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Nov42023 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Predicted Huddersfield Town XI, Watford’s changes, Moore’s downbeat presser & unusual score prediction – PREVIEW

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI, Watford’s changes, Moore’s downbeat presser & unusual score prediction – PREVIEW

Matches
I’m usually fairly balanced in my opinions about Town, I’m typically somewhere in between the happy clappers who can never find any fault with the club and the doom mongers that will look for misery in even the most joyful moments (though I’m pretty sure long-term readers will probably disagree with my self-assessment). However, right now, it’s hard to be anything but glum about Town’s current prospects heading into their game against Watford later today.  While Watford are only 16th in the table, just five places above Town and we have home advantage, it’s hard to overlook the fact that we’ve been spanked 4-0 and 4-1 in our last two games. Add to that our ever-growing injury list, Jonathan Hogg’s suspension from this game, the rift that seems to be growing between the fans and th...
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Apr92023 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Watford = talent without passion, Rudoni and Harrat goals, counterattacking masterclass, Warnock tribute – Notes on Watford away

Watford = talent without passion, Rudoni and Harrat goals, counterattacking masterclass, Warnock tribute – Notes on Watford away

Matches
During Mark Fotheringham’s time as Town manager he often talked about how “on another day” things would have gone differently. Unfortunately for him, those days never seemed to come. However, under Neil Warnock, we seem to be having quite a few of those days, where things go our way. It happened again for Town against Watford, where we went behind but then scored three goals and won the game. It isn’t good luck that’s led to Town recent upturn in results, it’s, as Neil Warnock pointed out to the club’s media team, having a good manager. We’ve now got a boss that knows how to use the players we have in such a way that gives us a chance of getting results like these. Rather than bemoaning our bad luck, we’re actually making our opponents curse their luck instead. It’s not always pretty, ...
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Dec202022 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments
Pretendance, Watford’s weird tactics, bleak future, gulf in quality – Notes on Town’s loss to the Hornets

Pretendance, Watford’s weird tactics, bleak future, gulf in quality – Notes on Town’s loss to the Hornets

Matches
There have been a few days for the dust to settle on Saturday’s defeat to Watford and it still hurts. Even though it was one of the division’s better teams and Town played relatively well in patches, we still looked completely toothless and struggled to lay a glove on our opponent.  The post-match reaction that I’ve seen makes me think that other fans may have taken the defeat harder than me but it was still a bitter pill to swallow. With off the pitch issues looking almost as bleak as the results on the pitch, it’s not a great time to be a Town fan. But things can turn around quickly in football (it’s only seven months since we were two denied VAR decisions from a place in the Premier League).   Here are a few of my thoughts on Saturday’s game. A positive start sq...
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Dec192022 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
“His killer instinct has abandoned him and his time at Huddersfield is up” Player ratings for Town’s defeat to Watford

“His killer instinct has abandoned him and his time at Huddersfield is up” Player ratings for Town’s defeat to Watford

Matches
Town were well beaten in the end by Watford, although they put up a decent fight for at least half an hour they ultimately couldn't cope with the quality, strength and speed of their opponent. It wasn't a complete hammering but the scoreline perhaps flatters Town as Watford has a clear penalty shout turned down in the first half and spurned some glorious scoring opportunities.  It wasn't all gloom though, as Town showed some nice moments against a strong opponent that hints at the possibility that we might look a bit better when we're up against teams with fewer superstar (for the Championship) players. Here are my ratings for each individual player in yesterday's game. Lee Nicholls - 8 out of 10 Stopped what looked like a certain goal as well as pulling off some other mo...
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Dec172022 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Watford (and other preview bits)

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Watford (and other preview bits)

Matches
I didn't write about last weekend's game as I watched it on my phone on an iffy 4g connection on the train, so I didn't have the best perspective from which to judge the action. So this game marks the blog's return to action after the World Cup hiatus.  Town sit bottom of the table and in desperate need of points or they risk being cut adrift from those above them on the table. Yet it isn't likely to be easy to get them today against a team that are so far above them in the table. Here’s my preview of the game… Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Watford Fozzy Bear’s hands are tied somewhat for his selection today, as apparently he shouldn’t have played Hoggy as much as he did last weekend, so he won’t yet be ready to start today. The same can be said for the man-mo...
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Dec232021 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Sorba Thomas to Watford rumour – A Huddersfield Town fan’s view

