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5 reasons why Lee Grant is on thin ice at Huddersfield Town

5 reasons why Lee Grant is on thin ice at Huddersfield Town

Opinion
Huddersfield Town’s capitulation against Bolton marked a new low point in this season which has already had far too many setbacks. Town have now lost five games in the league, an alarming number when the overwhelming majority of teams that have historically achieved automatic promotion from League One lose ten or fewer games on their way to going up. So Town will have to put together an extraordinary turnaround to get their top-two hopes back on track.  The question most Town fans have been asking themselves lately is whether Lee Grant is capable of being the manager to oversee a turnaround in fortunes. I personally think it’s too soon to give him the boot but there are some fairly solid arguments available to question our manager’s performance so far.  Here’s why I think L...
Fragile hope – Thoughts on Lee Grant as Huddersfield Town manager

Fragile hope – Thoughts on Lee Grant as Huddersfield Town manager

Opinion, Tactics
Huddersfield Town have announced Lee Grant as their new manager. He's a former goalkeeper who has been the attacking coach at Ipswich during their rise from League One to the Premier League with back-to-back promotions (and then relegation from the Premier League but I don't think that was his fault).  He has no management experience but is apparently highly rated and has been waiting for the right job before jumping from coaching to being in charge. His interview on the club's social media was impressive and he handled himself well in his first press conference. He seems intelligent and articulate, which are not attributes you find a lot of in football. Though how his team performs on the pitch matters a lot more than how he handles himself in front of a camera.  Here are ...