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Sep192025 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

The brink of crisis, Burton expectations, bouncing back and first half woes – Talking points ahead of Huddersfield Town v Burton Albion

After Town fell to a punishing loss to local rivals, Bradford City, last weekend, we’ve now got to pick ourselves up and go again this weekend against Burton Albion. While the defeat to Bradford will leave a sour taste for a long time, this weekend’s game is a first opportunity to put things right on the pitch and to show how serious we are about achieving promotion this season. Burton look like they shouldn’t be too difficult an opponent on paper but they took four points from us last season, including a 3-0 beating back in the dark days of April, when Town were in freefall. Hopefully we’re a better team this season but this is the kind of game that could easily catch us out. They’ve a canny manager in Gary Bowyer and aren’t likely to roll over and let us tickle their tummy in th...

Sep152025 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Insufferable “banter”, the Harlem Globetrotters problem, terrible goals conceded and Kane’s corners – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s dismal defeat to Bradford City

Matches, Notes

I tried to leave it a bit longer than usual to do an in depth write up of Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 defeat to Bradford, in the hope that giving it time to settle might make it not seem quite such a bad defeat. That’s not helped though and I think this was the most embarrassing defeat I’ve seen Town fall to since the FA Cup exit to Tamworth, after we couldn’t cope with Tommy Tonks’ long throws. It’s rare that Town defeats bother me too much, there have been enough of them over the years to help me get used to the feeling. This defeat did hurt though, as we failed to show up for a game against one of our biggest rivals. I’d have accepted being outplayed on the day (which we were) but the way we were out fought and out thought was terribly bad. After spending months buil...

Sep142025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

“Unacceptable” – Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s disastrous defeat to Bradford City

Matches, Player ratings

Huddersfield Town suffered a humiliating 3-1 defeat against local rivals, Bradford City. After a positive start to the game, Town’s defence had a collective meltdown for three soft goals before half time. While Town pulled one back after making a raft of changes and getting on the front foot, the game was never really a contest after Bradford scored their third. The defeat felt like a collective failure as much as any significant individual being to blame, even though there were plenty of individuals to blame too. Nicholls - 5 out of 10 I’d have liked to have seen him do a bit better with at least one of their goals, particularly the third, where he waited too long to commit to a save. Some of his passing out from the back put us under too much pressure and let Bradfor...

Sep122025 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Bradford City

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town renew their rivalry with Bradford City on Saturday lunchtime after over a decade since they last met. Even putting aside the fact this is a local derby, it's third playing fifth in the League One table, so it's a game where two of the better teams in the league face off against each other. Town will need to be at their best to get something from this game and that means picking the right team to start the game. In recent weeks, it’s been the strength of our bench that has helped us out in games but I’m hoping for the initial selection to be a bit better in this game to reduce the need to be bailed out by the subs. Here’s how I think we’ll line up… Goalkeeper - Nicholls Owen Goodman has another couple of games left on his ban, so it’s Lee Nicholls ...

Sep122025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

Cringey social media, first half issues, Grant’s selection headaches and a feisty match – Talking points for Huddersfield Town’s game against Bradford City

Matches, Talking points

Huddersfield Town make the short trip to Valley Parade to take on Bradford City on Saturday lunchtime to renew their local rivalry. These two teams haven’t played against each other in 12 years and it’s 17 years since we played in the same league as them. Bradford City have spent a long time in the doldrums and as a result there are a generation of Huddersfield Town fans that haven’t seen these two rivals on the pitch together. Both teams find themselves at the upper end of the table after each has had a decent start to the season. Town are a point ahead of Bradford as it stands, so whoever wins this game will be above the other in the table as well as having local bragging rights. Here are a few of the talking points ahead of this game… Will it be a feisty encounter? ...

Sep82025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Ferguson’s histrionics, first half struggles, turning it around and needing a break – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 3-2 win over Peterborough

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town came from behind to win 3-2 against Peterborough on Saturday afternoon. Town struggled to overcome an organised and committed approach from Peterborough and it wasn't until Castledine and Alves were subbed on did we really get a good grip on this game. Three goals during this dominant spell meant the late goal from Peterborough was merely a consolation prize and the three points stayed in Huddersfield. If you're a glass half full person, then you'll focus on the huge improvement we made later in the game but skeptical fans will have seen plenty to set off alarm bells in that opening hour. Maybe these issues are merely teething problems in a team that's gone through a great deal of change. Maybe it's the fault lines showing in fundamental flaws in Lee Grant's syst...

Sep72025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s 3-2 win over Peterborough

Matches, Player ratings

Huddersfield Town struggled against Peterborough yesterday but managed to get their act together after going 1-0 down, scoring three goals before Peterborough's late consolation goal made it 3-2. The drab first hour of the game raises concerns but the final half an hour had plenty of entertainment and dynamism. So this game was a real Jekyll and Hyde performance, with most of Towns' best players coming off the bench to turn the tide. Lee Nicholls - 6 out of 10 At the time of writing, I've not seen replays of either Peterborough goals but the first looked like another horrendous deflection and the second saw the ball go to the far post, so Nicholls couldn't get across. Three deflected goals in three games seems like rotten luck but I wonder if we're dropping too deep to...

Sep62025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Peterborough

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town take on Peterborough this afternoon at the Accu Stadium. Peterborough are usually a strong League One team but this season they have picked up a solitary point from their opening five games and have only scored two goals in those outings. Lee Grant has spoken about needing to be cautious of Peterborough as they are better than their current league position suggests. There were also a handful of deadline day signings that will make them stronger. Yet, I can’t help but feel a convincing victory is needed from Town to get their promotion push back on the road after faltering at Barnsley last weekend. Thankfully, Lee Grant has some tough choices in picking his starting eleven due to our strong squad and relatively small injury list. New loan signings Zepi Richmon...

Sep52025 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

A festering rivalry, new player availability, Nicholls’ big chance and woeful Posh – Talking points for Huddersfield Town v Peterborough

Matches, Talking points

Huddersfield Town are hosting Peterborough United on Saturday afternoon. With the away side in horrendous form, it looks like a good opportunity for Town to bounce back from their defeat to Barnsley last weekend. Past history tells us that we always struggle against teams we expect to beat, so don't count your chickens just yet! We're still working out what kind of a team this new-look Town actually are this season, so maybe we're not that team that gives other clubs a chance to recover from bad runs. Maybe that's the old Town and we're now ruthlessly efficient at dispatching poor teams in bad form. It's possible. Here are my pre-Peterborough (Preterborough?) talking points. Could this be an easy win? The bookies aren't giving Peterborough much of a chance of winning this, with...

Sep42025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

Should U21s play in the EFL trophy?, socks, haircuts and a mismatch – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 6-2 win over Newcastle U21s

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town beat Newcastle United’s Under 21 6-2 on Tuesday night and the scoreline, if anything, flatters Newcastle United’s youngsters as it was clear from the first 30 seconds of this game that Town would be comfortable winners. Even though the opposition was modest, Town remained professional and put in a disciplined performance where they did enough to convincingly beat their opponent without having to push themselves too hard. I said in the player ratings article that this is a match that it’s hard to draw too many conclusions from but I’m going to have a go anyway… Leo Castledine was Town's best player on the night` A clear mismatch Winning by a four-goal margin might seem like a flattering result for the winning team but I think it’s the other way a...