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Jun292020 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Huddersfield Town – Player ratings

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Huddersfield Town lost 3-1 to Nottingham Forest in a game which saw the Terriers play better football than their defeat to Wigan last week. But silly mistakes and a lack of cutting edge cost them. Here are the ratings for each player that started the game. They range from four to six, which feels about right given the performance - flawed but better. I’m sure most readers will disagree with at least some of the scores, so feel free to spout off in the comments if you have an alternative view. Lössl - 6 I wouldn’t blame him for any of the three goals he let in today and there were a few decent saves that he made that preserved our goal difference. He also looked to move the ball out from the back quickly and made some nice passes. Duhaney - 6 Did OK without being exceptional. I particu...

Jun282020 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

6 talking points ahead of Town’s game against Forest

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Huddersfield Town head to Nottingham in desperate need of points to help keep them in the Championship. After a limp non-performance against Wigan, there's also pressure on the team to play better football.Drama off the pitch this week has also led to Town now being without Danny Simpson at right back, after he failed to agree a contract extension with the club.Here's a preview of some of the talking points leading into the game.Who will replace Danny Simpson at rightback?Simpson has struggled for form for a while now and looked poor when pressed aggressively by Wigan last weekend. So a change is probably due anyway.Demeaco Duhaney is the most obvious choice to fill the gap, as he did a reasonable job when he came on as sub last week. He's a bit of an unknown quantity but has plenty of mot...

Jun202020 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Predicted starting XI for Huddersfield Town v Wigan

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It’s been over three months since Town last played. It’s been over six months since I last updated this blog. So expect both Town and this blog to be a bit rusty and make the odd mistake. I thought I’d ease myself back into the blog by having a wild stab at predicting Danny Cowley’s starting eleven for today’s game against Wigan. These predictions are even less likely to be correct than usual given how long it is since Town last played and how little we know about the condition of Town’s squad. Here’s my prediction about how Town will lineup at 3 O’Clock today. Goalkeeper: Lössl Town brought in Jonas Lôssl on loan from Everton because Kamil Grabara picked up a nasty head injury against Hull. Presumably Grabara is fully recovered and is in contention to start between the sticks. Even if...

Nov262019 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

5 talking points from Town’s 1-1 draw with Birmingham

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Huddersfield Town drew 1-1 with Birmingham City in a game that many Town fans will feel disappointed to come away with only a point. The Terriers were the better team on the day despite having to field a makeshift defence after injuries ruled out three of our first-choice back four. Here are a few of my thoughts about the game: Chalobah’s pass for the first goal The highlight of the afternoon was the assist from Trevoh Chalobah for Frazier Campbell’s goal. From inside his own half, Chalobah played an inch-perfect pass into the stride of Campbell. While Chalobah hasn’t been at his best in recent Town games, he showed why Chelsea and England rate him highly with this individual moment of quality. It’s worth pointing out that Campbell did incredibly well to time his run, use his first-tou...

Nov232019 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

What options does Danny Cowley have for his injury-ravaged defence?

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Danny Cowley's prematch press conference for the Birmingham game was dominated by discussion of the plethora of defenders that are unavailable for today's game. Danny Simpson (hip), Jaden Brown (ankle) and Tommy Elphick (season ending knee injury) are all out of contention leaving Danny Cowley a selection headache. Here are a few of the options he might consider: RB: Hadergjonaj CB: Stankovic CB: Schindler LB: Kongolo This back four is the most obvious selection for Cowley, given Hadergjonaj, Stankovic and Kongolo are the three most likely second-choices for the positions that are available due to injury. All three of these defensive additions have question marks over them: Hadergjonaj’s lack of positional awareness and tendency to endlessly back peddle mean he is out of favour w...

Aug212019 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

How changing one player and switching formation can fix some of Huddersfield Town’s problems

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Mark Hudson takes charge of Huddersfield Town tonight as caretaker manager in their match against Cardiff City. He's the bookies favourite to land the job on a permanent basis and used his prematch press conference to confirm his desire to take charge. The next few games are an opportunity for Hudson to show he has what it takes to turn around Town's fortunes. The first job for Hudson will be to pick a team and set the tactics for the Cardiff game. In my opinion, he can fix some of Town's biggest problems by making just one change to the starting lineup and tweaking the formation. Here's how... Go back to playing 4-2-3-1 Mark Hudson was a key member of Town's promotion winning team in the Championship which played 4-2-3-1 for the majority of the season. Jan Siewert wanted to set Town ...

Aug192019 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

How Jan Siewert’s last game sums up his time at Town

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Jan Siewert was sacked shortly after Town fell to a 2-1 defeat to Fulham on Friday night. It was a game that had several of the hallmarks of Siewert’s time at Huddersfield Town. Individual errors, tactical confusion, a lack of attacking intent and substitutions that were either wrongly timed or simply just wrong. Here are a few of my thoughts on how this game acted as a 90-minute summary of the Jan Siewert-era: Individual errors: Bacuna set to self-destruct mode Before I put the boot into Juninho Bacuna, I’d like to say that I’m generally a fan of his and can see that he has a lot of potential. Now I've said that, he was dreadful against Fulham. It’s was the kind of performance where he seemed to have a reverse midas touch: every time he got involved he ballsed it up. Perhaps with ...

Aug162019 by Terrier Spirit8 Comments

Should Jan Siewert be sacked as Huddersfield Town manager?

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It’s amazing how quickly things change in football. Less than two weeks into the new season and the cautious optimism surrounding Huddersfield Town’s Championship campaign has dissolved into widespread animosity towards the manager and chairman. It’s been a poor start to the season and tonight’s game against Fulham at home could be Jan Siewert’s final chance to prove that he’s got what it takes to lead Huddersfield Town. Three sub-par performances so far this season have led to many questioning the German manager’s ability to stablise Huddersfield Town after last season’s relegation. Here a few of my thoughts of the situation... Siewert needs a result AND a performance to turn the tide Like many fans, I’m pretty sick of hearing the talk about “that winning feeling” returning to Tow...

Aug92019 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

“Where are they now? – Huddersfield Town FC” by Lee Morris – Author interview

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This post is an interview with Lee Morris about the book he wrote about Huddersfield Town players lives after football, called Where Are They Now?. He's put a tremendous amount of effort into his book and it sounds like a cracking read. Tell us about your book? I have written a book called Where Are They Now? about what happened to every professional player to play a game and also every manager from 1910 to 2018. The book hopes to provide an insight into the player/manager’s Town career and then what they got up to after they left the club. How long did it take to write? It took a year or so to write but contains over 10 years of research. How did you go about finding out what happened to ex-Town players? It’s something that I’ve been doing for a very long time. For about 10 years n...

Aug82019 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

6 grumbles about Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 defeat to Derby

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Huddersfield Town were beaten 2-1 by Derby in their opening Championship fixture on Monday night. The defeat came about, in part, because of silly individual errors and poor defensive organisation. The confidence that had been painstakingly built over the course of preseason quickly evaporated. A change of approach at half-time spurred Town onto the front foot and made us more competitive, but it didn’t lead to the goals we were pushing for. Midfield confusion in the first half My impression of the first half was that our midfield was completely overrun by Derby and poor Jonathan Hogg was often left with the impossible job of tracking up to three players, while Mooy and Bacuna both seemed to be positioned far too high up the pitch. Town’s midfield looked almost non-existent at times a...