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May282026 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

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...

Who will be the next Huddersfield Town manager?

News, Opinion

Liam Manning's permanent departure from Huddersfield Town was confirmed last week. Few will have been surprised to hear he wasn't coming back, given the short break he took to address what is clearly a long-term issue. Every sympathy should be extended to Manning and I wish him well for his future but it also sends Huddersfield Town back to the drawing board and having to pick yet another manager. It's tempting to say we've got to get this decision right. But we said that before Lee Grant was appointed. And before Michael Duff and all the other failed coaches that have quickly been in and out of the door. So while it feels like we've got to get this decision right, recent history suggests we may well get it wrong anyway. Thoughts on Manning's departure I really feel for Mannin...

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 ...