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Nov292020 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments
The Carlos Corberán selection that takes Huddersfield Town from 1 point per game to 1.67

The Carlos Corberán selection that takes Huddersfield Town from 1 point per game to 1.67

Matches
If I told you that a single decision Carlos Corberán makes can change Huddersfield Town’s points per game from 1 to 1.67 then you would probably assume I’m talking about a key player or a particular formation that is changing Huddersfield Town’s fortunes. This selection, however, is more to do with Corberán’s physical appearance than his team selection. After crunching the numbers, it appears to me that Huddersfield Town enjoy a significantly better points tally in the games where he wears his famous cream skinny chinos. Yesterday’s well-earned victory against Middlesborough was the sixth game of the season where Town’s head coach squeezed into these seemingly lucky trousers and was the third time he’d won wearing them. A look at the trouser-related data I’ve been called a sad act for s...
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Oct192020 by Terrier Spirit11 Comments
Carlos’ lucky chinos, imaginative strategies, yapping dogs, a niggly ref & maximum effort – notes on the Swansea win

Carlos’ lucky chinos, imaginative strategies, yapping dogs, a niggly ref & maximum effort – notes on the Swansea win

Matches, Tactics
Huddersfield Town beat Swansea 2-1 in a hard fought encounter in South Wales yesterday. It wasn't the purest form of Carlosball we’ve seen so far but it was the most impressive win under Corberán in my view. Swansea are a good team that have started the season well but we came with a gameplan which, with a bit of luck, paid off. Here are a few of my unassociated ramblings about the game... Getting the tactics right We didn’t start this game particularly well and seemed to invite a lot of pressure onto ourselves which led to several good chances for Swansea in the opening exchanges. Thankfully Jamal Lowe spurned the best of these and injured himself in the process, which diminished his influence for the rest of the game. Town didn’t sparkle in the first half but there was a steady impro...
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