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Post by BlueValour on Jan 21, 2021 4:24:24 GMT 1
Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 home defeat to Millwall on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, was our fourth successive defeat in all competitions and just Millwall’s second win in 16 league matches. The game can be easily summarised; we conceded early, missed a penalty, and then had no ideas as to what to do next. I found it inexplicable that as the minutes ticked by we still played the ball sideways and backwards producing nothing for our front two to feed off. Whilst I normally support our plan of playing out from the back, all strategies have to be adapted to the conditions. In this case it was throwing it down with rain and the pitch was boggy making it difficult to pass and hard for defenders to turn quickly. Surely, this was one of those rare occasions when some long aerial balls and strong, direct running should have been tried?
As a result of this reverse, Town go into the next round of Championship fixtures positioned 14th in the division with 31 points from 25 games.
On Tuesday, 26 January 2021, KO 19:00 we continue our league campaign away at Bristol City. This match will be purchasable on iFollow for £10 but will not be free to season card holders. It will not be available on the Sky Sports red button. The referee selected for this match is Stephen Martin.
We last played Bristol City, in the reverse encounter, on 3 November 2020, when we lost 2-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium. This is a fixture where we have done poorly, in recent years with, since 2002, a 1-3-5 away record. Our last clash at Ashton Gate was on 30 November 2019, also in the Championship, when we lost 5-2. Karlan Grant and Juninho Bacuna scored the consolation goals and, after the match, Danny Cowley heavily criticised the attitude of some of the players.
In 2019-20 Bristol City finished 12th having slipped out of the Play-off places. This term they exited the Carabao Cup, in the third round, at home to Aston Villa, after having eliminated Exeter City and Northampton Town. They progressed to the 4th Round in the FA Cup, courtesy of a 2-1 home win over League 1 Portsmouth. They play their next Cup game on Saturday, 23 January at Millwall hence the reason why our trip to the South-West has been postponed to Tuesday.
Following their 2-0 defeat at Norwich City, on 20 January, the Robins are 9th in the Championship, with 36 points from their 24 matches. With our injury record, and underperformance away from home, I think that another defeat is the most likely result.
Current BetFred odds:
Town: 12/5
Draw: 12/5
Bristol City: 6/5
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Jan 21, 2021 9:15:42 GMT 1
Standard Ashton Gate hammering on the cards.
Unfortunately.
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Post by willo on Jan 21, 2021 9:17:49 GMT 1
Standard Ashton Gate hammering on the cards. Unfortunately. Sadly agree. |
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Jan 21, 2021 9:44:27 GMT 1
We might as well sign Billy the Fish because we're going to get battered.
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Post by Essex Terrier on Jan 21, 2021 9:52:49 GMT 1
We might as well sign Billy the Fish because we're going to get battered. Well, the chips are down now? |
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jan 21, 2021 10:00:46 GMT 1
We can take our pick of goalscorers for them. Wells, Hunt, Palmer or Paterson if fit.
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Post by buckers on Jan 21, 2021 10:04:32 GMT 1
We can take our pick of goalscorers for them. Wells, Hunt, Palmer or Paterson if fit. I was gonna say 4-0 to them as well. And I take no pleasure in that prediction. |
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Jan 21, 2021 11:04:31 GMT 1
Last time out at Bristol...
Bristol City’s Ashton Gate has long been a graveyard for Town on their travels. Time and again they have conceded a bucketful of goals; Saturday 30th November 2019 was to prove no different.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jan 21, 2021 13:52:19 GMT 1
Just paid my tenner for the game.
