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Aug302024 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Rotherham

Matches

As, at the time of writing, there was no new striker to do a blogpost about, I thought I might as well write an article about the players Huddersfield Town actually do have on their books. So strap yourself in for a predicted lineup article for our encounter with Rotherham at the New York Stadium. Steve Evans’ men have had a rocky start to life in League One, with one draw and two defeats so far with no goals in any of their opening three league games. But Rotherham-based stats nerds may take some consolation in the fact they top the league's xG table, which suggests they've had the best chances out of all the teams in the league, even though they've failed to finish any of them. I don't know if that means we should fear them or pity them. Obviously, it's likely that getting all ...

Aug292024 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

New arrivals soften the blow of bruising defeat to Walsall

Matches, Transfers

I had a much gloomier article planned about Town's miserable Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Walsall, where Matty Pearson's silly red card incident led to Town going 2-0 up then collapsing to a 3-2 defeat. But Town made a double loan swoop from Wolverhampton Wanderers yesterday which addressed some of the biggest issues raised by the game on Tuesday night, so perhaps the tone of this article can now be a bit chirpier. Which is nice. So this is a two-in-one article, where I'm going to look back on the dismal night's work on Tuesday and take a look at the two new players that arrived at Town on Wednesday. Town deserved to be dumped out of the cup Despite being 1-0 up at the time of Matty Pearson's red card, they were second best even before being reduced to ten m...

Aug262024 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Raised expectations, spurned chances, transfer needs and winning runs – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 win over Shrewsbury

Matches

The stadium looking beautiful in the sunshine Donald Trump, as loathsome as he is, does have a habit of coming out with good sound bites. He promised Republicans once that they would win so much under him that they would get bored of winning. Under Michael Duff, it seems that Town fans have also become bored of winning, so much so that a 1-0 victory is not enough and many fans, myself included, came away from this game feeling like they wanted more. More goals, more entertainment, more razzmatazz. After being whipping boys and serial losers for so long, we might be at risk of becoming the thing that we most disliked in the big-time Charlie opponents that we've faced over the years. The kind of fans that demand thumping victories and expect teams to roll over and let us waltz to victory...

Aug242024 by Terrier Spirit16 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Shrewsbury

Matches

Huddersfield Town take on Shrewsbury this afternoon and will be hoping to extend their winning start to the season to four games in a row. Our guests this afternoon arrive in poor form, riddled with injuries and unfancied by the bookies but will still do their best to try to frustrate Town and give us a difficult afternoon. Michael Duff's challenge will be to pick a team that will be able to break down and find a way through a team that may well set up to frustrate us this afternoon. What a novelty it is to go into a game we favourites and expecting to see some decent football from Town. While playing Shrewsbury rather than a household name is the reality of being in League One, for now I'm enjoying the novelty of Town being a big fish in a small pond in League One after years of patr...

Aug222024 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

A summary of Lasse Sorensen & Michael Duff’s comments in their pre-Shrewsbury press conference

Matches

Lasse Sorensen and Michael Duff fielded questions from members of the press ahead of Huddersfield Town's home game against Shrewsbury on Saturday afternoon. The match presents Town with a chance to make it four consecutive wins to start their season, and three wins in a row in the league but despite Shrewsbury representing relatively modesty opposition, Duff and his men won't let complacency set in and will do everything they can to ensure a positive outcome. Here's a summary of the main things discussed during the press conference with a few of my thoughts thrown in along the way - they're in italics, to make it easy to tell when I'm giving my opinion. The video of the full presser is embedded at the bottom of the article if you want to see the whole thing. A summary of Lasse Soren...

Aug192024 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Plenty to admire but also some grumbles as Town make it three wins in a row – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 win over Stevenage

Matches

Huddersfield Town won their third game in a row on Saturday and their second consecutive league game, seeing off Stevenage 2-1 in a game that started off one-sided but ended up edgy and uncomfortable for the Terriers. There was still plenty to admire in the performance from Michael Duff's new-look Huddersfield Town but the questions asked by Stevenage of Town in the second half caused some bad habits to slip back in and cause some slight concern despite still picking up the three points. It's perhaps a sign of how Town are making progress that we can now win games but still come away feeling unhappy, when in recent seasons any kind of win was so rare we'd be too delighted to pick up maximum points to quibble about performance issues. And while it's important to savour every victory...

Aug172024 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI, Stevenge preview & score prediction for today’s game

Matches

Huddersfield Town take on Stevenage Borough in their opening home league game of their League One campaign. And after winning away at Peterborough last Saturday and at home in the FizzyPop Cup, expectations are steadily starting to rise among some Town fans (or at least they are with this one). While it's common to ignore early league tables, last weekend’s win at Peterborough catapulted Town to the tip of the embryonic table, so suddenly publishing tables after one game seems like a sensible thing to do. Town will be hoping to keep their winnings start to the season going with a victory today to add to last weekend and their Carabao Cup success against Morecambe as this would keep them at the top end of the table and give them their best start to a new season since the sixties. In ...

Aug152024 by Terrier Spirit15 Comments

Hudderfield Town pre-Stevenage press conference summary – Michael Duff & Brodie Spencer’s comments

News

Brodie Spencer and Michael Duff faced the press pack in advance of Town's first home game of their League One campaign against Stevenage on Saturday afternoon. As the club only publish their pre-match press conferences in video format, I thought I'd experiment with summarising the main things discussed in bullet points. Obviously you'd really need to watch the full press conference if you want to hear everything said but I thought a quick and easily digestible summary might be helpful to some fans. Let me know in the comments if this is the kind of thing you'd like to see more of. Brodie Spencer's comments: Spencer thinks he could have done better in the first game but acknowledges he's adjusting to a new position. Duff wants positivity and fight from his players. T...

Aug152024 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments

An absolute pleasure to watch – Notes of Huddersfield Town’s 3-0 win over Morecambe

Matches

Huddersfield Town coasted to victory against Morecambe on Tuesday night in one of the most one-sided games of football that you could ever wish to see. Despite making eight changes to the starting lineup from Saturday's victory over Peterborough, the team kept its fluency and played with the same high-pressing and direct attacking style. It reaped rewards within 30 seconds against Morecambe and the game was over as a contest from that point onwards. If it ever really was one. Not that I'm complaining though, after years of being rubbish, I'm not in a hurry to start whining that Town are winning games too easily! Like with Peterborough at the weekend, the biggest issue with this game was that the scoreline didn't tell the full story. While 3-0 is an emphatic victory in anyone's book...

Aug132024 by Terrier Spirit17 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Morecambe

Matches

Huddersfield Town take on Morecambe tonight in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Which is great news if you're a fan of sickly-sweet energy drinks or unloved cup competitions. I'm actually in the latter camp, and quite enjoy games in the league cup. So it's a bit of a disappointment that our usual approach is to pick a weak team, play badly and bomb out of the competition straight away. Maybe it will be different this year. Duff has already all-but confirmed he'll be playing a second string team but it's possible that the team he sends out might make a better fist of this game than our previous attempts to make progress in this cup. The good news is that Town currently have remarkably few injuries to their first team and the competition for places is fierce in several areas. So even ...