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Dec82023 by Terrier Spirit8 Comments

5 big talking points ahead of Huddersfield Town’s game against Bristol City

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I’m back! Apologies for my unannounced break. After a hiatus in November to work on a novel, I’m now writing about Town again. I’m now back to regular and potentially even more frequent service. So it’s going to be the action on the football pitch creating the drama, Huddersfield Town as the protagonists, the plot twists coming from the goals and the referees most likely being the villains. Over the next few weeks I’m going to be experimenting with a few new article formats using a similar principle to throwing mud at the wall and seeing what sticks. So in advance of tomorrow’s game against Bristol City, I thought it might be interesting to look at what big talking points there are ahead of this game, from a Town perspective. Feel free to chip in with your comments below. Anot...

Feb122018 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

Crushed Cherries – Talking points from Town’s victory over Bournemouth

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Just when it seemed like Huddersfield Town’s Premier League losing streak was going to run on forever, we pulled off a fabulous performance with a resounding victory against Bournemouth. Here are some of the things that stood out from the game. Wagner unleashed the dogs Obviously, we desperately needed points to get us out of the relegation zone, but the manner of the victory was more important than the result. This wasn’t a “low block”, backs to the wall performance. We played the attacking football that got us promoted to the Premier League in the first place and it worked a treat. The change in approach was obvious on Sunday, compared to the defensive systems we’ve used against Liverpool and Manchester United recently. We also showed more desire, creativity, and commitment than in th...

Sep242017 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

5 Talking points from Huddersfield Town’s draw with Burnley

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Huddersfield Town played out a scoreless draw with Burnley, with neither side doing enough to take all three points. Here are some of the major talking points from the game. Includes THAT dive, gushing praise for Schindler, talk about our lack of goals, Dyche love for Hogg, and a quick look at our run of upcoming fixtures. van La Parra's dive Having seen a replay it looks pretty bad. In real time it looked like he was playing to win a penalty and didn't get the contact he was aiming for. Is it cheating to try and draw a foul in the box? Probably not. Is it cheating to hurl yourself at the ground under minimal contact? Yes. If VLP had been more cunning and drawn significant contact from Lowton he'd have received plaudits for "winning" a penalty. As it stands he deserves a bit of stick fo...

Sep172017 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

6 talking points from the Leicester home game

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Huddersfield Town drew one all with Leicester in their latest Premier League game. It was a relief to see Huddersfield recapture their “terrier spirit” after a lacklustre performance in their defeat against West Ham. Here are some of the major talking points from the game... Kachunga’s “offside" goal and the case for video refereeing Elias Kachunga nodded in from Zanka’s strike and had the goal disallowed. In the stadium, I thought the linesman had made a good call because he was on his own when he headed home. However, the replay shows it was incredibly tight and was most probably onside. Two points could be the difference between survival and relegation for Town (or Champions League or Europa League qualification). It seems cruel that such fine margins could have such a huge influe...

Aug132017 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

5 talking points from the Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town game

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Before the Palace game kicked off, nobody really knew what to expect in Huddersfield Town's first game back in the top-flight for over 40 years. Few expected a 3-0 victory for the Terriers. Here are a few thoughts about this incredible game. 1. Maybe the Premier League isn't ready for us I got a bit sick of hearing ill-informed pundits talk about how we aren't prepared for the Premier League. They grumble that we've not signed experienced Premier League players and write us off because of our negative goal difference last season. The expectation was that we were unprepared and would be the league's whipping boys I think Palace weren't prepared for us. We didn't give them chance settle and made the most of the chances we created. On the strength of this performance, I think a few Premi...