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Apr162025 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

What is going wrong at Huddersfield Town? 7 areas where the club is failing

Opinion

I was going to do a write up about the 3-0 capitulation to Burton Albion on Saturday but the performance was so bad that it defies analysis. Burton is famous for brewing huge quantities of beer and the only plausible explanation for Town's performance would be them spending the morning getting sloshed in the nearby brewery. Only that doesn't seem plausible, as someone at the club have had to organise a booze up at a brewery - which based on recent evidence we are incapable of doing even this. Town were disgusting to watch, literally. I felt sickened by the half-hearted slop that the team collectively served up. If you have any doubts about how bad Town are right now, watch the second goal on the highlights below. Instead of trying to explain the inexplicable, I'm going to take...

Apr112025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Never tell me the odds! Huddersfield Town’s playoff hopes dwindle after 1-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers

Matches

Huddersfield Town lost by a single goal to Wycombe on Tuesdays night, as Udoh’s goal was enough to separate the two teams. While the result was terrible for Town's promotion prospects, there were signs of improvement. Too little, too late, but it was still pleasing to see the team looking more coherent even if some familiar problems prevented us from getting anything from the game. With Town now four points and two league positions away from sixth place, it looks very hard for us to close this gap on the two teams above us. Particularly as both Bolton and Reading have relatively kind run-ins. Mistakes and lack of cutting edge cost Town again Despite Wycombe being one of the best attacking teams in League One this season, the game was settled by a goal that came from a defen...

Apr82025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

An unconvincing win – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Mansfield Town

Matches

Huddersfield Town beat Mansfield on Saturday by two goals to one. After back-to-back away defeats against Charlton and Lincoln, it was good to get back to winning ways even if the performance was far from perfect. Mansfield could easily have taken something from this game if they had taken some fairly easy chances, but thankfully Town scored from their only two shots on goal all game and that was enough to get them over the line. The old adage goes that winning games where you’ve not played well is a hallmark of a successful team. It’s hard to see it that way for Town this season, as so many of our victories have come with disclaimers about some element of the performance. Playing well and winning is something we’ve not seen nearly enough and as a result we’ve had too many games like t...

Apr12025 by Terrier Spirit20 Comments

A grumpy look at Huddersfield Town’s 4-0 capitulation to Charlton

Matches

Town hit the self-destruct button on Saturday afternoon with an abject performance that effectively gifted the game to Charlton. While the hosts played well, Town showed a complete inability to cope with any pressure and good saves from Lee Nichols are the only reason the scoreline wasn't worse than 4-0. While the defeat dumped Town out of the playoff places, they're still only a point away from Reading in sixth. However, this game left me not caring too much about whether Town can finish in the top six as it showed Town are way off the pace when compared to another likely playoff contender. Was it really that bad? Yes! I can't remember many games as disappointing as this one. Previous pumpings have come during times when the team have been on a downward slide but this matc...

Jan202025 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Taylor Opens His Account as Town Fight Back for Draw – Notes on the draw with Blackpool

Matches

Blackpool have been a bogey team for Huddersfield Town this season. Despite them being 14th in the table, they've done a number on us twice. Both the home and away games against Blackpool have been tough for Town and Blackpool deserve the 4 points they've taken off us in those games. Based on how they've played against us, Blackpool should be playoff contenders but clearly, they just raise their game for us. Having said that, Town repeated some mistakes they've been guilty of all season and made a few new ones too. But on the positive side, they found a way back into the game and continued the unbeaten run despite putting in a shoddy first 45 minutes in this game. A first half riddled with old problems and a few new ones The home game against Blackpool was one of the worst ...

Jan62025 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Notes on Huddersfield Town’s draw with Rotherham

Matches

There’s a saying about how you shouldn’t argue with a fool because they’ll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. To paraphrase that expression, Huddersfield Town allowed themselves to be dragged down to Rotherham’s level in Saturday’s match and let the game to be played on their terms. Because of this we were treated to a pretty unappealing game of football to watch, where the quality of the football was low and the pushing and shoving were high. Town’s cause wasn’t helped by our new left wingback getting sent off within minutes of coming on. Add to that Lonwijk’s injury in the first minute of the game and the continued aversion to scoring from our forwards and it’s no huge surprise that Town could only come away with this game with a point. What was this...

Dec212024 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

The best performance of the season – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 4-0 win over Cambridge United

Matches

Last night Huddersfield Town beat Cambridge United 4-0 in the best performance of the season (so far). While we’ve seen glimmers of what the team is capable under Michael Duff, it’s rare that we’ve played well for long stretches in a game, so this was the most complete performance I’ve seen from Town in a long time. Most likely back in the Corberan days. Everyone had at least a decent game and several players were excellent on the night, which led to some very nice attractive football, capped off with the goals we deserved. There were other pleasing elements beyond the pretty football and abundance of goals, such as the way we absorbed pressure when they pressed our defenders or how the midfield controlled play and dictated the pace of the game. It’s a strange but lo...

Dec162024 by Terrier Spirit22 Comments

Huddersfield Town claw back a point in spite of the ref – Notes on the 2-2 draw with Lincoln

Matches

Huddersfield Town returned from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Lincoln City on Saturday afternoon. As you might expect from the way the scores seesawed, we saw plenty of good and bad from Town on the afternoon but overall a draw seemed about right in the end. While Lincoln were impressive in the first half and Town couldn’t cope with them, the opposite was true of the second half. If only there was a popular expression in football to describe when the game is vastly different in one half to the other! With the points being shared and the performance from Town featuring a bit of everything, fans can take away pretty much what they want from this game. Dwell on the horrors of our limp first half and it’ll feel like we’ve thrown away a potential victory against a team that came into ...

Dec42024 by Terrier Spirit11 Comments

Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 win against Wigan

Matches

It’s hard to know how to approach a write-up of last night’s game against Wigan, where Huddersfield Town won 1-0. The victory saw Town extend their unbeaten run in the league to eight games and was also our seventh consecutive win at home, so whichever way you slice it, this result is part of a wider upturn in Huddersfield Town’s fortunes. However, the game also saw some of the club’s persistent problems from this season continue. Our strikers were mostly hard-working but poor, the football we play is stodgy and dull for long periods, and it takes four times as many chances than other teams to actually get the ball in the net. Winning games when you’re not at your best is what successful teams do. Though those teams tend to play well with the rare average performance, Town seem to...

Nov272024 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Town win in spite of spurned chances – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 2-0 win over Leyton Orient

Matches

Huddersfield Town won 2-0 at Leyton Orient last night, in a game where they created enough chances to win by five or six goals but due to poor finishing and incompetent strikers, the game was much closer than it needed to be. Town haven't won an away game since Bolton back in September, so this was an important win, even if there were elements of the performance that could have been better. Grumbling after winning is becoming a nasty habit of mine after Town games but it's hard to talk about a game like this without pointing out the negatives as well as the positives. On the brighter side, Town carved out plenty of chances to win the game comfortably and showed good resolve and organisation when Orient had a strong spell at the start of the second half. It's also worth remembering that...