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Post by BlueValour on Nov 22, 2020 2:35:11 GMT 1
Despite the classy Carel Eiting scoring first, Huddersfield Town lost 4-3 at Stoke City, on Saturday, 21 November in one of the most exciting games we have been involved in recently. However, when you score three goals away from home you really should not be losing! The problem was poor game management coupled with a defence that put in an error strewn performance, in front of keeper Joel Castro Pereira who had a nervous début. Without wishing to take too much from one appearance, having regard to the Portuguese stopper's previous less than stellar loan spell at Hearts, there must be an argument for playing Ryan Schofield next time. Matt Glennon, made the valid point that, whilst the manager clearly likes his teams to play out from the back, this needs to be done with discretion. We kept over-playing when under pressure, and this lead to at least one of the goals. On the positive side, we did score three and showed a welcome willingness to attack. If we can resolve the defensive issues then we are capable of a steady rise up the table. This result sees Town slide to 16th in the Championship with 14 points from 12 games.
On Tuesday, 24 November 2020, K.O. 19:00, we continue our Championship campaign, this time away at Wycombe Wanderers. This game will be purchasable on iFollow for £10 and will be available, without charge, to current season card members. It will not be on the Sky Sports Red Button.
We rarely play the Buckinghamshire outfit. We have played them, on the road, just five times with a 3-1-1 league record since our first trip there on 10 December 1994. Our last meeting in High Wycombe was on 6 January 2012 when we won 6-0 in League 1. In that game, Jordan Rhodes scored a remarkable five goals after Oscar Gobern headed Gary Roberts' corner home for the opener.
In 2019-20, Wycombe were promoted from League 1, despite lying 8th when the season was prematurely ended, as a result of the points per game calculation. This season they exited the Carabao Cup, in the first round, at Brentford when they went down after penalties. They came into 2020-21 as hot favourites for relegation, a judgement that appeared vindicated after they lost their first seven fixtures. The team stabilised things with seven points from their next nine. However, following the creditable home goalless draw with Brentford, on 21 November, the Chairboys are in 22nd place with 8 points from their 12 matches, one point off safety. This is likely to be a harder match than it might appear but I can see a narrow Terriers’ victory.
Current PP odds: Town: 11/10 Draw: 11/5 Wycombe: 23/10
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Post by golcarexile on Nov 22, 2020 6:58:12 GMT 1
On yesterday's evidence, we may well be better off with Danny Schofield in nets, but I think you meant Ryan.
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Post by garyroberts'leftfoot on Nov 22, 2020 10:15:50 GMT 1
Going to be a tough game, they are not to be underestimated.
Anyone know if this is on the red button or iPlayer for season ticket holders. They usually are but it’s a 7.00 kick off.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Nov 22, 2020 10:26:59 GMT 1
Going to be a tough game, they are not to be underestimated. Anyone know if this is on the red button or iPlayer for season ticket holders. They usually are but it’s a 7.00 kick off. It’s all covered in the opening post.
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Post by stevvy on Nov 22, 2020 10:36:05 GMT 1
The early kickoff isn't the reason it's not on the red button (you can see that by the fact that the 7.45pm games aren't on the red button either). The reason is that from everything I've seen, Sky are only covering 10 of the 13 scheduled midweek rounds on the red button.
Going off the Sky Sports website, no red button games this midweek, the midweek round next week IS on the red button, and the midweek round the week after is NOT on the red button. That means all remaining scheduled midweek rounds after that should be on the red button.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 11:36:12 GMT 1
We should be able to hurt them and score but it's a worry that might not be enough.
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Post by tepidterrier on Nov 22, 2020 12:16:13 GMT 1
they've started to find their feet now by the looks of the table and it sounds like they were unlucky when they lost all those games at the start. can't say I've watched any of them this season but I know they're very direct, low possession etc. Haven't lost while starting Akinfenwa this season but I expect them to if he plays- Most of our defeats this season have come from teams who press from the front and he's too slow to do that as well as say Stoke or Brentford did.
