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Post by hypotenuse on May 29, 2023 21:47:31 GMT 1
It's going to be a very tough league next season, so whoever we get needs to be able to elevate the team. We know Warnock can do it, I'd happily have him for at least another year before the new owners settle in. Everyone says this every year and yet the quality declines season after season. I agree with you but I think the Championship will be much stronger next year. The 3 relegated clubs will all be at Burnley’s level (of this season) and there are a couple of clubs coming up who will not be pushovers. I suspect it will (barring points deductions) require 50 points to stay up. Will be a ferocious battle. As an early punt, bottom 3 to be betwee Town, Rotherham, Plymouth, Birmingham, Hull, maybe Bristol City or QPR.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 29, 2023 21:15:56 GMT 1
Happy Birthday to Mick Buxton who is a very young age of 80 today & was Town manager 40 years ago (hence using this thread)........Also Happy 65th to Hantstownexile aka Greg from Almondbury.....UTT to both. Just realised that it is exactly 6 years ago today since ‘Schindler day’ at Wembley. Quite a ride since then. Never dull.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 29, 2023 21:00:07 GMT 1
The home game in November against Bristol Rovers springs to mind. After a slow start we had won 6 on the bounce but Bristol were expected to be a tough test . We demolished them and i remember people in and around the directors box looking at each other and commenting that this could be the year Remember that game well. A wonderful game of football. Daryl Pugh played a blinder I seem to remember. Also, Lincoln away as mentioned. Never been in an away section as packed as that before or since.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 23, 2023 22:24:29 GMT 1
In charge of all of our set pieces last season when every time we had a free kick we looked like scoring. People dwell on his 2 games in charge - 2 games seems a tad unfair to judge someone on to me. Always enthusiastic on the touchline and I hope he does well. He averaged 1.5 points per game in charge. That isn’t so bad is it?
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Post by hypotenuse on May 11, 2023 20:41:23 GMT 1
I think several posters have mentioned the need for some greater quality in midfield. I watched with dread on the opening day of the season when we were overrun in the middle of the park and seemingly did not have any control in that area for much of the season. We may not find a Mooy but we do need a couple of very good signings in that area or we’ll be in another relegation battle. There won’t be any very small budget teams coming up from league 1 and the relegated teams will be very strong so it will be a ferociously competitive, cut throat league (which is why it’s my favourite league in any country). Look at Coventry and Luton for what it is possible to achieve with a modest budget.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 9, 2023 13:09:04 GMT 1
12 of our 17 goals in the last 10 games came in the first 25 minutes of the second half. We conceded only 2 in that same time period. Whatever subtle changes Warnock makes at half time are like sprinkling gold dust. We have now gone 43 seasons without finishing in the top 2 positions of the league we have been competing in (though still managed 5 promotions in that time). Someone listed our top scorers in the league as Rhodes and Pearson with 5 goals - Danny Ward also scored 5. We played on all 7 days of the week in a 9 game spell between (and including) Norwich (H) and Sheffield Utd (H). We have never played on all 7 days of the week in such a short time (in terms of league games). I wonder if any league team has?
