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Apr222022 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley – Who can fill Sorba’s shoes?

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley – Who can fill Sorba’s shoes?

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Huddersfield Town can confirm their entry to the playoffs with a win tonight over Barnsley. In fact, it's possible we could be certain of finishing in the top six if other results go our way even without a victory. Our opponents find themselves at the other end of the table and have to win to avoid confirming their relegation to League One. So plenty at stake in the Yorkshire derby!  Dialing down the hype a notch, Barnsley are almost certain to go down and Town are similarly likely to qualify for the playoffs. It’s not quite a dead rubber but I feel like I was a bit over the top in the opening paragraph. Regardless, it's likely to be a competitive game and there are, as the saying goes, no easy games in the Championship. Carlos has said he intends to name a strong lineup tonight, ...
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Feb72022 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments
All the best tweets, videos, articles and podcasts about Town’s win against Barnsley

All the best tweets, videos, articles and podcasts about Town’s win against Barnsley

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I started this blog because I didn't think there was that much coverage of Town that I liked. It was back in the days of The Examiner being pretty dire, the club didn't do much more than post press conferences to YouTube and there wasn't loads of stuff made by fans about games. Thankfully that's changed a lot over the years and there are now almost too many articles, videos and podcasts to digest after a game and that's before you consider all the interesting bits and pieces knocking around on social media. This article is a bit of an experiment to try and pull together some of the best coverage of Town after their FA Cup victory over Barnsley at the weekend. I'd be genuinely interested to know if you find this stuff interesting. Please put your thoughts in the comments below. If it's ...
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Feb72022 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments
Outrageous diving, spurned chances, the Jon Russell love-in, a dodgy ref and cup magic – Notes on Town’s 1-0 win over Barnsley

Outrageous diving, spurned chances, the Jon Russell love-in, a dodgy ref and cup magic – Notes on Town’s 1-0 win over Barnsley

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Huddersfield Town will face Nottingham Forest away in the next round of the cup after their victory over Barnsley saw them into the last 16. Like most of Town's recent games, against Barnsley there were good bits, bad bits and some key moments that went Town’s way.  Town's unbeaten run is now standing at 12 games and it's hard to ignore the fact that this team are pretty good. For all the fears of doom and relegation at the start of the season, if we can beat a team that are currently below us in the league table in the next round we'll be in the quarter finals and one game away from a semi-final at Wembley. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself but surely that's part of the magic of the cup.  Anyway, here are a few of my thoughts on the game.  A deserved win that coul...
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Feb62022 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments
“He may not play many more games for Town” – Player ratings for Town’s 1-0 cup win over Barnsley

“He may not play many more games for Town” – Player ratings for Town’s 1-0 cup win over Barnsley

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Huddersfield Town qualified for the next round of the FA Cup by beating Barnsley 1-0 yesterday. It wasn’t vintage Town but they just about deserved the win and could actually have been more comfortable winners if they had been less wasteful in front of goal.  It was a mixed bag in terms of individual performances, with some players really catching the eye and several not looking up to speed. Getting into the hat for the next round was the main objective and Town managed that, so there’s no use complaining too much.  Here are my player ratings for the game. Jamal Blackman - 6 out of 10 Barnsley failed to register a single shot on target in the game, so there wasn’t much opportunity for Blackman to show off his shot stopping credentials. He looked good otherwise, with some decen...
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Feb52022 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment
Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley in the FA Cup

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley in the FA Cup

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Huddersfield Town take on Barnsley in the FA Cup this afternoon. Town’s recent history in the cups has been shocking, so even getting into the fourth round has been an achievement but given Barnsley’s grim recent form and Town’s current unbeaten run, today represents a very good opportunity to progress even further in the cup. As usual, Carlos Corberan has made all the right noises in the build up to the game about respecting the competition and picking a strong side. But we know from history that we can most likely ignore that and expect to see a much changed team this afternoon from the one that played against Derby in midweek. At least Town’s squad this season is big enough to have quality backup in the majority of areas on the pitch and we should still field a decent team. Here’...
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Apr212021 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments
Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley tonight

