in the last four or five years to compare that 45 minutes to and I don't think it was the worst I've seen them but it wasn't far off Jan Siewert-era Town. Thankfully a hairdryer treatment team talk and a few teacups getting flung around the changing rooms seemed to shake some sense into the bunch of wasters that had turned out in the first half and I didn't feel embarrassed to support the team that played in the second half even if it was far from perfect. You can read my player ratin...