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Post by bluestripe on Apr 28, 2024 0:03:03 GMT 1
Dead right. There are way better teams than Town in League one. I think some people are in for a rude awakening. No more so than the club themselves. Genuinely I have no idea why some teams such as Hull City bounce back straight away and others such as Sunderland and Ipswich take a good few seasons to return. I hope whoever is holding the purse strings and whoever is managing us next season understand why.
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Post by wigster on Apr 28, 2024 0:03:16 GMT 1
I’m just relieved the season is over, it was always going to be a transitional season with the new ownership coming in, but we needed, consistency, togetherness and over achievement to consolidate our league status. Instead what we got was inconsistency, division and a collective non performance from a large majority of the players. Theres been poor decisions made by the board no doubt but it’s felt all season to me that the players decided when they were and weren’t going to perform and this is their reward. This team is a very poor group of players at this level, ability and mentality wise, and the sooner many of them are out the door the better. Totally agree, but the vast majority of these losers - Ward, Kasumu, Koroma etc - are still contracted to us. There is absolutely no way - other teams are going to come in for them - they are giving up the contacts they are on with us. We are starting next season with our hands tied behind our backs.
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Post by jqhtfc on Apr 28, 2024 0:07:19 GMT 1
The aim should 100% be to bounce straight back up first time or asking, league 1 is a poor league Plymouth won it with 100 points was it last season and could follow us down next week. If the owner is willing to properly back the manager whoever that maybe there’s no reason we shouldn’t do well, there really is a big drop in quality take players like Rudoni and wiles one gets abuse for being poor in front of goal and not doing enough in the final 3rd yet he got 12 goals in a relegated Wimbledon side, wiles been awful for us got 8 goals and 7 assists in league 1.
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Post by pinstripe on Apr 28, 2024 0:26:47 GMT 1
The aim should 100% be to bounce straight back up first time or asking, league 1 is a poor league Plymouth won it with 100 points was it last season and could follow us down next week. If the owner is willing to properly back the manager whoever that maybe there’s no reason we shouldn’t do well, there really is a big drop in quality take players like Rudoni and wiles one gets abuse for being poor in front of goal and not doing enough in the final 3rd yet he got 12 goals in a relegated Wimbledon side, wiles been awful for us got 8 goals and 7 assists in league 1. How are we going to achieve the ‘prem in three years’ objective set out by the chairman if not?!
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Post by jonbrno on Apr 28, 2024 0:28:19 GMT 1
Being in the first round of the FA Cup, drawing a non-league side and actually winning (maybe).
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Post by stevvy on Apr 28, 2024 0:30:26 GMT 1
Being in the first round of the FA Cup, drawing a non-league side and actually winning (maybe). Don't forget, we'll get to play someone like Everton U21s too
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Post by orinoco on Apr 28, 2024 2:13:13 GMT 1
I honestly think Rotherham were comfortably the worst team in the division, other than them though, quality wise, any 2 of 9 other teams could have joined them, we deserve to be one of those teams because we haven't got enough points, but we've had very little luck either. Not sure why people are suddenly thinking Division 3 is full of superb football teams, just think about it, we mostly agreed that Jordan Rhodes wasn't the answer to our goal scoring issues, yet he scored a shed load of goals for Blackpool before he got injured. Obviously, without knowing who will stay, we have plenty of players who are already League 1 standard, with 3 or 4 additions of players who are top end Div 3 players, bought from the inevitable sales of some players, there is really no excuse for not challenging play offs at least. The Millers will finish higher yhand the Terriers thats 1 guarantee
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Post by golcarexile on Apr 28, 2024 2:30:51 GMT 1
I'm clinging to the hope that Healey and Radulovic will be the best finishers League One has ever seen. 30 goals each I bet they will, in much the same way that Diakhaby and Mbenza tore up the Championship.
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Post by pjr43 on Apr 28, 2024 4:42:54 GMT 1
I remember just taking a second after the final whistle against Watford and looking at a packed loud as hell stadium thinking wow long May this continue. I did that every game for those two years, even during the second season. It was never going to go on for long at that level, but I hoped it might be the catalyst for the club moving a level up from where we'd been for decades. Even though we've had the odd season in the top and bottom division, Town seem to have been a team either trying to stay in the second tier or trying to get out of the third tier for the whole time I've watched them. I was hoping a two year stay in the Premier League would allow us to move to the next level and become a solid Championship team who occasionally got promoted and had a Premier League season or two. As soon as we came down we were back to doing what we always did, with the inevitable result of spending seasons trying to stay in the second tier and, now, trying to get out of the third tier. We weren't that far away from getting to the Premier League when I was sixteen under Bruce. I'm glad that by the time I got to see it seventeen years later I knew to savour it in a way I wouldn't have then and, painful though it was, I'm really glad we got that second season. It was worth going through that whole second season just to experience walking up to the ground in the sun to play Arsenal on the final day of the first season knowing we were safe. It's a real shame we don't seem to have benefited from it beyond that like other clubs have though and, if the past is anything to go by, I could be eighty by the time we get back there.
