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Sep142026 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

“Really frustrating” Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 0-0 draw against 10-man Mansfield Town

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town came away from Mansfield with a point after drawing Saturday’s match 0-0 despite playing most of the second half against ten men. Getting a point away from home is often seen as a good outcome but this draw feels harder to put a positive spin on than the 1-1 draw against Notts County the weekend before. I wouldn’t say that Town were terrible in this game but they definitely underperformed and struggled firstly against a physical and direct opponent and then after the red card they couldn’t break down a stubborn and well-drilled Mansfield Town team. The stalemate at least kept Town’s unbeaten start to the season intact and we are currently sat in second place in the embryonic league table. So while there are a few grumbles and obvious wrinkles that need ironing out of t...

Sep112026 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Mansfield Town and pre-match talking points

Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town take on Mansfield Town this afternoon and will be hoping to continue their unbeaten start to the season. Mansfield have won two and lost three of their opening five league games this season, among those results, a 5-2 win over Luton showed they're a threat but their 5-0 defeat against Reading suggests they've also got significant weaknesses. Martin Drury may have had his selection choices complicated for this game by some decent performances by backup players in the midweek game against Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Trophy. As well as a preview of today's game, I'll also look back in the 3-1 win over Doncaster. Before that, here's my predicted XI for today's match… Predicted Huddersfield Town team to play Mansfield Goalkeeper: Young Defence:...

Sep82026 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town lineup to take on Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Trophy and 5 reasons to bother watching

Matches, Predicted lineups, Talking points

Huddersfield Town launch their EFL Trophy campaign tonight when they travel to Doncaster Rovers for their first group stage fixture. It's easy to ignore these games and focus on the more serious business of the league but I'll talk later about why I think these cup games can be a good thing. Before that, here's who I think Martin Drury will pick for tonight's fixture. I'm assuming he'll use the match as a chance to keep our fringe senior players match fit and to blood a few youngsters who have potential to break into the real first team at some point in the future. Goalkeeper: Alnwick Some managers prefer to keep their first choice in the team for the cup games but the majority give their backup options a run out. It was Jak Alnwick on the bench on Saturday, so I presume he's the...

Sep72026 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

A good point or two dropped? Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 1-1 draw with Notts County

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town were held to a 1-1 draw with Notts County on Saturday afternoon. Town started the game strongly and went ahead after a period of sustained attacks. Notts County equalised from a corner, against the run of play, and from there grew into the game. Town dominated possession and created chances but Notts County made it difficult for Town and defended well. The draw was frustrating but wasn't entirely unfair, given how well Notts County held us out and stopped us finding any fluency. If this game come during a poor run of form then I'd be more inclined to criticise Town's performance but as this result sees us continue our unbeaten run and keeps us in the automatic promotion places in the embryonic league table, it's not such a bad point even if we should have taken t...

Sep42026 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Notts County and pre-match talking points

Matches, Predicted lineups, Talking points

Huddersfield Town host Notts County on Saturday afternoon and will be hoping to extend their unbeaten start to the season and to strengthen their position at the top of the League One table. I used to think league tables were pointless so early in a new season but now I think they're very very useful and relevant. Town being top may have been a factor in my change of heart. Our opponents in this game are also unbeaten in the league so far, with three draws and one win. Two of those draws were against Luton and Leicester, so they've proven they can get results from the leagues most fancied teams. Here's my prediction of our starting eleven and a few pre-match talking points. Predicted lineup Goalkeeper: Young Defenders: Bronkhorst, Balker, Wallace, Bowat ...

Sep32026 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

“This feels a bit different” – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 victory over Oxford United

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town continued their unbeaten start to the League One season with a 3-1 victory over Oxford on Tuesday night. This was probably our trickiest opponent of this unbeaten run, so it was pleasing to see us get the better of one of the league's more fancied teams. Town took the lead in the second half before being pegged back to 1-1 but went on to score another two in a rampant period of the game where Oxford couldn't cope with our attacking play. They say that it's the hope that kills you, but this game has made me feel a lot more hopeful about Town's prospects this season. There's still work to do, there will be bumps along the way but I'm really liking what I've seen of Town this season and this season feels a bit different to the last two League One campaigns. Both Lee...

Sep12026 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Oxford United

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town started the season with a double-header against Wimbledon and the team that stole their old club's place in the league, MK Dons. The following two fixtures of our season see Town in a double-header against places better known for their universities than their football teams, with last Saturday's trip to Cambridge and tonight's visit of Oxford. This fact isn't related to football, but I was surprised to see that Huddersfield University has almost as many students (20,000ish) as Cambridge (25,000ish) and Oxford(27,000). So if you judge a university's quality purely on the number of students studying there, we're not actually that far behind these more established university towns. Apologies for the weird digression, here's the predicted lineup… Goalkeeper:...

Aug312026 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

A Taylor-made victory, a turgid game, mugged off dot com, and the football gods intervention – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 win over Cambridge United

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town were unconvincing in their 2-1 win over Cambridge on Saturday but they found a way to win, as the saying goes. Joe Taylor popped up with two late goals after Town went behind to Cambridge towards the end of the second half. In fact, nearly all of the game's highlights occurred in the final fifteen minutes and everything before the 82nd minute was pretty dreary stuff to watch. Cambridge United were a tricky opponent and I think their tenacity and awkwardness led to a number of Town's players underperforming. The accepted wisdom is that it's bad to play freshly promoted teams early in a new season because they carry through their momentum from the previous successful campaign. Why did Huddersfield Town struggle for most of this game? Until Cambridge...

Aug282026 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Cambridge United

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town take on Cambridge United on Saturday afternoon and will hope that they can continue their unbeaten start in League One. We're still finding out what kind of team Martin Drury's Huddersfield Town are going to be this season but the early indicators are promising with a few nagging doubts. The attacking side of Town's game has been particularly impressive, with Fletcher being the exact kind of striker we've been missing for years, Fernandes looking like an exciting player with genuine goal threat and Joe Taylor suddenly looks like the player we hoped he would be when we first signed him. In defence of Taylor, Drury is the first manager to play to Taylor's strengths, so it's not exactly a surprise that he's looking more dangerous when the service he's receiving helps him...

Aug242026 by Terrier Spirit8 Comments

Missed chances, the goal that wasn’t, a second-half crumble and telling Kevin Nagle to pipe down – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 1-1 draw with MK Dons

Matches

Huddersfield Town came away from Milton Keynes with a point on Saturday after their 1-1 draw with MK Dons. Before the game, a point away from home against a fancied opponent would have seemed OK but there’s a bitter taste to this draw after Joe Taylor had a beautiful long-range goal incorrectly not given. This injustice wouldn’t have mattered so much if Town had finished their plethora of other goal-worthy chances in the first half. Sadly we only had the single-goal lead and MK Dons came out for the second half with a much better approach to the game and Town struggled to maintain the momentum that saw them dominate the chances in the first half. The equaliser felt inevitable but at least Town hung on for the draw even if they couldn’t regain the ascendancy. Here are a fe...