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Sep82026 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town lineup to take on Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Trophy and 5 reasons to bother watching

Matches, Predicted lineups, Talking points

Huddersfield Town launch their EFL Trophy campaign tonight when they travel to Doncaster Rovers for their first group stage fixture. It's easy to ignore these games and focus on the more serious business of the league but I'll talk later about why I think these cup games can be a good thing. Before that, here's who I think Martin Drury will pick for tonight's fixture. I'm assuming he'll use the match as a chance to keep our fringe senior players match fit and to blood a few youngsters who have potential to break into the real first team at some point in the future. Goalkeeper: Alnwick Some managers prefer to keep their first choice in the team for the cup games but the majority give their backup options a run out. It was Jak Alnwick on the bench on Saturday, so I presume he's the...

Aug212025 by Terrier Spirit28 Comments

Whining McCann, why we struggled, how we won and rebranding subs – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s win over Doncaster Rovers

Matches, Notes

Huddersfield Town beat Doncaster Rovers 2-0 with two late goals sealing the win after Town weathered a storm in the first half, during which Doncaster played Town off the park. The game made clear that Doncaster Rovers are a very good team at this level but Town did (just) enough to keep them out and stayed in the game long enough for the quality on our bench to make the difference. This wasn’t a fluent display of attractive football but we did show some nice moments in the second half and the struggles in the first half were at least punctuated by some excellent last-ditch defending and decent stops from Goodman. It's good to be back to winning ways after the defeat to Blackpool but this was a performance that raised more questions than answers about this new-look Town team. H...

Aug202025 by Terrier Spirit21 Comments

“The bench made the difference” – Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s 2-0 win over Doncaster Rovers

Matches, Player ratings

Huddersfield Town beat Doncaster Rovers 2-0 on Tuesday night in a game where they had to cling on for dear life in the early stages before growing into the game in the second half and coming out on top. Our first half struggles were partly down to Doncaster being unexpectedly superb but we also had a lot of issues with getting out of our own half at times too. The strength of Town’s bench made the difference in the end, with Wiles making the breakthrough and Taylor sealing the win after both came on halfway through the second half. Here are my thoughts on each individual performance… Owen Goodman - 6 out of 10 Made a howler by passing directly to their man which was mercifully not punished. Resorted to long, hopeless punts downfield too often that Alfie May had no chance of ...

Aug192025 by Terrier Spirit8 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Doncaster Rovers

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town take on Doncaster Rovers tonight in a game that now feels more important to Town after their defeat to Blackpool at the weekend. And success feels less likely after Doncaster have started their return to League One in style, picking up seven points from their first three games. Lee Grant will have to decide whether to stick with his players that started against Blackpool or bring in new players to freshen up the lineup. I talked about this dilemma, among other things, in my pre-match talking points article, so read that next if you want to hear more of my thoughts on this match. Otherwise, here's my predicted lineup for tonight…. Goalkeeper: Owen Goodman While Goodman wasn’t to blame for any of the three goals we conceded against Blackpool, I think he c...

Aug192025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Pearson’s revenge, almost a derby, shuffling the pack and bouncing back – 4 talking points ahead of Huddersfield Town v Doncaster Rovers

Matches, Talking points

Huddersfield Town take on Doncaster Rovers tonight, where they'll be hoping to shake off Saturday's defeat against Blackpool. Doncaster Rovers come to the Accu Stadium in good form, unbeaten in their opening three games and a point ahead of Town in the embryonic league table (which no longer interests me now Town aren't top). After a positive start to the season, the loss at Blackpool and the struggle to break down ten men didn't feel like it was part of the Huddersfield Town script. Tonight's game should be a chance for Town to return to their pre-Blackpool way of doing things. Though Doncaster will not be an easy opponent. Can Town brush off the Blackpool performance? After seeing a less pleasant side to this new Huddersfield Town team on Saturday, it feels vitally important to ...