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Feb212022 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

My 9 favourite tweets about Town’s incredible victory over Fulham

The victory against Fulham on Saturday felt like a defining moment of our season. Up until this game I'd been quite sceptical about Town's chances of sustaining a playoff push into the closing stages of the season but now I'm starting to believe. I'm not the only one either, as many fans and people connected to the clubs took to Twitter to celebrate the victory. Here are eight favourite tweets from the weekend. Carlos puts out a rare tweet https://twitter.com/CarlosCorberan/status/1495088372351741956 Carlos has tweeted just twice during his time as Town manager before the above tweet, so it shows that he thought things was a significant moment. I didn't know he was on Twitter at all and I was even more surprised to see that he actually follows the TerrierSpirit.com Twitter a...

Feb202022 by Terrier Spirit11 Comments

Yesterday’s Huddersfield Town starting eleven cost less than a two bedroom flat in Fulham

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I was tagged in a tweet today where a Town fan speculated about how much yesterday's starting eleven would have cost and how the likely small fees involved in building our squad show how good a job Carlos has done. Because I'm a bit of a sad act, I went to Google and investigated how much our team cost and was not surprised to see it was not very much at all (in footballing terms at least). In fact the transfer fees of the players that started yesterday's game wouldn't even cover the cost of a two bedroom flat in Fulham, though admittedly it would get you a pretty decent place to live in God's own county. How much did Huddersfield Town's starting eleven cost? It's tricky to put a precise number on the transfer fees involved as we live in the age of undisclosed fees. B...

Feb202022 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

“Last season we had a tribute act and now we’ve got the real thing.” Player ratings for Town’s amazing win against Fulham

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It seemed certain that Town's unbeaten run would come to an end at Fulham but after Town put in their best defensive performance of the season they extended the run to 15 games without defeat. Talk of a playoff push sounded fanciful around the New Year but Town now look like genuine contenders for the top six and have proven in the last two games that they can get results against the best teams in the league. The win against Fulham was a result of an all round team performance, where every player committed to the game plan and executed it with 100% energy. Every player deserves a good score after putting in such a massive shift so don't be surprised to see high numbers on these ratings. Lee Nicholls - 8 out 10 He made some decent saves but I most enjoyed his shenanigans when r...

Feb192022 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Fulham

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Huddersfield Town face their toughest test of the season today when the take on Fulham at Craven Cottage. We tend to perform poorly whenever we play Fulham away and this season we’re up against the best team in the Championship with a striker that is far too good for this level. So it’s going to be a tough day’s work for the Terriers and we will have to be at our best to get anything out of the game. But we’re unbeaten in 14 games and have a track record of being hard to beat this season. After two consecutive nil nils many fans will be hoping for goals but I think another goalless draw would be a decent point for Town. Here’s how I think Town will line up. Goalkeeper - Lee Nicholls One comment I’ve heard about Lee Nicholls this season has been that he’s not made that many ama...

Aug152021 by Terrier Spirit26 Comments

Goodwill squandered, Fulham too good, Carlos in trouble and Schofield out of confidence – Notes on Town’s drubbing by Fulham

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Wow! I was so excited about going back to the stadium that I didn't think I was all that bothered about the result. Yet Town still managed to throw away all that goodwill that was available by turning in one of those performances like we saw at Norwich, Bournemouth and Blackburn last season. We'd been encouraged to believe that the new signings we've brought in this season would mean we didn't meekly surrender to opponents any more. Yet it happened again yesterday and will most likely continue to happen this season unless something significantly changes. Here are a few of my thoughts on the game and what it means for Town. A glorious day was quickly spoiled Regardless of the results, it did feel very good to be back inside the stadium again. As much as the game was painful ...

Aug142021 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Predicted Huddersfield Town lineup to face Fulham

Matches

Fans will return to the John Smith’s Stadium today for the first time since the start of the pandemic. I’m ridiculously excited about the prospect of being back under those lovely bendy arches later today and it almost feels like what happens on the pitch will be secondary to the experience of physically attending a game. This novelty factor may work to Town’s advantage as the goodwill created by being back in the stadium will be needed as they face one of the best teams (on paper at least) in the league. Recently relegated Fulham come to Town with a squad that isn’t much weaker than the one they had in the Premier League and they are likely to be competing at the top end of the table this season. Town are still missing players through covid isolation and injury, so it may be a t...

Oct172020 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

A Huddersfield Town fan’s opinion on Terence Kongolo’s move to Fulham

Transfers

Terence Kongolo completed his move to Fulham last night following months of speculation linking them and the player. The deal represents a significant loss from the £18m Huddersfield Town spent on the defender a couple of seasons ago but at least gets him off the wage bill. The deal was only confirmed hours after the five pm deadline after many had thought the deal could have fallen through at the last minute. Thankfully it all went through OK in the end and Huddersfield Town have offloaded another one of their expensive signings that didn’t work out. Here are my thoughts on Terence Kongolo and whether this transfer is a good move or not. It’s easiest to break Kongolo’s time down into three periods to properly sum up his time at Town. Kongolo's early day at Huddersfield When Kongolo ca...

Dec292018 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Huddersfield Town stare into the abyss after defeat to Fulham

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“And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche Huddersfield Town’s defeat to Fulham leaves them planted at the bottom of the Premier League, five points from safety and stretches our losing streak to seven games. It was a cruel, but not unpredictable, blow when Mitrovic scored the 91st-minute winner at Craven Cottage. Of all the defeats Town have suffered this season, and there’s plenty to pick from, this feels like the most sickening. It was a game we could have taken something from if we’d have shown a bit of ambition, but familiar problems led to a tepid display that a relatively poor Fulham team were able to exploit. Negative tactics and selection I my last post I congratulated David Wagner’s bold decisions for our Boxing D...

Dec282018 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Defeat at Man United, preview of Fulham, and a transfer rumour roundup

Matches, Opinion, Transfers

I’m a bit pushed for time, so this is going to be a lightning quick post about Town’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester United, a brief preview of the Fulham game, and some of the transfer rumours I've heard about that involve Town. Enjoy! Some random thoughts about Manchester United 3-1 Huddersfield Town Normally I’d flesh these ideas out into full, semi-coherent paragraphs, but here are the bullet points: The atmosphere at Old Trafford is abysmal. Town fans did an excellent job of out singing the rest of the stadium. I guess they call it “The Theatre of Dreams” because you can have a nap in peace for 85 minutes of every game. On a similar note, when the board went up to announce the injury time the stadium was half-empty. The people in the home end weren’t really Manchester United “fans...