Whatever happens we'll have most of the ball and will be frustrated by them for long periods.
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Post by drewden on Nov 22, 2020 14:56:20 GMT 1
Going to be a tough game, they are not to be underestimated. Anyone know if this is on the red button or iPlayer for season ticket holders. They usually are but it’s a 7.00 kick off. Can you elaborate what is not a tough game.
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Post by Galpharmer on Nov 22, 2020 15:29:39 GMT 1
On yesterday's evidence, we may well be better off with Danny Schofield in nets, but I think you meant Ryan. I'd rather have Phillip fucking Schofield than the Man Utd hologram.
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Post by sabailand on Nov 22, 2020 15:35:16 GMT 1
Gone for the win even though we haven`t had many wins recently, its the fact that we just dont know what we`re going to get nowadays.
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Post by drumriggend on Nov 22, 2020 15:49:09 GMT 1
Is it on red button??
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Nov 22, 2020 16:04:25 GMT 1
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Post by garyroberts'leftfoot on Nov 22, 2020 16:22:19 GMT 1
Going to be a tough game, they are not to be underestimated. Anyone know if this is on the red button or iPlayer for season ticket holders. They usually are but it’s a 7.00 kick off. Can you elaborate what is not a tough game. My point is that some people will expect that it will be an easy game given that we are playing what many think is the weakest team in the league. Given the quality and budgets of the teams it should be a walkover. They will surprise some people though.
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Post by drumriggend on Nov 22, 2020 17:40:30 GMT 1
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Nov 22, 2020 20:15:03 GMT 1
This is a game we need to win for me. What is it, one win in 6? Not good enough. Let's keep Wycombe at arms length.
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Post by BlueValour on Nov 22, 2020 20:48:42 GMT 1
On yesterday's evidence, we may well be better off with Danny Schofield in nets, but I think you meant Ryan. Thanks! I'm glad someone reads my stuff! Now fixed!
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Post by Tinpot on Nov 23, 2020 12:34:45 GMT 1
Going to be a tough game, they are not to be underestimated. Anyone know if this is on the red button or iPlayer for season ticket holders. They usually are but it’s a 7.00 kick off. Can you elaborate what is not a tough game. I think the post was mostly referring to peoples' tendency to underestimate the "smaller" or less fashionable clubs.
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Post by drewden on Nov 23, 2020 12:50:42 GMT 1
Ye I was just being a bit of a tease, every game you play is not a given right to win, you have to battle and perform against any team you play, no team in this division is going to make it easy for you, thats what makes matches intrigueing to watch.
We as a team are not far off being a dominant factor in this division, January will be a massive consequence who we bring in and who we get rid.
Carlos has done a lot at this club in a very short space of time, and is showing his quality assignment, things can only get better.
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Post by wigster on Nov 23, 2020 12:57:52 GMT 1
A win and our position is okish considering the team we've been left with - a defeat and alarm bells might start to ring.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Nov 23, 2020 13:27:46 GMT 1
Definitely need to get back to winning ways or that gap to the relegation zone will shrink away quickly. The amount of times we're throwing away leads due to amateurish defending is very worrying. In our last 6 games we've thrown away 9 points from winning positions & we also equalised in the last minute to Birmingham only to go on & lose. That's ten points we've pissed away, mainly due to sloppy defending & poor individual errors.
Huge game.
