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Nov222025 by Terrier Spirit13 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Mansfield

After a very long period away from club football because of the international break, we're now at the start of a hectic period with a glut of games over the next few weeks. Town's visit to Mansfield this afternoon will be a chance for Lee Grant's men to continue their momentum from their two consecutive wins before the break. Though there's also the looming doubt about whether Town have really turned a corner, following a pretty dismal collapse in form prior to those two wins. To get the right result today, Lee Grant will need to make the right selection. With a few players returning to fitness over the last few weeks, there are more options available. But with Town putting in one of their better performances against Plymouth in their last game, it would be understandable to want to sti...

Nov212025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

“We shouldn’t be losing to teams like Mansfield”, pressure on Grant, striker choices and 4-4-2 vs 4-2-3-1 – 4 talking points ahead of Huddersfield Town’s trip to Mansfield

Matches, Talking points

Huddersfield Town return from the international break on Saturday with an away game against Mansfield. This should give us a chance to see if the two wins we saw just before the break were the start of a turning point for the team, or if it was just a blip and we'll return to the downward spiral we'd seen before that. It feels like international breaks don't always suit Town, and we often struggle in the first game back. However, with the team ravaged by injuries prior to the break, these couple of weeks to recover a few players should mean we travel to Mansfield with more options and a stronger lineup. There's also been a few weeks of time on the training pitch without matches to prepare for, so Lee Grant has had more time to get his ideas over. While there are still fans who doubt Lee...

Nov102025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

“A very intelligent change” – Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 victory over Plymouth Argyle

Matches, Player ratings

Huddersfield Town desperately needed a win against Plymouth on Saturdays and thanks to a decent performance and a tweaked approach from Lee Grant, they beat Plymouth 3-1. After a poor run of form that saw many fans calling for Grant's head, this victory should be enough to keep him in a job a bit longer. There were encouraging elements in Town's performance beyond just the result and some players that have previously struggled, showed their value to the team. It's worth noting that Plymouth were pretty bad, so much so that they looked like Town at their worst. But regardless of the opposition's failings, this was the positive result and performance Town needed and could potentially be a turning point in the season. Here's what I made of each player's performance… ...

Nov12025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Bolton Wanderers

Matches, Predicted lineups

Drawing teams from your own division in the cup is always a drag. It's even worse when it's against a team that's decent enough to beat us but not a big enough scalp for a Town victory to mean a great deal. Add to that the fact we recently allowed today's opponents to steal three points from us in the league a few weeks ago and this game doesn't bode well. Lee Grant's under fire and injury ravaged Terriers will cross the Pennines to take on Bolton in the first round of the FA Cup today, but it's likely few fans will join them in their journey given the gloom hanging over the club currently. One of the things I enjoy about writing these team prediction articles is that they often get me into the mood for a game. It'll take something pretty special to get me excited about this game though...

Oct292025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Lee Grant hanging by a thread, Kevin Nagle feeds the trolls, how not to play with ten men and red card thoughts – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 3-0 defeat to Wycombe

Matches, Notes

It's been a few days now since Huddersfield Town lost 3-0 to Wycombe and the passing of time hasn't made this result more palatable. In fact, if I was to describe this game as a meal in a restaurant, it would be a bucket of hot sick with something unmentionable floating in it as a crouton. It is tempting to say this is the worst performance since a long while back but the sad truth is that it's only the worst defeat since the last defeat, when we threw away a 1-0 lead by allowing two stoppage time goals. But, for a team with Town's aspirations, we really shouldn't be turning in so many horrible performances. You can only get away with calling a poor performance "a bad day at the office" so many times. If you're continually having bad days at the office, maybe they're not isolated incide...

Oct252025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Duff’s revenge, learning not winning, May headache & predicted Huddersfield Town lineup to take on Wycombe

Matches, Predicted lineups, Talking points

Huddersfield Town head to Wycombe this afternoon in a game that will see Town reunited with their former manager, Michael Duff. While Wycombe had a dodgy start to the season, they've picked up since Duff's arrival and he's been able to make them competitive in most games. Town come into the game in poor form, and Lee Grant is under pressure after a run of lacklustre and tactically naive displays. A win might quiet some of those doubting voices, and a defeat would increase the speculation about his ability to lead “The Group”. Will this be Duff's revenge? Michael Duff spoke about his exit from Huddersfield Town in his press conference for this game. He was discreet enough not to start getting into specifics but he did make it clear he felt badly done to by Town and his exit w...

Oct232025 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

5 reasons why Lee Grant is on thin ice at Huddersfield Town

Opinion

Huddersfield Town’s capitulation against Bolton marked a new low point in this season which has already had far too many setbacks. Town have now lost five games in the league, an alarming number when the overwhelming majority of teams that have historically achieved automatic promotion from League One lose ten or fewer games on their way to going up. So Town will have to put together an extraordinary turnaround to get their top-two hopes back on track. The question most Town fans have been asking themselves lately is whether Lee Grant is capable of being the manager to oversee a turnaround in fortunes. I personally think it’s too soon to give him the boot but there are some fairly solid arguments available to question our manager’s performance so far. Here’s why I think L...

Oct192025 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Square pegs in round holes – Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 defeat to Bolton

Matches

Huddersfield Town were 1-0 up against Bolton as they entered stoppage time but somehow managed to throw away a lead they didn’t deserve by conceding TWO injury time goals and squandering three points. Even though I’m writing this article a few days after the game, I’m still cross about how we approached this game. While the last few minutes were a disaster, they weren’t unexpected, as we’d been pretty dire after we went 1-0 up. Here is what I made of each individual player… How it felt watching our inevitable collapse in this game. Lee Nicholls - 5 out of 10 Dealt with everything thrown at him until stoppage time. He made five saves and none were world-class class but a few were testing and he dealt with them without any fuss. For the first goal, it was a brilli...

Oct162025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Bolton

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town take on Bolton tonight in a rare Thursday night game for the Terriers. After an extended break due to the international games, Town will hope this game will be a chance to put things right after a humbling 2-1 defeat to ten-man Stockport in their last outing. Bolton have yet to win on the road this season and have a tendency to struggle to finish the chances they create, so they have their own problems to deal with. Lee Grant has a few more players available for selection in this game, after Mickel Miller and Anthony Evans have been declared fit, as well as Lynden Gooch now being futher along with his recovery from injury. The difficult decision will be whether to stick with the players he was using before the international break or to throw in these returning pl...

Oct162025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Fans on the turn, a helpful break, Bolton’s awful away form & playoff hopes – Talking points ahead of Huddersfield Town v Bolton

Matches, Talking points

Thursdays must be the least likely time to play a game of League One football but for whatever reason (bending over backwards for TV money), Huddersfield Town entertain Bolton on Thursday night in front of the Sky cameras. I suppose it means we get a Town game to watch earlier than usual after an international break and, from a pessimistic point of view, playing a few days earlier means that Town aren’t going to ruin another weekend for fans. Trying to predict what’s going to happen in this game is a fool’s errand because both teams come into it with very erratic form. Town have had some respectable results so far this season but they have also had some punishing defeats, so it’s hard to have any expectations either way. Bolton are in a similar position and have found away games p...