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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jan 31, 2019 22:51:24 GMT 1
Unquestionably this has been the season from hell, and it’s nowhere near over yet. Literally nothing has gone right on or off the pitch and, unfortunately, I think things will get worse..... in the short term. The biggest concern is that Dean Hoyle’s reported health problems have meant that he’s presumably not been about to steer the club. Questions surely need to be asked about the capability of the rest of the board in his absence. Even so, Dean was (I assume) fit and healthy last Summer, so he can’t be totally exempt from some criticism. Everyone makes mistakes. I just hope Town have got the right man in Jan Siewert. He won’t have come here with his eyes closed. He’ll have realised the odds are massively stacked against Town surviving in the PL this season. Same for Winkler. Same for Grant. Realistically the rest of this season is now about Siewert AND the board planning for NEXT season. Off the pitch, infrastructure will improve with Canalside - a true legacy of our two seasons in the PL, that will benefit the club greatly in the future. I’ve no idea what the club’s thoughts are now about a Director of Football, given the apparent failings of Rebbe and Moss. I just hope the board are looking hard at what’s gone on this last 9 months or so and learns lessons. On the pitch, Siewert has 3-4 months to assess the squad and plan for the future. Irrespective of what division we’re in next season - realistically it’ll obviously be the Championship - there’ll be MASSIVE player turnover, both in and out. Let Siewert get on with his job. I see no point whatsoever in spending inflated transfer fees NOW in the forlorn hope of Town suddenly winning more than half the remaining games. It ain’t gonna happen. Give Siewert a break. He’s done nothing to deserve any criticism. As supporters, it’s bloody awful. The parallels with 71-72 on the pitch are incredible, and ominous. No wins since November 71 I think it was. Fortunately, off the field, there are major differences. Town aren’t skint anymore and Dean Hoyle will still, hopefully, be steering the club. It seems puzzling that Karlan Grant was brought in during this window given all thats been said above, i dont think there was a huge number of clubs chasing his signature . why not leave it until the Summer ? Perhaps it reflects on just how badly Mounie and Depoitre are viewed by the powers that be? And if now is a good time bring people in like Grant why not a few more for next season, seems a bit odd/ inconsistent thinking. Can’t disagree with what you said and I’ve never quite understood why it is that the chief coach/manager at many clubs, including Town, seemingly have relatively little influence on transfer business (not convinced about them really having the “final say”). There’s a disconnection in the planning there in my view, and you could say Grant’s another example of that.
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Post by bluestripe on Jan 31, 2019 22:53:11 GMT 1
Unquestionably this has been the season from hell, and it’s nowhere near over yet. Literally nothing has gone right on or off the pitch and, unfortunately, I think things will get worse..... in the short term. The biggest concern is that Dean Hoyle’s reported health problems have meant that he’s presumably not been about to steer the club. Questions surely need to be asked about the capability of the rest of the board in his absence. Even so, Dean was (I assume) fit and healthy last Summer, so he can’t be totally exempt from some criticism. Everyone makes mistakes. I just hope Town have got the right man in Jan Siewert. He won’t have come here with his eyes closed. He’ll have realised the odds are massively stacked against Town surviving in the PL this season. Same for Winkler. Same for Grant. Realistically the rest of this season is now about Siewert AND the board planning for NEXT season. Off the pitch, infrastructure will improve with Canalside - a true legacy of our two seasons in the PL, that will benefit the club greatly in the future. I’ve no idea what the club’s thoughts are now about a Director of Football, given the apparent failings of Rebbe and Moss. I just hope the board are looking hard at what’s gone on this last 9 months or so and learns lessons. On the pitch, Siewert has 3-4 months to assess the squad and plan for the future. Irrespective of what division we’re in next season - realistically it’ll obviously be the Championship - there’ll be MASSIVE player turnover, both in and out. Let Siewert get on with his job. I see no point whatsoever in spending inflated transfer fees NOW in the forlorn hope of Town suddenly winning more than half the remaining games. It ain’t gonna happen. Give Siewert a break. He’s done nothing to deserve any criticism. As supporters, it’s bloody awful. The parallels with 71-72 on the pitch are incredible, and ominous. No wins since November 71 I think it was. Fortunately, off the field, there are major differences. Town aren’t skint anymore and Dean Hoyle will still, hopefully, be steering the club. Good post. Whilst it seems like Siewert has not much to lose at this point, as we are virtually nailed on for relegation. My fear is he has an impossible task to motivate a set of demoralised / disinterested players who have nothing to play for anymore. He needs to demonstrate some promise if not deliver a significant points tally. If he doesn't, the idiots on here will be calling for his head and the rest of us (i'm honestly not an idiot ) will be less than confident that we will be competitive next season.