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Post by hypotenuse on May 8, 2023 17:08:58 GMT 1
We finish 9 points outside the bottom 3. Absolutely brilliant last few weeks of the season. Real optimism for next season now. Somebody looking at the final league table without knowing any of the context of the season would be hard pressed to comprehend the magnitude of the relegation battle we have been in.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 6, 2023 16:02:43 GMT 1
Throw ins swapped for passing the ball in. Would speed the game up and create more goal scoring situations. Tried in non league a decade back - was a disaster and quickly abandoned
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Post by hypotenuse on May 6, 2023 16:01:17 GMT 1
Almost every change made since they went from goal average (which was ridiculous though helped us win our first title) to goal difference should be reversed. To name a few: Get rid of fucking squad numbers Get rid of 3 pts for a win - you should never have some league games worth less than others. Get rid of VAR Get rid of 5 subs - no more than 1 sub plus a goalie sub allowed Get rid of stupid divisional title - use 1st division, 2nd division etc
I’ll think of a few more later
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Post by hypotenuse on May 6, 2023 15:55:11 GMT 1
I'm surprised the number of people saying Rudoni here; I don't think anyone can deny for 75% of the season he looked totally out of his depth and didn't offer anyhting in the form of assist/goals which a player of his position should be adding. If we're applauding effort then Kasumu should be up there with the same affinity. For me in terms of doing their task and performance I think the shortlist has to be: Lees Pearson Maybe Helik Koroma Lees I think doesn't get talked about as much but he is a warrior at the back and I cant recall any individual errors from him that cost us Helik has got better under warnock and as above releives pressure with his marauding runs Pearson is solid, a proper defender but also scored some very important goals. Koroma - almost single handedly shaped our attack and been an icnredlible outlet that no side has been able to handle; albeit for 15 games only. I'd personally go Koroma or Pearson I can deny it. And Lees was shit for most of the season and 2 of your others have only started playing well since Colin took over. Absolutely agree Porroh. It is a player of the season award - not player of the spring months award. Pearson and Koroma have done well recently but should be nowhere near this award.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 5, 2023 12:02:31 GMT 1
March 15th. Huddersfield 1 - 1 Norwich. Were you there to see us move off the bottom of the table? According to the bbc we had 18,116 turn up. It cant have been more than 8000 in reality. Yes - I was there. Our second half display was enough to rekindle a tiny flicker of hope (which I expected to be extinguished in our following fixtures against Millwall, Boro, Watford, Blackburn…
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Post by hypotenuse on May 5, 2023 11:59:33 GMT 1
Hope we show Reading fans respect. Think we will find it hard to motivate ourselves after the emotions of the last two games - extra fixture midweek makes it tough. So quite possibly a defeat but irrelevant compared with the bigger picture.
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Well done
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Post by hypotenuse on May 5, 2023 11:47:16 GMT 1
I do agree but we seem to make up excuses every week for our inconsistencies. It was a winnable game and we lost. Late goals in matches have been the issue, loads of lost points. Only Team that would be a worry in the play-offs is Stockport I reckon, unless they get automatic. I think Salford are the toughest proposition in the play-offs. Very spirited, never say die attitude. Tough to beat.
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Post by hypotenuse on May 4, 2023 22:10:56 GMT 1
Absolutely remarkable - a miracle achieved with a game to spare. Better than 1998, better even than the extraordinary escape of 1993. On a statistical quirk - have we or any other team ever played on each day of the week in a span of only 9 fixtures from Norwich to Sheff U?
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 25, 2023 18:43:02 GMT 1
Seen ma 1st ever Live Huddersfield Town Match in League 1 v Exeter City and it looks like back to that next season... Would like to maybe try an away match at Carlisle if they were there - be like a ‘home’ game for me in strange kinda way - One good thing to come outta it - Town might start to do pre season tours of Bonnie Scotland once again ! 👍 🏴 And another thing - it’s on ma absolute bucket list to see Town as Third Tier Champions to complete the set of all four Divisions as Champions ! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 An automatic promotion? Now there's a thing, Westie. Speaking of automatic promotion, I was wondering if any other league team has a worse record than our current run of failing to finish on the top 2 in any division we have competed in for the last 43 seasons (including this one)?
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 21, 2023 20:41:58 GMT 1
First shirt was Town from 1970/71 I think just as I began supporting them. Still got the Barralan from 1979 (when I was 15 years old) and can just about fit into it
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 19, 2023 12:43:24 GMT 1
I think we'll win all 3 of our remaining games. tend to agree with Gledholt though, in that we might even already have enough points. I think we'll draw all three and it'll be enough. We tried that tactic v WBA, Wimbledon and Birmingham in 2001 - it worked in the first two games. Remind me again what happened in the third game…
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 13, 2023 16:14:21 GMT 1
I have said all along its nailed on, Reading at home will decide our fate. We really cannot go to a one off. Our record in these scenarios is dreadful. I wonder how often we have had last game relegation one off games: From memory, Barnsley (H) 2013 - worked out OK Brum (H) 2001 - nightmare Millwall (H) 1987 - battered them 3-0 and stayed up Any others?
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 13, 2023 10:47:19 GMT 1
Rumours around the West Mids regarding WBA and Brum but can’t see anything happening this season.
