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Aug222024 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

A summary of Lasse Sorensen & Michael Duff’s comments in their pre-Shrewsbury press conference

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Lasse Sorensen and Michael Duff fielded questions from members of the press ahead of Huddersfield Town's home game against Shrewsbury on Saturday afternoon. The match presents Town with a chance to make it four consecutive wins to start their season, and three wins in a row in the league but despite Shrewsbury representing relatively modesty opposition, Duff and his men won't let complacency set in and will do everything they can to ensure a positive outcome. Here's a summary of the main things discussed during the press conference with a few of my thoughts thrown in along the way - they're in italics, to make it easy to tell when I'm giving my opinion. The video of the full presser is embedded at the bottom of the article if you want to see the whole thing. A summary of Lasse Soren...

Aug192024 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Plenty to admire but also some grumbles as Town make it three wins in a row – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 win over Stevenage

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Huddersfield Town won their third game in a row on Saturday and their second consecutive league game, seeing off Stevenage 2-1 in a game that started off one-sided but ended up edgy and uncomfortable for the Terriers. There was still plenty to admire in the performance from Michael Duff's new-look Huddersfield Town but the questions asked by Stevenage of Town in the second half caused some bad habits to slip back in and cause some slight concern despite still picking up the three points. It's perhaps a sign of how Town are making progress that we can now win games but still come away feeling unhappy, when in recent seasons any kind of win was so rare we'd be too delighted to pick up maximum points to quibble about performance issues. And while it's important to savour every victory...

Aug172024 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI, Stevenge preview & score prediction for today’s game

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Huddersfield Town take on Stevenage Borough in their opening home league game of their League One campaign. And after winning away at Peterborough last Saturday and at home in the FizzyPop Cup, expectations are steadily starting to rise among some Town fans (or at least they are with this one). While it's common to ignore early league tables, last weekend’s win at Peterborough catapulted Town to the tip of the embryonic table, so suddenly publishing tables after one game seems like a sensible thing to do. Town will be hoping to keep their winnings start to the season going with a victory today to add to last weekend and their Carabao Cup success against Morecambe as this would keep them at the top end of the table and give them their best start to a new season since the sixties. In ...

Aug152024 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments

An absolute pleasure to watch – Notes of Huddersfield Town’s 3-0 win over Morecambe

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Huddersfield Town coasted to victory against Morecambe on Tuesday night in one of the most one-sided games of football that you could ever wish to see. Despite making eight changes to the starting lineup from Saturday's victory over Peterborough, the team kept its fluency and played with the same high-pressing and direct attacking style. It reaped rewards within 30 seconds against Morecambe and the game was over as a contest from that point onwards. If it ever really was one. Not that I'm complaining though, after years of being rubbish, I'm not in a hurry to start whining that Town are winning games too easily! Like with Peterborough at the weekend, the biggest issue with this game was that the scoreline didn't tell the full story. While 3-0 is an emphatic victory in anyone's book...

Aug132024 by Terrier Spirit17 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Morecambe

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Huddersfield Town take on Morecambe tonight in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Which is great news if you're a fan of sickly-sweet energy drinks or unloved cup competitions. I'm actually in the latter camp, and quite enjoy games in the league cup. So it's a bit of a disappointment that our usual approach is to pick a weak team, play badly and bomb out of the competition straight away. Maybe it will be different this year. Duff has already all-but confirmed he'll be playing a second string team but it's possible that the team he sends out might make a better fist of this game than our previous attempts to make progress in this cup. The good news is that Town currently have remarkably few injuries to their first team and the competition for places is fierce in several areas. So even ...

Aug112024 by Terrier Spirit23 Comments

A superb start – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-0 win over Peterborough United

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Huddersfield Town got off to the best possible start to life in League One with a 2-0 away win at Peterborough yesterday evening. While Town didn't have it all their way, they were worthy winners and did a particularly impressive job of seeing out the game in the second half and will perhaps wish the scoreline was more emphatic after creating several good chances to extend the lead further but not applying the finishing touch. The first game of the season always has too much importance applied to it, because football fans spend so long anticipating it but even allowing for that, the omens for Town’s upcoming season were good if this game can be used as a barometer. While Peterborough showed some impressive moments, Town weathered the storm and showed some excellent pressing play and us...

Aug92024 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Peterborough United

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Technically speaking, there wasn't a break in the football this summer, as the Euros conveniently overlapped with the start of Huddersfield Town's preseason friendlies. But even so, international tournaments and preseason friendlies are really only the equivalent of methadone to the proper football fix that club football brings, or at least that's how I feel. So it feels like it's been forever since Town left the Championship with a whimper and hopefully between the start of May and the middle of August, Town had changed from a dreadful Championship team to a top League One team. We don't know if that's the case yet but the beauty of being a football fan is that a few weeks away from watching games washes away the weariness of a relegation season and a new sense of optimism can seep in.&n...

Aug52024 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Selection shows recruitment needs, putting Blades to the sword, new boys shine – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s friendly draw against Sheffield United

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The stadium looking very smart after it's summer refurb (all the home fans were in the Riverside and away fans in the South Stand - I promise it wasn't empty!) Huddersfield Town completed their preseason fixtures with a decent 1-1 draw against Sheffield United on Friday night. The first half was impressive and the second half was more of a mixed bag but overall it was a good showing against a team that were in the Premier League last season and will most likely compete at the top end of the Championship in the season to come. While preseason is often a poor predictor of how a new season is going to pan out, this final game caps off an impressive start to Michael Duff's first few weeks in charge at Town and he seems to be doing everything right so far. The first proper test wil...

Jul262024 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Town tighten up, Koroma & Wiles shine, Thomas exit looms, new signings needed – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Hertha Berlin

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Huddersfield Town put in a very solid display against Hertha Berlin yesterday in their 2-1 victory. While results aren't all that important in preseason friendlies, it was reassuring to see the frailties that were exposed in the game against Aris Limasso shored up in this game and Town were much more solid despite coming up against a high-quality opponent. In this article I'll take a look at what this game might have shown us about Huddersfield Town, as we get ever closer to the start of the season. I think Michael Duff showed a slightly different side to how he could set Town up in this game, which was a bit less exciting but was reassuring too as it showed some flexibility and pragmatism. Town were deserved winners in the end, with Hertha Berlin struggling to break Tow...

Jul232024 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Avoidable goals, moments of quality, sluggish selection & vulnerabilities exposed – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 4-2 loss to Aris Limassol

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Huddersfield Town fell to their first defeat of their preseason yesterday when they lost 4-2 to Aris Limassol in Austria. While obviously we all know that the results of friendlies aren't all that important, someone needs to tell that to Michael Duff's face, as he was clearly unhappy in his post-match interview with the club's media team. He was frustrated with the goals the team conceded and the performances levels though offered some insight into why Town didn't reach the levels we might have expected. Aris Limassol were a decent opponent. Being a top Cypriot team doesn't sound like much to brag about but they actually were a very decent team and looking back on their recent history shows they played Rangers in Europe last season and beat them at home and drew away with them. So goin...