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Post by ColchTerrier on Jan 31, 2019 22:55:38 GMT 1
I can’t believe how we have messed this up so badly! We are 1 striker...maybe a decent cb aswell away from a decent Prem side. And we’ve failed.
For all the monumental brilliant effort it took to achieve promotion, it’s basically been the same manumental lack of effort on the field to take us back down again.
Don’t agree with all the doom and gloom about struggling next year. I really hope the players and staff get the fire back in their bellies next season. We can push to go up next year without a doubt.
I miss all the togetherness we all had, I want it back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 23:08:17 GMT 1
Unquestionably this has been the season from hell, and it’s nowhere near over yet. Literally nothing has gone right on or off the pitch and, unfortunately, I think things will get worse..... in the short term. The biggest concern is that Dean Hoyle’s reported health problems have meant that he’s presumably not been about to steer the club. Questions surely need to be asked about the capability of the rest of the board in his absence. Even so, Dean was (I assume) fit and healthy last Summer, so he can’t be totally exempt from some criticism. Everyone makes mistakes. I just hope Town have got the right man in Jan Siewert. He won’t have come here with his eyes closed. He’ll have realised the odds are massively stacked against Town surviving in the PL this season. Same for Winkler. Same for Grant. Realistically the rest of this season is now about Siewert AND the board planning for NEXT season. Off the pitch, infrastructure will improve with Canalside - a true legacy of our two seasons in the PL, that will benefit the club greatly in the future. I’ve no idea what the club’s thoughts are now about a Director of Football, given the apparent failings of Rebbe and Moss. I just hope the board are looking hard at what’s gone on this last 9 months or so and learns lessons. On the pitch, Siewert has 3-4 months to assess the squad and plan for the future. Irrespective of what division we’re in next season - realistically it’ll obviously be the Championship - there’ll be MASSIVE player turnover, both in and out. Let Siewert get on with his job. I see no point whatsoever in spending inflated transfer fees NOW in the forlorn hope of Town suddenly winning more than half the remaining games. It ain’t gonna happen. Give Siewert a break. He’s done nothing to deserve any criticism. As supporters, it’s bloody awful. The parallels with 71-72 on the pitch are incredible, and ominous. No wins since November 71 I think it was. Fortunately, off the field, there are major differences. Town aren’t skint anymore and Dean Hoyle will still, hopefully, be steering the club. Good post. Whilst it seems like Siewert has not much to lose at this point, as we are virtually nailed on for relegation. My fear is he has an impossible task to motivate a set of demoralised / disinterested players who have nothing to play for anymore. He needs to demonstrate some promise if not deliver a significant points tally. If he doesn't, the idiots on here will be calling for his head and the rest of us (i'm honestly not an idiot ) will be less than confident that we will be competitive next season. Jan Siewert could be on a hiding to nothing here, and i cant see him getting the sort of money in the summer that people on here are talking about, parachute payments and the like. Meanwhile we are likely to get infrequent snippets from the board if and when we get restless. A reason for reduced or minimal funds in summer could be the much poorer than expected returns on our star players, oh dear tell me it cant happen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 23:18:15 GMT 1
It seems puzzling that Karlan Grant was brought in during this window given all thats been said above, i dont think there was a huge number of clubs chasing his signature . why not leave it until the Summer ? Perhaps it reflects on just how badly Mounie and Depoitre are viewed by the powers that be? And if now is a good time bring people in like Grant why not a few more for next season, seems a bit odd/ inconsistent thinking. Can’t disagree with what you said and I’ve never quite understood why it is that the chief coach/manager at many clubs, including Town, seemingly have relatively little influence on transfer business (not convinced about them really having the “final say”). There’s a disconnection in the planning there in my view, and you could say Grant’s another example of that. The season from hell was when we went from League one to League two and nearly went bust. #realitycheck
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Post by arry11 on Jan 31, 2019 23:51:50 GMT 1
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Post by townrwe on Jan 31, 2019 23:59:17 GMT 1
Will we ever get this chance again? It's getting harder each year to establish yourself as a premier league team and we were a well invested 20 million away from doing so...... in 3 years we will be taking puncheon cahill and crouch on a free in the summer ...