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 12, 2023 17:38:56 GMT 1
This side of Batley the rivalry between Town and Leeds is a bit more intense, i have a few Leeds fan mates and they've had lots of digs in the past, other side of Leeds i dont think many of them care that much, some will but apart from wanting to beat us when we play them most wont have any loathing of us. Entirely understandable. Why would some fucker from Seacroft or Harewood care that much about Town when he probably doesn't know or come across any Town fans. Exact same reason I struggle to care that much about Bradford. By fortune or chance I've simply never really come across them. None at School, none at any jobs I've had, none in any of my youth football teams and certainly none where I live now. That's what hatred is built on, being in and amongst one another. Incidentally I've met 2 Halifax fans before and they both were almost raging when I said I was a Town fan. Bizarre Interesting- I’ve only ever come across a couple of Halifax fans and they too hated Town with some venom. Personally, Bradford were main rivals for me as I never saw us against Leeds for the first decade or so I supported Town - early 70s to early 80s whereas there always seemed to be something with Bradford, the worst of which was their fans hurling bricks and stones into the VP open end from outside the ground in 1978/79 after Peter Fletcher (?) scored a very late equaliser. It was raining rocks on my and my old man.
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 7, 2023 21:42:38 GMT 1
First time this season we’ve had more points than games played.
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 2, 2023 21:39:16 GMT 1
18 days ago the bookies had us at 1/16 to be relegated (an implied probability of 94.1% likelihood of it happening) Today we are evens (implied probability of 50%) What a difference a few games makes eh Given that the bookies overstate probabilities (over-rounding = profit margin) these figures are pretty close to mine from the previous post. They seem pretty sensible and realistic.
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 2, 2023 19:59:22 GMT 1
How points needed for safety this season do you think? Personally I think 49 50 could do it. So 3 wins out of the next 7 games please lads I’ve posted several weeks ago that I feel confident that 48 pts will be enough. 3 wins needed. Yesterday increased our chance of staying up from around 10% to 35% in my opinion.
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Post by hypotenuse on Apr 1, 2023 21:21:15 GMT 1
This one is a defeat. Not an iota of doubt about that. They are the second best team in this league (would be above Blades if Carrick had been there longer) with pacy attackers who score at will. They do have vulnerabilities defensively but we aren’t the sort of team to exploit that. I’m just hoping our goal difference doesn’t take too much of a battering. We need 4 more wins - unlikely but possible in some of the other fixtures. 10% chance of staying up which won’t change after defeat on Saturday. Just as I predicted. “They do have vulnerabilities defensively which we will take full advantage of”😂😂🤣🤣
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Post by hypotenuse on Mar 30, 2023 20:35:34 GMT 1
My favourite Ian Dunn match was away at Brentford last game of 93/94. Bad tempered game and I think he scored two (including a brilliant lob) to complete a come-from-behind win.
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Post by hypotenuse on Mar 30, 2023 20:12:35 GMT 1
This one is a defeat. Not an iota of doubt about that. They are the second best team in this league (would be above Blades if Carrick had been there longer) with pacy attackers who score at will. They do have vulnerabilities defensively but we aren’t the sort of team to exploit that. I’m just hoping our goal difference doesn’t take too much of a battering. We need 4 more wins - unlikely but possible in some of the other fixtures. 10% chance of staying up which won’t change after defeat on Saturday.
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Post by hypotenuse on Mar 28, 2023 20:21:27 GMT 1
That should be a fairly lengthy ban I would think. Lasting approximately a lifetime would be appropriate in this instance
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Post by hypotenuse on Mar 28, 2023 11:35:54 GMT 1
I like international weekends. No stress regarding Town and Town never seem to lose on those weekends. 😂🤣
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Post by hypotenuse on Mar 24, 2023 22:23:10 GMT 1
I’m generally totally amazed that there isn’t a single iota of praise for Southgate in any of the comments - only several being critical or praise for the players. I think he has created a really cohesive team/squad, is a really decent bloke, has the best record of an England manager for ages and all he gets is criticism.
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Post by hypotenuse on Mar 19, 2023 21:56:55 GMT 1
In Fotheringhams last 7 game we had two wins, three draws and two defeats.... We're pretty much just carrying on the same patchy form we've shown since Schofield was shown the door. We’ve played 5 of the top 9 in Warnock’s 7 games. Fotheringham’s last 7 games included Rotherham, Wigan, Blackpool and QPR and not a single team in the top 8.
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