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley tonight

Matches
I'm running a bit late with this post, so imagine there's an introduction here. Then scroll down to read the meat of the article. Cheers.  Goalkeeper: Ryan Schofield  A stat came out yesterday that said Schofield has made more saves from shots in the 6 yard box than any keeper in the top four divisions of English football. And he wasn't even first choice until after Christmas. It's a slightly odd stat but it does show that he's very good at reflex saves. The less instinctive side of his game is slowly coming along too and I think he's going to go from strength to strength now he's broken into the starting eleven and had a decent run iof Championship games.  https://twitter.com/playmaker_EN/status/1384516368435929092?s=19 Defence: Edmonds-Green, Keogh, Sarr, O'Brien  The big...
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Dec272020 by Terrier Spirit16 Comments
“Looked like he’d had too many mince pies” – Player ratings for Town’s Boxing Day defeat to Barnsley

“Looked like he’d had too many mince pies” – Player ratings for Town’s Boxing Day defeat to Barnsley

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Huddersfield Town succumbed to a last minute defeat to Barnsley yesterday in a hard fought game that lacked quality football but was full of frenetic action. While the manner of the defeat was unlucky, it's hard to argue with the outcome when we had ridden our luck at times earlier in the game and failed to take our chances at the other end. In a season where there was more at stake, this result might have hurt but as we're already looking very likely to finish midtable it's hard for me to feel too upset. A draw would probably have been fair but you're always likely to lose if you defend balls into the box as poorly as we did for both of their goals. Here are my player ratings: Ryan Schofield - 7 out of 10 Some excellent saves and some less marvelous moments but balanced out to be rea...
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Dec262020 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments
Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Barnsley

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When the fixtures came out my eyes immediately darted towards the Boxing Day game and I remember thinking that an away game at Barnsley was an excellent fixture and felt optimistic that fans might be allowed back in by then. So it's going to feel bitter sweet to tune into the stream on iFollow instead of making the journey to Oakwell myself. I'm glad I'll be able to watch the game but it won't be the same as being in the stands, smelling the newly gifted Lynx Africa and watching turkey sandwiches being stuffed into gobs. Obviously the world faces greater hardships than football fans not being able to watch games from inside crowded stadia but it's still sad we can't all come together to watch our team in person. Hopefully the roll out of the vaccine next year will see fans getting back in...
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Oct72020 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments
4 ex-Huddersfield Town managers in the running to become Barnsley boss

4 ex-Huddersfield Town managers in the running to become Barnsley boss

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Barnsley are on the lookout for a new manager following Gerhard Struber’s exit from the South Yorkshire club to take up the helm at New York Red Bulls. I always like to take a look at the bookies favourites to take over when a manager leaves and I was surprised to see so many people with Huddersfield Town connections among the bookmakers shortlist. Here’s a look at the former Huddersfield Town managers that the bookies are offering odds on to take over at Oakwell and a few of my thoughts about the prospect of these coaches managing Barnsley. David Wagner - 16/1 Things started brightly for Wagner at Schalke in the Bundesliga but he was sacked recently after a terrible run of form that saw him fail to win in 18 games. In his defence, Schalke are rumoured to be poorly run off the pitch an...
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Jul232017 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments
MATCH REPORT: Barnsley 0 – 1 Huddersfield Town – pre-season friendly

MATCH REPORT: Barnsley 0 – 1 Huddersfield Town – pre-season friendly

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Huddersfield Town won a relatively entertaining friendly against Barnsley by a single Steve Mounié goal, scored in the final minute. It was a deserved victory over a Barnsley team that worked hard and forced Town to up their game. Town victorious after testing first half It was a fairly slow start to the game and Barnsley pressed well, forcing quite a few sloppy mistakes from Town in possession. If this was a competitive game it might have been a concern that we misplaced so many passes in the first half but this kind of rustiness is to be expected in pre-season friendlies. Town struggled to build meaningful chances in the first half and the best chance of the half came from a cross-come-shot from Philip Billing which went wide of the post. Barnsley nearly scored themselves from a hea...
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