Ah well, what could have been. Lets hope that the gamble to YO-YO pays off.
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Post by Detective Boyle on Feb 1, 2019 0:03:10 GMT 1
Don't really know what to think of this window really. Yes a bit underwhelming...but probably necessary? Let Siewert have 6 months to see the squad, the weaknesses, the strengths, save money to give him a warchest in the summer, knowing we're already relegated.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 0:21:47 GMT 1
It seems puzzling that Karlan Grant was brought in during this window given all thats been said above, i dont think there was a huge number of clubs chasing his signature . why not leave it until the Summer ? Perhaps it reflects on just how badly Mounie and Depoitre are viewed by the powers that be? And if now is a good time bring people in like Grant why not a few more for next season, seems a bit odd/ inconsistent thinking. Can’t disagree with what you said and I’ve never quite understood why it is that the chief coach/manager at many clubs, including Town, seemingly have relatively little influence on transfer business (not convinced about them really having the “final say”). There’s a disconnection in the planning there in my view, and you could say Grant’s another example of that. It’s because the game has changed and the man in charge is now a coach not a manager. A fundamental difference seems to be that a coach is more likely to just work with the pool of players he’s got, whereas a manager is more heavily involved in the wheeler dealer car salesman side of the business too. What I don’t understand is how we expect to operate with a coach and what is a relatively junior recruitment team with ever changing lead. The stability and direction is supposed to come from the director of football, we must be the only club in the world that has had more Directors of Footbsll than managers over the last 3 seasons.
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Post by runner76 on Feb 1, 2019 0:23:41 GMT 1
Will we ever get this chance again? It's getting harder each year to establish yourself as a premier league team and we were a well invested 20 million away from doing so...... in 3 years we will be taking puncheon cahill and crouch on a free in the summer ... Ah well, what could have been. Lets hope that the gamble to YO-YO pays off. We’re Hudds!! Never a proper Premier League team!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 0:44:50 GMT 1
Don't really know what to think of this window really. Yes a bit underwhelming...but probably necessary? Let Siewert have 6 months to see the squad, the weaknesses, the strengths, save money to give him a warchest in the summer, knowing we're already relegated. I don’t think Dean Hoyle will be handing any size of war chest to a 36 year old, unproven head coach. Sounds like it’ll be Josh Marsh’s championship manager program that will be in charge of the kitty.
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Post by faffa on Feb 1, 2019 0:55:03 GMT 1
Not really sure Siewert wants lots of money to spend. I think Grant signing is his belief that he can develop young players similar to how Wagner did but on s bigger scale. Once again this is a long term project. Trying to secure the future of the club
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Post by est1908 on Feb 1, 2019 0:57:33 GMT 1
Not really sure Siewert wants lots of money to spend. I think Grant signing is his belief that he can develop young players similar to how Wagner did but on s bigger scale. Once again this is a long term project. Trying to secure the future of the clubWell said that man.....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 1:06:03 GMT 1
Don't really know what to think of this window really. Yes a bit underwhelming...but probably necessary? Let Siewert have 6 months to see the squad, the weaknesses, the strengths, save money to give him a warchest in the summer, knowing we're already relegated. I don’t think Dean Hoyle will be handing any size of war chest to a 36 year old, unproven head coach. Sounds like it’ll be Josh Marsh’s championship manager program that will be in charge of the kitty. It wouldn't matter if he was 56 year old, any manager we set on would be given a budget to work to. We won't be throwing the kitchen sink at it next season anymore than we did this season, the sooner you and everyone else accepts it the better. Our spell in the Premier League should set the club up for years to come. That doesn't mean we won't be striving to get back there.
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Post by arry11 on Feb 1, 2019 1:10:11 GMT 1
Don't really know what to think of this window really. Yes a bit underwhelming...but probably necessary? Let Siewert have 6 months to see the squad, the weaknesses, the strengths, save money to give him a warchest in the summer, knowing we're already relegated. I don’t think Dean Hoyle will be handing any size of war chest to a 36 year old, unproven head coach. Sounds like it’ll be Josh Marsh’s championship manager program that will be in charge of the kitty. It will be discussed at the many meetings they hold and hopefully they will make a good decision.
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Post by impact on Feb 1, 2019 2:42:28 GMT 1
So at the end of this window, we've let 3 wingers go and brought 0 in. Fantastic.
