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May92025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Will David Wagner return to Huddersfield Town?

News, Opinion

The rumours of David Wagner’s return to Huddersfield Town have been intensifying lately. As well as “in the know” posters on the Down at the Mac forum confirming the club’s interest in a reunion, there has also been a story on Talk Sport's website. Though, in fairness, I’m almost certain some journalists consider wild speculation on fan forums to be reliable sources, so who knows? It seems fairly likely that Town have put feelers out to Wagner or his agent but there has been little in the way of confirmation that he’s interested in a return. With recent stories linking Wagner to vacancies at LA Galaxy and Southampton, it’s possible that someone is putting his name forward for any and all plausible job openings to try and get him some work. Arguably, life in Los Angeles or managin...

May62025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Huddersfield Town’s season ends with a whimper ahead of a summer of change

Matches

At least the weather was nice Huddersfield Town’s end-of-season collapse was brought to its conclusion on Saturday with a 4-1 defeat to Leyton Orient on Saturday. While Leyton Orient weren’t exactly world beaters, they were organised, fit and effective. They played like a team and actually cared about the outcome of the game. Town were the opposite. Despite having the better players on paper, there was only ever going to be one winner of this game. It’s a shame that Jonathan Hogg ended his Town career at this point, with this squad of players, after 12 years of loyal and dedicated service. The team on the pitch had very few of the attributes that Jonathan Hogg has displayed over his Town career, the passsion, work rate, aggression and discipline were absent from a team of players th...

Apr162025 by Terrier Spirit34 Comments

What is going wrong at Huddersfield Town? 7 areas where the club is failing

Opinion

I was going to do a write up about the 3-0 capitulation to Burton Albion on Saturday but the performance was so bad that it defies analysis. Burton is famous for brewing huge quantities of beer and the only plausible explanation for Town's performance would be them spending the morning getting sloshed in the nearby brewery. Only that doesn't seem plausible, as someone at the club have had to organise a booze up at a brewery - which based on recent evidence we are incapable of doing even this. Town were disgusting to watch, literally. I felt sickened by the half-hearted slop that the team collectively served up. If you have any doubts about how bad Town are right now, watch the second goal on the highlights below. https://youtu.be/WP4wzBXFy3s?si=M2mtjsaP3h026xPZ Instead of...

Apr112025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Never tell me the odds! Huddersfield Town’s playoff hopes dwindle after 1-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers

Matches

Huddersfield Town lost by a single goal to Wycombe on Tuesdays night, as Udoh’s goal was enough to separate the two teams. While the result was terrible for Town's promotion prospects, there were signs of improvement. Too little, too late, but it was still pleasing to see the team looking more coherent even if some familiar problems prevented us from getting anything from the game. With Town now four points and two league positions away from sixth place, it looks very hard for us to close this gap on the two teams above us. Particularly as both Bolton and Reading have relatively kind run-ins. Mistakes and lack of cutting edge cost Town again Despite Wycombe being one of the best attacking teams in League One this season, the game was settled by a goal that came from a defen...

Apr82025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

An unconvincing win – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Mansfield Town

Matches

Huddersfield Town beat Mansfield on Saturday by two goals to one. After back-to-back away defeats against Charlton and Lincoln, it was good to get back to winning ways even if the performance was far from perfect. Mansfield could easily have taken something from this game if they had taken some fairly easy chances, but thankfully Town scored from their only two shots on goal all game and that was enough to get them over the line. The old adage goes that winning games where you’ve not played well is a hallmark of a successful team. It’s hard to see it that way for Town this season, as so many of our victories have come with disclaimers about some element of the performance. Playing well and winning is something we’ve not seen nearly enough and as a result we’ve had too many games like t...

Apr22025 by Terrier Spirit8 Comments

Toothless Huddersfield Town limp to 1-0 defeat against Lincoln

Matches

There were promising signs in the early stages of this game, Town seemed to have put right the glaring issues that led to a hammering at Charlton. Sadly, the improvement wasn’t much of an upgrade as Lincoln made the most of lax marking to score a well-taken set piece goal and Town were unable to break down Lincoln’s defence to get back into the game. As the game wore on, Town’s confidence shrank as Lincoln’s grew and there was nowhere near enough attacking impetus as we tapped the ball around too much and rarely opened up Lincoln. I worried that my article after the Charlton game had been too damning of Town but this mildly improved performance did nothing to dissuade me from the idea that promotion is not going to happen for Town this season. The changes that are needed...

Apr12025 by Terrier Spirit20 Comments

A grumpy look at Huddersfield Town’s 4-0 capitulation to Charlton

Matches

Town hit the self-destruct button on Saturday afternoon with an abject performance that effectively gifted the game to Charlton. While the hosts played well, Town showed a complete inability to cope with any pressure and good saves from Lee Nichols are the only reason the scoreline wasn't worse than 4-0. While the defeat dumped Town out of the playoff places, they're still only a point away from Reading in sixth. However, this game left me not caring too much about whether Town can finish in the top six as it showed Town are way off the pace when compared to another likely playoff contender. Was it really that bad? Yes! I can't remember many games as disappointing as this one. Previous pumpings have come during times when the team have been on a downward slide but this matc...

Mar172025 by Terrier Spirit21 Comments

“Give me lucky generals” – Jon Worthington’s Huddersfield Town cruise to 5-1 victory over woeful Crawley Town

Matches

Huddersfield Town scored their first home goal of 2025 on Saturday, which was then followed by the second, third, fourth and fifth before the game was over. Though actually, the game was over after 28 minutes when Town scored their fourth goal and the rest of the match was more of an exhibition game. Town beat Crawley 5-1 to kickstart Jon Worthington's caretaker spell with a goal-difference boosting victory. While the visitors were rank in the opening spell of the game, it wasn’t just their capitulation that led to this victory. Huddersfield Town also looked refreshed and energised after months of leggy and uninspiring performances under Michael Duff. Here are my notes on this game… Wow, Crawley were bad! I typically watch games with blue and white tinted spectacle...

Jan202025 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Taylor Opens His Account as Town Fight Back for Draw – Notes on the draw with Blackpool

Matches

Blackpool have been a bogey team for Huddersfield Town this season. Despite them being 14th in the table, they've done a number on us twice. Both the home and away games against Blackpool have been tough for Town and Blackpool deserve the 4 points they've taken off us in those games. Based on how they've played against us, Blackpool should be playoff contenders but clearly, they just raise their game for us. Having said that, Town repeated some mistakes they've been guilty of all season and made a few new ones too. But on the positive side, they found a way back into the game and continued the unbeaten run despite putting in a shoddy first 45 minutes in this game. A first half riddled with old problems and a few new ones The home game against Blackpool was one of the worst ...

Jan62025 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Notes on Huddersfield Town’s draw with Rotherham

Matches

There’s a saying about how you shouldn’t argue with a fool because they’ll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. To paraphrase that expression, Huddersfield Town allowed themselves to be dragged down to Rotherham’s level in Saturday’s match and let the game to be played on their terms. Because of this we were treated to a pretty unappealing game of football to watch, where the quality of the football was low and the pushing and shoving were high. Town’s cause wasn’t helped by our new left wingback getting sent off within minutes of coming on. Add to that Lonwijk’s injury in the first minute of the game and the continued aversion to scoring from our forwards and it’s no huge surprise that Town could only come away with this game with a point. What was this...