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Post by tepidterrier on Nov 23, 2020 14:03:05 GMT 1
Definitely need to get back to winning ways or that gap to the relegation zone will shrink away quickly. The amount of times we're throwing away leads due to amateurish defending is very worrying. In our last 6 games we've thrown away 9 points from winning positions & we also equalised in the last minute to Birmingham only to go on & lose. That's ten points we've pissed away, mainly due to sloppy defending & poor individual errors. Huge game. first real test of Carlos' chops as a manager. We already know how good a coach he is. If he can sort out his side's mental frailty and works out how to manage games better, we're onto something. Let's hope it starts against Wycombe
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Post by terriers2000 on Nov 23, 2020 14:29:28 GMT 1
Maybe no koroma tomorrow
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Post by tepidterrier on Nov 23, 2020 14:59:12 GMT 1
wouldn't be surprised if he was playing with a knock on Saturday, he wasn't his usual self. Maybe another formation change on the way
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Post by hypotenuse on Nov 23, 2020 17:14:45 GMT 1
Ye I was just being a bit of a tease, every game you play is not a given right to win, you have to battle and perform against any team you play, no team in this division is going to make it easy for you, thats what makes matches intrigueing to watch. We as a team are not far off being a dominant factor in this division, January will be a massive consequence who we bring in and who we get rid. Carlos has done a lot at this club in a very short space of time, and is showing his quality assignment, things can only get better. We are 3 or 4 players (i.e. miles) away from being a dominant force in this division. Our record v top half is 2-1-5 and one of those wins was incredibly fortuitous, if we are being honest.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Nov 23, 2020 17:34:04 GMT 1
Ye I was just being a bit of a tease, every game you play is not a given right to win, you have to battle and perform against any team you play, no team in this division is going to make it easy for you, thats what makes matches intrigueing to watch. We as a team are not far off being a dominant factor in this division, January will be a massive consequence who we bring in and who we get rid. Carlos has done a lot at this club in a very short space of time, and is showing his quality assignment, things can only get better. We are 3 or 4 players (i.e. miles) away from being a dominant force in this division. Our record v top half is 2-1-5 and one of those wins was incredibly fortuitous, if we are being honest. You could maybe make a case for more. I do think we'll snatch a scrappy win in this one though.
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Post by mickydombat on Nov 23, 2020 17:38:09 GMT 1
If we stop fannying around we'll piss this game...if?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 18:00:34 GMT 1
Joel Castro Pereira who had a nervous début. Without wishing to take too much from one appearance, having regard to the Portuguese stopper's previous less than stellar loan spell at Hearts, there must be an argument for playing Ryan Schofield next time. I would say unless he's injured or has to isolate, there's no chance whatsoever that CC decides to drop a keeper he's chosen based on what he's seen on the training pitch, after just one appearance, especially since it was nowhere near as bad a debut as is being made out! Keepers by nature of their position get leeway that lasts much longer than outfield players - drop him now and its basically writing him off and leaving us with Coleman and an unproven Schofield for the season.
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Post by Tinpot on Nov 23, 2020 18:03:40 GMT 1
Joel Castro Pereira who had a nervous début. Without wishing to take too much from one appearance, having regard to the Portuguese stopper's previous less than stellar loan spell at Hearts, there must be an argument for playing Ryan Schofield next time. I would say unless he's injured or has to isolate, there's no chance whatsoever that CC decides to drop a keeper he's chosen based on what he's seen on the training pitch, after just one appearance, especially since it was nowhere near as bad a debut as is being made out! Keepers by nature of their position get leeway that lasts much longer than outfield players - drop him now and its basically writing him off and leaving us with Coleman and an unproven Schofield for the season. Are you sure?
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Post by Tinpot on Nov 23, 2020 18:08:38 GMT 1
FTR I do (sort of) agree with you. I mean, it WAS a bad debut. Worst GK debut since Vaesen in the 90s (although that in itself could provide hope - Nico was superb once he found his feet). BUT I do agree that writing a GK off after 1 game would be beyond harsh & may cast doubt on CC's man management.
Add in the report that Ryan Schofield is still feeling a twinge in his thumb + we're against one of the weakest attacks in the division (i.e. the ideal game for him to get a bit of confidence back) & I think JP will (& should) play vs Wycombe.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 18:09:35 GMT 1
I would say unless he's injured or has to isolate, there's no chance whatsoever that CC decides to drop a keeper he's chosen based on what he's seen on the training pitch, after just one appearance, especially since it was nowhere near as bad a debut as is being made out! Keepers by nature of their position get leeway that lasts much longer than outfield players - drop him now and its basically writing him off and leaving us with Coleman and an unproven Schofield for the season. Are you sure? Whoops - all the crappy keepers are blurring into one!
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