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Oct202017 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Huddersfield Town v Manchester United – MATCH PREVIEW

Matches

On the journey back from Wembley last May I spent a lot of time thinking about the teams Town would be playing this season. This was the first fixture I thought about, playing Manchester United at our own stadium. It's an absolute treat to be welcoming one of the best club teams in the world to Huddersfield. The challenge will be to get the Town players to put in a performance worthy of the occasion. Our first home game against a top six team ended in a 4-0 thrashing, but I'm quietly confident we'll make a better showing of ourselves against United. Winning is a tall order, but I hope we put in a performance that we can be proud of, regardless of the result. Huddersfield Town v Manchester United - Match details Kick-off: 3 pm, Saturday 21 October 2017 Tickets: Sold out, not only did ...

Oct182017 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

6 reasons to feel positive after the Swansea defeat

Opinion

The dust has settled from Town’s 2-0 defeat to Swansea, and even though the performance wasn’t great there’s still lots to be positive about Town right now. There’s been a fair bit of negativity in response to the Swansea result, so I thought I’d write my six reasons to not get too upset just yet. Town didn’t play that badly against Swansea Reading some of the reaction to the game from fans on Facebook, Twitter and Down at the Mac would make you think Town were beaten 10-0 and completely humiliated against Swansea. We weren’t great, but it wasn’t an awful performance. When you play well and win it’s hard to remember moments of bad luck or decisions going the wrong way because you won. In defeat these moments stick in your mind. Here are some things that could have gone differently and...

Oct142017 by Terrier Spirit15 Comments

Swansea 2-0 Huddersfield Town – TerrierSpirit.com player ratings

Matches

Huddersfield Town suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Swansea City. The problems from previous games persisted, we lacked quality in the final third and made silly mistakes at the back. Here are my player ratings for the game. It was hard to pick out a good performance, as every player was somewhat under par. Jonas Lössl - 4 out of 10 Made a great save when Abraham got a shot away from a tight angle. Completely undid that good work with a sloppy pass that led to the opening goal. His distribution can be excellent but he needs to be more careful and only pass short when players are available. A few more performances like this and Rob Green may be given a chance. Scott Malone - 6 out of 10 Some positive runs down the wing, but his crossing was poor when in good positions. He was al...

Oct132017 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

Swansea v Huddersfield Town – TerrierSpirit.com match preview

Matches

Huddersfield Town travel to Swansea on Saturday after what feels like another endless international break. It’s now nearly two weeks since the 4-0 defeat against Spurs and Town will be desperate to get back into action. This won’t be an easy game for the Terriers, the Swans might not be the strongest team in the division but they’ll be tough to break down and have a canny manager. Here’s everything you need to know in advance of the game. Swansea City v Huddersfield Town - Match details Kickoff - 3 pm Saturday 14 October 2017 Tickets - At the time of writing, there were a handful of tickets left on general sale at the ticket office for Town fans. By the time you’re reading this they may have been sold out. Referee: Paul Tierney - Town have won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3 with Tierney as t...

Oct12017 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments

Town 0-4 Spurs – TerrierSpirit.com player ratings

Matches, Opinion

Huddersfield Town fell to a 4-0 defeat to a clinical Tottenham side that severely punished some silly mistakes from Town. This match showed the gulf in class between the top six teams and the rest of the Premier League. We've been competitive in all six of our previous games, but against Spurs we never stood a chance. Having said that, Town didn't play all that badly. A few players had bad days and made silly errors, but we played some nice football at times and looked like we might cause an upset when we flew at Spurs in the opening minutes. Sadly we caught Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen on good days and they ripped us to pieces. I think this game will have taught Wagner and his men some valuable lessons and it's really not a big deal to catch a beating from an in-form Spurs team. He...

Sep292017 by Terrier Spirit11 Comments

Huddersfield Town v Tottenham Hotspur – Match preview

Matches

Huddersfield Town host Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in a lunchtime kickoff. Spurs are the first of the big Premier League teams to try their luck against Town. It’ll be a special occasion regardless of the result, but don’t be fooled into thinking David Wagner won’t try and get something from this game. Town are in eighth position in the league on nine points, only two points behind Spurs in fourth place. It’s hard to believe that we’re doing so well, having only lost one game out of our initial six Premier League matches. While Town aren’t expected to win the game by the bookies, a victory would see us leapfrog Tottenham and get back into the top four (at least until the 3 pm games finish). Huddersfield Town v Tottenham Hotspur - Match details Kickoff: 12:30PM, Saturday 30 September...

Sep242017 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

5 Talking points from Huddersfield Town’s draw with Burnley

Matches, Opinion

Huddersfield Town played out a scoreless draw with Burnley, with neither side doing enough to take all three points. Here are some of the major talking points from the game. Includes THAT dive, gushing praise for Schindler, talk about our lack of goals, Dyche love for Hogg, and a quick look at our run of upcoming fixtures. van La Parra's dive Having seen a replay it looks pretty bad. In real time it looked like he was playing to win a penalty and didn't get the contact he was aiming for. Is it cheating to try and draw a foul in the box? Probably not. Is it cheating to hurl yourself at the ground under minimal contact? Yes. If VLP had been more cunning and drawn significant contact from Lowton he'd have received plaudits for "winning" a penalty. As it stands he deserves a bit of stick fo...

Sep232017 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Burnley 0-0 Huddersfield Town- TerrierSpirit.com Player ratings

Matches, Opinion

Huddersfield Town went to Burnley and played out a fairly tedious 0-0 draw. Neither side generated the moment of quality that was needed to secure a win. A point away at Burnley isn't a bad result for Town and there were some good performances. But it's hard not to wonder if we could have won it with just a bit more quality in the final third. Lössl - 7 out of 10 Had very little to do, but his distribution was once again superb. Short, mid, and long-range passes all found their man. His quick thinking and accurate kicks started a couple of breaks for Town. Löwe - 6 out of 10 Another below par performance from the German. He seems to have lost some confidence, getting basic things wrong and being hesitant with his positioning. Schindler - 9 out of 10 (Man of the Match) Yet again, a...

Sep222017 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Burnley away – team news, lineups, manager comments, talking points, away team info, and prediction

Matches

Huddersfield Town make the short journey across the Pennines to play Burnley this weekend. In a match destined to be shown last on Match of the Day, two of the Premier League’s biggest underdogs will both fancy their chances of picking up points. There are a lot of similarities between the two sides, but also some significant differences too. Both teams are built on a foundation of teamwork and togetherness, but the style of football is very different. Town were unfortunate to only draw with Leicester last weekend, having had a Kachunga goal controversially ruled out for offside. That means it’s now three games since our last victory in the Premier League, so it would be good to get back to winning ways at Turf Moor. Burnley v Huddersfield Town - Match details Kickoff: 3 pm, Saturday...

Sep172017 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

6 talking points from the Leicester home game

Matches, Opinion

Huddersfield Town drew one all with Leicester in their latest Premier League game. It was a relief to see Huddersfield recapture their “terrier spirit” after a lacklustre performance in their defeat against West Ham. Here are some of the major talking points from the game... Kachunga’s “offside" goal and the case for video refereeing Elias Kachunga nodded in from Zanka’s strike and had the goal disallowed. In the stadium, I thought the linesman had made a good call because he was on his own when he headed home. However, the replay shows it was incredibly tight and was most probably onside. Two points could be the difference between survival and relegation for Town (or Champions League or Europa League qualification). It seems cruel that such fine margins could have such a huge influe...