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Sep182018 by Terrier Spirit8 Comments

4 thoughts about Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace

Matches, Opinion

Huddersfield Town lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace at the weekend, in a result that David Wagner described as "unlucky". Town dominated possession, created several quality chances, but weren’t able to find a cutting edge in front of goal. Crystal Palace looked pretty average and Town played the better football, but Wilfried Zaha scored an individual goal that proved to be the difference between the two teams. Zaha needs to look in the mirror I get the feeling that Wilfried Zaha came into this game with an agenda to complain about the slightest bit of contact and try to get opposition players sent off. The only bad tackle he received was when Zanka was rightly booked for a poorly-timed tackle. Zaha’s post-match comments suggested he’s the victim of some widespread conspiracy to not send off ...

Sep152018 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Selection headaches facing David Wagner against Crystal Palace

Matches

After a seemingly endless international break, Huddersfield Town return to Premier League action against Crystal Palace later today. Town’s last game was a promising performance against Everton, but we're still waiting for our first victory of the season. A key part of getting a good result against Palace will be to get the team selection right. Here are a few of the tricky decisions David Wagner is facing when he picks his team… How does Kongolo fit into the defence? Terence Kongolo has been one of the standout players for Town so far this season, so it seems unthinkable to drop him. However, it also seems unlikely that the pairing of Zanka and Schindler would be broken up either. The lack of a high-quality left-back allowed the option of playing Kongolo in his less favoured posit...

Mar172018 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Four thoughts after the 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace

Matches, Opinion

It was another dispiriting home defeat for Town after Crystal Palace comfortably won the game 2-0. While it was bad to lose to a relegation rival, the manner of the defeat is more of a concern. Town drifted back into the style of football that saw us give away points freely in January. Here are some of my thoughts after the game. Too many players had bad days There were too many individuals in the Town team that played well below their best against Palace. To name names: Mooy, Schindler, Ince, Quaner, and Malone all put in poor performances. That’s not to say that they’re poor players, or that they aren’t good enough for this level. It’s just they didn’t do well enough on the day. Aaron Mooy’s performance was a big factor in the result, as we rely on him so heavily to provide t...

Aug132017 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

5 talking points from the Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town game

Matches

Before the Palace game kicked off, nobody really knew what to expect in Huddersfield Town's first game back in the top-flight for over 40 years. Few expected a 3-0 victory for the Terriers. Here are a few thoughts about this incredible game. 1. Maybe the Premier League isn't ready for us I got a bit sick of hearing ill-informed pundits talk about how we aren't prepared for the Premier League. They grumble that we've not signed experienced Premier League players and write us off because of our negative goal difference last season. The expectation was that we were unprepared and would be the league's whipping boys I think Palace weren't prepared for us. We didn't give them chance settle and made the most of the chances we created. On the strength of this performance, I think a few Premi...

Aug132017 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Crystal Palace 0 – 3 Huddersfield Town – Player ratings

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It was an incredible Town performance against Palace, so the player ratings are high across the board. I genuinely don't think a single player had a bad game. If we can keep on performing with every player at their peak then we could be in for a good season. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'opcylhn3RCJV0SwqIdrqag',sig:'Z_xmlFy-uzy8QYL9emyYERaGMbt0LKYWd1mK4oXei7o=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'830716714',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })}); Lössl 8 out of 10 Made an incredible reflex save from a corner that looked a certain goal. Distribution was first class. Came off his line well apart from one unconvincing flap. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).pu...

Aug132017 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

MATCH REPORT – Crystal Palace 0 -3 Huddersfield Town

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Huddersfield Town won away at Crystal Palace. We won our first Premier League game. We won 3-0. I still can't believe it. I wasn't sure if I'd ever see Town play in the Premier League in my lifetime, so to see us not only play but win convincingly was amazing. Pundits and bookies were not ready for this. We're supposed to be the whipping boys. Our lack of Premier League experience should mean we get walloped by established teams like Palace. David Wagner and his players haven't read the script though, they decided to do things differently. It was a great Huddersfield Town performance and summed up the kind of football we've aimed to play during the Wagner era. We weren't always pretty and we rode our luck at times, but we played at a high-tempo, took risks and stopped the opposition from...

Aug112017 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

PREVIEW – Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town

Matches

It's been a long wait over the summer, but Huddersfield Town's return to the top flight of English football is finally almost here. We travel down to Crystal Palace for our first ever match in the Premier League and I can't wait for this game. Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town - Match details Kickoff: 3pm, Saturday 12 August Stadium: Selhurst Park Tickets: The match is sold out in both home and away ends, so if you've not got one you're stuck. This was the first match to test out the new away ticket priority system. It seemed to work as it should, the allocation sold out just after going on sale to Priority 4 fans. I was one of the lucky few to get a ticket in that final band of people, so maybe my opinion of the system is biased. Travel info: There's some information on getting to...