Sorba Thomas to Watford rumour – A Huddersfield Town fan’s view

Opinion, Transfers
There were reports earlier this week that Watford may be considering a move for Sorba Thomas after his impressive season so far for Huddersfield Town. The stats he's been producing in the Championship, particularly in the first few months of the season, have been amazing and he's also earned his first few call ups to the Welsh national team.  It's no huge surprise that the former Boreham Wood player is generating interest from Premier League clubs and it's possible several other clubs are keeping tabs on him. Here are a few of my opinions about Sorba Thomas and this rumour. Sorba's ridiculous start to the season Prior to this season, Huddersfield Town have had a long standing problem with set pieces. Even in our promotion and Premier League survival campaigns we had a tenden...
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Jan182021 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments
The mistake, the assault, tedious tactics, murderball, commentary and transfer rumours – Notes on Watford away

The mistake, the assault, tedious tactics, murderball, commentary and transfer rumours – Notes on Watford away

Matches, Opinion
Huddersfield Town were beaten 2-0 by Watford on Saturday in a game that turned on a silly mistake by Ryan Schofield. The opener came at an unfortunate moment in the game and gave Town a mountain to climb against a Watford team full of quality players.  It’s one of those games that you can find negatives or positives, depending on your disposition. Some fans will despair at Town’s lack of attacking threat and inability to put pressure on the Watford goal. Other fans, the dangerously optimistic ones, would point to how Town mostly held their own against one of the league's strongest teams despite having to field a team full of untested backup players.  The mistake This was a game that was light on incident or drama, so the first thing to talk about is Schofield’s nightmare moment w...
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Jan172021 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments
“Too sloppy” – Huddersfield Town player ratings following their 2-0 defeat to Watford

“Too sloppy” – Huddersfield Town player ratings following their 2-0 defeat to Watford

Matches
Huddersfield Town were beaten by a better opponent in yesterday’s game but it’s hard not to come away from the match wondering what might have happened. What if Deeney had been sent off in the first half? What if Schofield hadn’t misread Vallejo’s backpass? What if we had decent, experienced players on the bench to bring on when we fell behind? We’ll never know. So instead we’ve just got to mull over this defeat and put it behind us before we entertain Millwall on Wednesday night. Here are my player ratings. Ryan Schofield - 3 out of 10 There’s no nice way of saying it, his error cost us the game. I don’t think there’s a lot of benefit in finger pointing or shaming players for mistakes, it’s something to learn from and move on. He completely misjudged the pace of the ball, the speed of...
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Jan162021 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments
Immediate thoughts on Huddersfield Town’s 2-0 defeat to Watford

Immediate thoughts on Huddersfield Town’s 2-0 defeat to Watford

Matches, Opinion
Huddersfield Town were beaten 2-0 by Watford in a game that will be remembered for a Ryan Schofield lapse of concentration, a red card incident that wasn’t for Troy Deeney and little else. Town fielded an inexperienced and young side and made a good job of containing Watford in the first half and were following a similar path in the second half until Schofield’s moment to forget. After that it was a fairly straight forward victory for Watford who were obviously the better team on the day. Here are a few of my immediate thoughts on the game in bullet point form, a more in depth look at the game will follow tomorrow. Schofield’s mistake turned the game away from Town but he deserves some slack after his saves have already won us points this season (most notably in the game we won aga...
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Jan162021 by Terrier Spirit23 Comments
Decimated by injuries – Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Watford

Decimated by injuries – Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Watford

Matches
Huddersfield Town play Watford later today at Vicarage Road. After resting the first team last weekend it was hoped they would all be fully fit and fresh but a glut of injuries means we're going to be relying on our backup players to fill in the gaps. this afternoon So despite beating Watford only a few weeks ago on home turf, it's hard to be optimistic going into this game. We're really relying on the new faces coming into today's team doing as well or better than the players they replace, which seems like a big ask based on what we've seen from the fringe players when they've been given a chance. Watford managers have roughly the same shelf life as fairground goldfish, so it's not surprise they've a new manager for this game. I'm not going to bother learning anything about this one as ...
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