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Post by Up the Duff. on Feb 1, 2019 8:06:57 GMT 1
I would be delighted if we resigned Wells in summer. I know a lot don’t like him but for the championship he is good enough. Him, Grant plus Mounié or one other should give us options.
I think Burnley will be willing to sell him. Pretty sure he’s only on loan at qpr.
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Post by BLUE&WHITE on Feb 1, 2019 8:28:31 GMT 1
So at the end of this window, we've let 3 wingers go and brought 0 in. Fantastic. I cannot fathom this. Just baffles me, especially when you consider the strength of those. I mean VLP for goodness sake, he wasn't great but he gave teams something to worry about and kept them at arms length.
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Post by mids on Feb 1, 2019 8:44:58 GMT 1
So at the end of this window, we've let 3 wingers go and brought 0 in. Fantastic. <iframe width="22.180000000000064" height="3.0400000000000063" style="position: absolute; width: 22.180000000000064px; height: 3.0400000000000063px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_51515657" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.180000000000064" height="3.0400000000000063" style="position: absolute; width: 22.18px; height: 3.04px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1050px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_68843654" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.180000000000064" height="3.0400000000000063" style="position: absolute; width: 22.18px; height: 3.04px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 92px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_98150262" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.180000000000064" height="3.0400000000000063" style="position: absolute; width: 22.18px; height: 3.04px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1050px; top: 92px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_11499849" scrolling="no"></iframe> The squad has been improved in doing so though.....and we did have six in the first place.
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Post by horwichterrier on Feb 1, 2019 9:16:36 GMT 1
Very disappointed. i would have like to have taken a risk at getting Jordan Rhodes back so that he has a risk of being the goal-soring machine at the top level that he was for us in L1 and for Scotland U21, and now seems to be finding his mojo again. And not just looking back, but looking forward, would have brought O'Brien and Payne back and give them an opportunity - other PL clubs are giving their youngsters PL match time. I have only seen 45 minutes of O'Brien but he was the only brightness apart from the sun at the friendly at Accrington Stanley which now turns out to be an indicator for the season. I am old enough to remember our last time in the top flight and it seems to be a repeat of injuries to crucial players and lack of quality in depth that has again done for us. We all know they are capable of much more, e.g. from the performances in defeat to Liverpool and victory at Wolves. More than our "star" striker's lack of goals, his inability to stay on the pitch against Brighton was the turning point (despite it being a terrible decision by the ref), combined with Mooy's injury. The upside is that good seats through Terrier exchange will be easier to get, but do I want to bother?
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Post by townrwe on Feb 1, 2019 9:47:28 GMT 1
So at the end of this window, we've let 3 wingers go and brought 0 in. Fantastic. The crazy thing is, Jan wants to play with 2 wingers/wide attackers, I think RVLP would probabaly have excelled under Jan the Mans system... but alas we have given them away. The club is pulling in opposite directions. Particularly with recruitment. First we buy loads of wingers and Wagner doesn't use them and then we move lots of wingers out and Seiwert is looking to use them. What is the strategy of the club? Who's is in charge of philosophy. It was clear year one of Wagner's reign, was that idea due to Webber? And he was the one directing the club in one direction. The messages this year and half of last were very mixed.
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Post by impact on Feb 1, 2019 9:49:53 GMT 1
So at the end of this window, we've let 3 wingers go and brought 0 in. Fantastic. The squad has been improved in doing so though.....and we did have six in the first place. We have 3 wingers for 2 positions. How is that improving? The sad thing is I can see Grant being wasted out on the wing because we are so short of options.
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Post by mids on Feb 1, 2019 9:57:19 GMT 1
Very disappointed. i would have like to have taken a risk at getting Jordan Rhodes back so that he has a risk of being the goal-soring machine at the top level that he was for us in L1 and for Scotland U21, and now seems to be finding his mojo again. And not just looking back, but looking forward, would have brought O'Brien and Payne back and give them an opportunity - other PL clubs are giving their youngsters PL match time. I have only seen 45 minutes of O'Brien but he was the only brightness apart from the sun at the friendly at Accrington Stanley which now turns out to be an indicator for the season. I am old enough to remember our last time in the top flight and it seems to be a repeat of injuries to crucial players and lack of quality in depth that has again done for us. We all know they are capable of much more, e.g. from the performances in defeat to Liverpool and victory at Wolves. More than our "star" striker's lack of goals, his inability to stay on the pitch against Brighton was the turning point (despite it being a terrible decision by the ref), combined with Mooy's injury. The upside is that good seats through Terrier exchange will be easier to get, but do I want to bother? Of course you do. If people jack it in now simply because Huddersfield Town have struggled in the Premier League and have got relegated to the Championship then they need to give their head a shake, and ask themselves some serious questions. Maybe press the reset button on their life. We have competed and survived longer than all of us would have wanted, or expected, the day we got promoted. So what if we go down. The matches will be more competitive, we'll be favourite to win most of them, and we'll score more goals and win more games. It'll be an improvement and we'll be back where we, in reality, belong. We have overachieved by getting to the Premier League, and staying there for two seasons. We'll return to the Championship, sort the squad out, be cash rich for a change, have parachute payments, lick our wounds, and prepare for success next season. I'm looking forward to it already.