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Post by turbo2 on Apr 28, 2024 5:35:18 GMT 1
Watched the Barnsley v Cobblers game today. Quite a poor standard and at the start of the game Barnsley really had to win. As it was results went their way. The gulf between Lg 1 and the Championship is as great as the gulf between the Championship and the PL. Have you watched us the last few weeks???
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Post by htfcterry on Apr 28, 2024 7:14:51 GMT 1
Papa pizza, Johnston paint cup against Man Utd u21's. Oh F**k It's a positive for some, I'm going to bring my young lad to those kind of games. He wouldn't cope well with a larger crowd with his autism, so they are the perfect kind of games where I can test the water with him.
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Post by Floyds on Apr 28, 2024 7:23:34 GMT 1
Papa pizza, Johnston paint cup against Man Utd u21's. Oh F**k It's a positive for some, I'm going to bring my young lad to those kind of games. He wouldn't cope well with a larger crowd with his autism, so they are the perfect kind of games where I can test the water with him. Starting with pre season might be worth it too - And the first round of the League Cup which is very early in the season.
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Post by durhamterrier on Apr 28, 2024 7:39:32 GMT 1
I’d expect this club to be pushing for promotion next season , particularly with the players we’ll have left plus some recruits (hopefully chosen by the manager - whoever that is)…
Even a squad of the below would see us play offs and I’d like to think we would strengthen on that
Gk - Maxwell/ Chapman
Full backs - Spencer / Turton / Ruffels / Headley / Jackson
CB Lees / Pearson / Ayina
CM - Kasumu / hogg / Wiles / Iorpenda
Wingers - Koroma / Jones
Strikers - Healey / Radulovic / Ward
That’s accepting we’ll lose the wages of
Nichols , Balker , Edwards, Nakayama , Helik , Matos , Thomas , Burgzorg , Rudoni … and get decent fees for three of them .
We need to build a spine of a squad back up and add more creativity in midfield
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Post by jasrick on Apr 28, 2024 8:01:41 GMT 1
2 out of 24 teams get automatic promotion. That’s a 1 in 12 chance, all things being equal (yes, I know they’re not). But, the question I have is, when was our last automatic promotion?? I’ve been following town since 00-01 (not a good season to start), that’s 23 seasons and I’ve never seen an auto promotion. We went into div 1 in 94-95? Through the playoffs, that’s another 6 years without an auto promotion.
It’s about chuffing time we had one, and I’d very much like it to be next season. I appreciate it won’t be easy but that should be our target.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Apr 28, 2024 8:07:05 GMT 1
2 out of 24 teams get automatic promotion. That’s a 1 in 12 chance, all things being equal (yes, I know they’re not). But, the question I have is, when was our last automatic promotion?? I’ve been following town since 00-01 (not a good season to start), that’s 23 seasons and I’ve never seen an auto promotion. We went into div 1 in 94-95? Through the playoffs, that’s another 6 years without an auto promotion. It’s about chuffing time we had one, and I’d very much like it to be next season. I appreciate it won’t be easy but that should be our target. You probably know but 1983 was our last automatic promotion.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Apr 28, 2024 8:07:13 GMT 1
2 out of 24 teams get automatic promotion. That’s a 1 in 12 chance, all things being equal (yes, I know they’re not). But, the question I have is, when was our last automatic promotion?? I’ve been following town since 00-01 (not a good season to start), that’s 23 seasons and I’ve never seen an auto promotion. We went into div 1 in 94-95? Through the playoffs, that’s another 6 years without an auto promotion. It’s about chuffing time we had one, and I’d very much like it to be next season. I appreciate it won’t be easy but that should be our target. It has to be our only target. Finishing top. We are more than capable of coming straight back up with the right plan. Everything is in place in regards to the stadium, fans, finances (relative to the division). The plan has to work and be done right, starting now. No guessing, no ‘potentially good’ signings. Get rid of the mess, replace with the right players and staff and we will be back.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Apr 28, 2024 8:09:18 GMT 1
2 out of 24 teams get automatic promotion. That’s a 1 in 12 chance, all things being equal (yes, I know they’re not). But, the question I have is, when was our last automatic promotion?? I’ve been following town since 00-01 (not a good season to start), that’s 23 seasons and I’ve never seen an auto promotion. We went into div 1 in 94-95? Through the playoffs, that’s another 6 years without an auto promotion. It’s about chuffing time we had one, and I’d very much like it to be next season. I appreciate it won’t be easy but that should be our target. It has to be our only target. Finishing top. We are more than capable of coming straight back up with the right plan. Everything is in place in regards to the stadium, fans, finances (relative to the division). The plan has to work and be done right, starting now. No guessing, no ‘potentially good’ signings. Get rid of the mess, replace with the right players and staff and we will be back. I mean, why would any single Town fan or anyone at the club think anything else is not top priority next season. Promotion back is a must, an immediate return is a must.
