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33 players used for Town – some good but others less so & 6 missing without explanation – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 5-0 friendly win over Emley

33 players used for Town – some good but others less so & 6 missing without explanation – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 5-0 friendly win over Emley

Matches
If, for some bizarre reason, you measured value in a football match by the number of players you saw on the pitch then the game between Emley and Huddersfield Town would have felt like a feast. The home team swapped their entire team at half time, fielding 22 players but Town went one better, switching their full lineup every half hour and getting through 33 players. So 55 players were involved in this match in total. So for those that attended in person and paid the £15 entrance fee, you only paid just over 27p per player watched - very good value if that's what you're interested in. Or 0p ppw if you watched it on the live stream on YouTube.  Obviously, the huge number of players involved, the very early stage of preseason and the difference in ability between the two teams didn't con...
7 things I liked from Michael Duff’s first press conference (and a few things I didn’t like)

7 things I liked from Michael Duff’s first press conference (and a few things I didn’t like)

Opinion
Michael Duff had his first press conference as Huddersfield Town manager on Thursday and I think he made a very good first impression. He comes across as a straight forward, humble and decent sort of guy that wants to do well and has some ideas about how to do it. I was far less impressed by the man sitting next to him, Sporting Director, Mark Cartwright, who answered all his questions by talking himself up, making excuses and spewing out management speak.  So in this article I'm going to cover the things that I found encouraging in the press conference and a few of the things that left me a bit unimpressed. On balance, I felt more positive about Town's situation by the end of it than I did before and I’m feeling pretty good about the upcoming season in League One.  https...
Some thoughts on Michael Duff’s appointment

Some thoughts on Michael Duff’s appointment

Opinion
Michael Duff has been announced as Huddersfield Town's new head coach, arriving on a three-year contract as Andre Breitenreiter's replacement. Duff has been linked with the Town job in the past, so his arrival is not a huge shock and his experience at League One level makes him feel like a safe pair of hands for a club going through a turbulent time following relegation and a period chopping and changing managers every few months. In this article, I'll give my opinion on this appointment, which is quite tricky to do before a ball has been kicked in his tenure but, on paper, this seems like a sensible and potentially successful appointment for the club.  Who is Michael Duff? Michael Duff's playing career only involved two clubs, starting at Cheltenham Town, where he made 300 ...