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A bloated squad, a rookie manager, risky (transfer) business and preseason worries – A pessimist’s preview of Huddersfield Town’s 26/27 season

Opinion, Previews

Huddersfield Town kick off their season against Preston North End on Saturday in the Carabao Cup. While many will feel the season doesn't properly start until the following Saturday when we play Wimbledon at home in League One, it feels like a season preview really has to come before the first competitive game. I've already written my optimistic season preview, which you can read by clicking this link. This is the doom and gloom look ahead to the upcoming season. The truth is that nobody really knows how Huddersfield Town fans should be feeling ahead of this season. There are definitely some reasons to be hopeful but, equally, there are some pretty obvious concerns going into this season too. In this article I'll investigate some of those concerns. We have a bloated and mis-shape...

Drury’s promise, The Dribble King, exciting youth and unfulfilled potential – A positive preview of Huddersfield Town’s 26/27 season

Opinion, Previews

Huddersfield Town kick off their 26/27 season against Preston North End at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, in the Carabao Cup. The whole thing is a bit odd, playing at a neutral venue because PNE's pitch isn't ready, a league cup game on a Saturday and it being the season opener. But at least it will be a return to competitive football for Huddersfield Town after a summer break that was just about long enough for me to put last season's disappointments behind me and start with a fresh sense of (cautious) optimism. As has been the tradition on this blog for many years, I'm breaking my season preview into two halves. This first one is the positive, sunny-side-up look ahead at this season. A more pessimistic (and historically speaking, more accurate) preview will follow soon (UP...

Why I’m Warming to Huddersfield Town’s Appointment of Martin Drury

News, Opinion

Huddersfield Town have announced Martin Drury as their new head coach, following Liam Manning's recent departure from the club. After overseeing the last seven games of the season as a caretaker management duo with Jon Stead, Drury now takes the reins full time with Stead his assistant. While Drury doesn't have vast experience as a head coach, he did impress with the style of play and straight talking media work when he was caretaker. While the results weren't quite what we needed during that spell, it was the kind of football that we've been promised by previous managers but haven't consistently seen. I wrote about our vacancy last week and said that I would prefer Town to appoint someone with more experience but now the job has been given to Drury, I'm willing to get be...