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Post by nicovaesen on Feb 1, 2019 10:00:04 GMT 1
So at the end of this window, we've let 3 wingers go and brought 0 in. Fantastic. The crazy thing is, Jan wants to play with 2 wingers/wide attackers, I think RVLP would probabaly have excelled under Jan the Mans system... but alas we have given them away. The club is pulling in opposite directions. Particularly with recruitment. First we buy loads of wingers and Wagner doesn't use them and then we move lots of wingers out and Seiwert is looking to use them. What is the strategy of the club? Who's is in charge of philosophy. It was clear year one of Wagner's reign, was that idea due to Webber? And he was the one directing the club in one direction. The messages this year and half of last were very mixed. Thought VLP was on loan?
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Post by horwichterrier on Feb 1, 2019 10:05:03 GMT 1
Very disappointed. i would have like to have taken a risk at getting Jordan Rhodes back so that he has a risk of being the goal-soring machine at the top level that he was for us in L1 and for Scotland U21, and now seems to be finding his mojo again. And not just looking back, but looking forward, would have brought O'Brien and Payne back and give them an opportunity - other PL clubs are giving their youngsters PL match time. I have only seen 45 minutes of O'Brien but he was the only brightness apart from the sun at the friendly at Accrington Stanley which now turns out to be an indicator for the season. I am old enough to remember our last time in the top flight and it seems to be a repeat of injuries to crucial players and lack of quality in depth that has again done for us. We all know they are capable of much more, e.g. from the performances in defeat to Liverpool and victory at Wolves. More than our "star" striker's lack of goals, his inability to stay on the pitch against Brighton was the turning point (despite it being a terrible decision by the ref), combined with Mooy's injury. The upside is that good seats through Terrier exchange will be easier to get, but do I want to bother? Of course you do. If people jack it in now simply because Huddersfield Town have struggled in the Premier League and have got relegated to the Championship then they need to give their head a shake, and ask themselves some serious questions. Maybe press the reset button on their life. We have competed and survived longer than all of us would have wanted, or expected, the day we got promoted. So what if we go down. The matches will be more competitive, we'll be favourite to win most of them, and we'll score more goals and win more games. It'll be an improvement and we'll be back where we, in reality, belong. We have overachieved by getting to the Premier League, and staying there for two seasons. We'll return to the Championship, sort the squad out, be cash rich for a change, have parachute payments, lick our wounds, and prepare for success next season. I'm looking forward to it already. Cheers, I suppose that is a point. Avoiding promotion in the sixties did have the benefit that I enjoyed the whole season until the final end, and putting seven past Crewe can be as enjoyable as a some of the dominant performances, if not results, I have seen over the past season and a half.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 10:07:12 GMT 1
The crazy thing is, Jan wants to play with 2 wingers/wide attackers, I think RVLP would probabaly have excelled under Jan the Mans system... but alas we have given them away. The club is pulling in opposite directions. Particularly with recruitment. First we buy loads of wingers and Wagner doesn't use them and then we move lots of wingers out and Seiwert is looking to use them. What is the strategy of the club? Who's is in charge of philosophy. It was clear year one of Wagner's reign, was that idea due to Webber? And he was the one directing the club in one direction. The messages this year and half of last were very mixed. Thought VLP was on loan? Correct, whether he comes back could depend on why he was sent out, has he burnt his bridges? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 10:07:52 GMT 1
I don’t think Dean Hoyle will be handing any size of war chest to a 36 year old, unproven head coach. Sounds like it’ll be Josh Marsh’s championship manager program that will be in charge of the kitty. It wouldn't matter if he was 56 year old, any manager we set on would be given a budget to work to. We won't be throwing the kitchen sink at it next season anymore than we did this season, the sooner you and everyone else accepts it the better. Our spell in the Premier League should set the club up for years to come. That doesn't mean we won't be striving to get back there. He's not the manager though is he? This is the point most are overlooking, he's Head Coach and his role is to get the best out of the squad at his disposal. The DOF (or equivalent) and recruitment team will provide the players. Of course, JS will have input into that, but the days of "heres a budget, go spend" are over.