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Post by nicovaesen on Apr 28, 2024 8:24:40 GMT 1
I remember just taking a second after the final whistle against Watford and looking at a packed loud as hell stadium thinking wow long May this continue. I did that every game for those two years, even during the second season. It was never going to go on for long at that level, but I hoped it might be the catalyst for the club moving a level up from where we'd been for decades. Even though we've had the odd season in the top and bottom division, Town seem to have been a team either trying to stay in the second tier or trying to get out of the third tier for the whole time I've watched them. I was hoping a two year stay in the Premier League would allow us to move to the next level and become a solid Championship team who occasionally got promoted and had a Premier League season or two. As soon as we came down we were back to doing what we always did, with the inevitable result of spending seasons trying to stay in the second tier and, now, trying to get out of the third tier. We weren't that far away from getting to the Premier League when I was sixteen under Bruce. I'm glad that by the time I got to see it seventeen years later I knew to savour it in a way I wouldn't have then and, painful though it was, I'm really glad we got that second season. It was worth going through that whole second season just to experience walking up to the ground in the sun to play Arsenal on the final day of the first season knowing we were safe. It's a real shame we don't seem to have benefited from it beyond that like other clubs have though and, if the past is anything to go by, I could be eighty by the time we get back there. This 100%. We are pretty much the same age I was 18 when we nearly did it under Bruce. It seems deep down although many of us may differ with present views at certain times we all have the same overall view of wanting the best for huddersfield town.
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Post by spyinthesky on Apr 28, 2024 10:32:05 GMT 1
I’m looking forward to being one of the ‘bigger’ teams with a higher budget for a change. Hopefully seeing a complete revamp of our squad, and having new players we can all get behind. If we make the correct squad changes, having a season pushing for promotion. It’s been an absolute mental drain this last couple of years. Obviously all of the above only applies if Kevin Nagle gets it right this summer. Feel it’s probably make or break for him to make the impact he wants. If he gets it right, we could start thinking about promotions and bringing positivity back amongst the supporters. If he gets it wrong we could be down there for a while. Not sure we're one of the bigger teams. We're one of a number of similar size clubs Town Charlton Bolton Barnsley Brum/Plymouth Reading Wigan Wrexham (sadly they now are) Average league position since 1920 Town 33.4 Charlton 34.8 Bolton 26 Barnsley 44.8 Birmingham 23.8 Plymouth 49.4 Reading 49.4 Wigan 74.4 Wrexham 70.8 This century Brum 25.8 Bolton 26 Reading 28.7 Wigan 31.8 Charlton 33.7 Town 41.3 Barnsley 42 Plymouth 56.1 Wrexham 86.5
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Apr 28, 2024 11:28:15 GMT 1
Not sure we're one of the bigger teams. We're one of a number of similar size clubs Town Charlton Bolton Barnsley Brum/Plymouth Reading Wigan Wrexham (sadly they now are) Average league position since 1920 Town 33.4 Charlton 34.8 Bolton 26 Barnsley 44.8 Birmingham 23.8 Plymouth 49.4 Reading 49.4 Wigan 74.4 Wrexham 70.8 This century Brum 25.8 Bolton 26 Reading 28.7 Wigan 31.8 Charlton 33.7 Town 41.3 Barnsley 42 Plymouth 56.1 Wrexham 86.5 When you add in that Wrexham now have far bigger income than any other league one team and would easily get higher attendances than us in league one if their ground allowed it, my original point was fairly accurate. Not sure why anyone would consider Town bigger than Charlton, Reading, Brum or Bolton.
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