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Post by townrwe on Feb 1, 2019 10:08:23 GMT 1
The crazy thing is, Jan wants to play with 2 wingers/wide attackers, I think RVLP would probabaly have excelled under Jan the Mans system... but alas we have given them away. The club is pulling in opposite directions. Particularly with recruitment. First we buy loads of wingers and Wagner doesn't use them and then we move lots of wingers out and Seiwert is looking to use them. What is the strategy of the club? Who's is in charge of philosophy. It was clear year one of Wagner's reign, was that idea due to Webber? And he was the one directing the club in one direction. The messages this year and half of last were very mixed. Thought VLP was on loan? I mean for this season.. it's not like we sold them for 10 million. We have let them run down their contract and lower their value, weakened ourselves and not replaced them. If we are resigned to the championship why on earth did we bring puncheon in? We should have loaned some big wages sitting on the bench out as well and filled it with u23s. It doesn't matter now. We have given up, we aren't playing for survival we are playing to establish an identity..... but where on earth is the director of football to get on board with this and see what the team needs first hand?
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Feb 1, 2019 10:09:08 GMT 1
I can’t believe how we have messed this up so badly! We are 1 striker...maybe a decent cb aswell away from a decent Prem side. And we’ve failed. For all the monumental brilliant effort it took to achieve promotion, it’s basically been the same manumental lack of effort on the field to take us back down again. Don’t agree with all the doom and gloom about struggling next year. I really hope the players and staff get the fire back in their bellies next season. We can push to go up next year without a doubt. I miss all the togetherness we all had, I want it back. I dont understand either...Luka Zahovic... Slovenian international. 26 league goals in under a year. Scored 12 games straight at the end of last season and the beginning of this.
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Feb 1, 2019 10:15:55 GMT 1
Very disappointed. i would have like to have taken a risk at getting Jordan Rhodes back so that he has a risk of being the goal-soring machine at the top level that he was for us in L1 and for Scotland U21, and now seems to be finding his mojo again. And not just looking back, but looking forward, would have brought O'Brien and Payne back and give them an opportunity - other PL clubs are giving their youngsters PL match time. I have only seen 45 minutes of O'Brien but he was the only brightness apart from the sun at the friendly at Accrington Stanley which now turns out to be an indicator for the season. I am old enough to remember our last time in the top flight and it seems to be a repeat of injuries to crucial players and lack of quality in depth that has again done for us. We all know they are capable of much more, e.g. from the performances in defeat to Liverpool and victory at Wolves. More than our "star" striker's lack of goals, his inability to stay on the pitch against Brighton was the turning point (despite it being a terrible decision by the ref), combined with Mooy's injury. The upside is that good seats through Terrier exchange will be easier to get, but do I want to bother? Of course you do. If people jack it in now simply because Huddersfield Town have struggled in the Premier League and have got relegated to the Championship then they need to give their head a shake, and ask themselves some serious questions. Maybe press the reset button on their life. We have competed and survived longer than all of us would have wanted, or expected, the day we got promoted. So what if we go down. The matches will be more competitive, we'll be favourite to win most of them, and we'll score more goals and win more games. It'll be an improvement and we'll be back where we, in reality, belong. We have overachieved by getting to the Premier League, and staying there for two seasons. We'll return to the Championship, sort the squad out, be cash rich for a change, have parachute payments, lick our wounds, and prepare for success next season. I'm looking forward to it already. To be honest I've found the Premier League an experience that has opened my eyes to the gulf in finances between your normal teams and the likes of Town. It's left a bitter taste if I'm perfectly honest. How dare a side like Town try to compete in a league where dirty* money washes around? The ref's being under instructions (in my opinion) to look after the billy big bollocks sides (protecting the brand that is the Premier League). Going down is a disaster but it's not the end of the world. We will go again. No guarantees we will bounce back at all though. My dad might even stop moaning (but I'm not holding my breath)
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