Glutton for punishment.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 21, 2021 13:56:10 GMT 1
We never win here, although I've been twice and we've won both but the other 50 visits we've had not much joy. After last night's debacle you can only see a comfortable home win, we look toothless, short on ideas and lack any guile to change it.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jan 21, 2021 14:03:00 GMT 1
We never win here, although I've been twice and we've won both but the other 50 visits we've had not much joy. After last night's debacle you can only see a comfortable home win, we look toothless, short on ideas and lack any guile to change it. Thanks for that summary. Feel much better about spending my tenner now! |
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Post by drewden on Jan 21, 2021 15:18:30 GMT 1
Just paid my tenner for the game. Glutton for punishment. Put a tenner on Bristol to win and watch for free. |
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Post by detox on Jan 21, 2021 15:27:05 GMT 1
Sadly I'm quickly losing interest in this season, even before last nights horror show. I just don't know how Carlos can sit there and watch defenders passing it to each other with just minutes left on the clock...the ulta cautious ultra defensive and ultra boring shit show against Millwall left me angry and annoyed...We've seen so many managers in recent years lose confidence in the players and relapse into defence tactics ...I thought Carlos was different...now we know it's more of the same..
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Post by SN0W on Jan 21, 2021 16:02:28 GMT 1
We can take our pick of goalscorers for them. Wells, Hunt, Palmer or Paterson if fit. ...what about our goalscorers? We've got....................... erm..... |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 21, 2021 17:26:03 GMT 1
We can take our pick of goalscorers for them. Wells, Hunt, Palmer or Paterson if fit. ...what about our goalscorers? We've got....................... erm..... I would like to see Phillips given an extended run to see if he can start finding the goal scoring touch we so badly need. He's scored loads in the stiffs and unless we are going to go and buy a striker, which we aren't, then I see no other option. |
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Post by keithAM11532 on Jan 21, 2021 17:34:48 GMT 1
Sadly I'm quickly losing interest in this season, even before last nights horror show. I just don't know how Carlos can sit there and watch defenders passing it to each other with just minutes left on the clock...the ulta cautious ultra defensive and ultra boring shit show against Millwall left me angry and annoyed...We've seen so many managers in recent years lose confidence in the players and relapse into defence tactics ...I thought Carlos was different...now we know it's more of the same.. he doesn't have a plan B. When plan A works its all good, but if it doesn't, he is too slow to change things. |
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jan 21, 2021 17:36:42 GMT 1
...what about our goalscorers? We've got....................... erm..... I would like to see Phillips given an extended run to see if he can start finding the goal scoring touch we so badly need. He's scored loads in the stiffs and unless we are going to go and buy a striker, which we aren't, then I see no other option. m The old ones are still the best. “The Stiffs”. Brilliant. |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 21, 2021 18:03:06 GMT 1
I would like to see Phillips given an extended run to see if he can start finding the goal scoring touch we so badly need. He's scored loads in the stiffs and unless we are going to go and buy a striker, which we aren't, then I see no other option. m The old ones are still the best. “The Stiffs”. Brilliant. We got to retain our sense of humour being Town fans. |
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jan 21, 2021 18:07:16 GMT 1
m The old ones are still the best. “The Stiffs”. Brilliant. We got to retain our sense of humour being Town fans. I’d say a sense of humour is absolutely essential!!! |
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Post by Tinpot on Jan 21, 2021 18:16:26 GMT 1
The cliche goes that I'd be delighted with a point.
Realistically, I'd be pretty happy with losing but putting on a performance that gave me hope that we're not going to follow Hull's example.
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Jan 21, 2021 18:19:27 GMT 1
I would like to see Phillips given an extended run to see if he can start finding the goal scoring touch we so badly need. He's scored loads in the stiffs and unless we are going to go and buy a striker, which we aren't, then I see no other option. m The old ones are still the best. “The Stiffs”. Brilliant. "The Stiffs" is a term which goes way back and was used as a nickname for the Reserves as far back as the 1920s. |
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Post by 28901 on Jan 22, 2021 14:41:33 GMT 1
The most nailed on home win I can ever rememeber
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Post by bogart on Jan 22, 2021 15:11:04 GMT 1
Will this now be on iFollow as not a Saturday game?
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jan 22, 2021 16:57:23 GMT 1
Will this now be on iFollow as not a Saturday game? It’s on iFollow but you have to pay for it. |
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Post by detox on Jan 22, 2021 18:19:15 GMT 1
this could be 5th defeat in a row...Cardiff just sacked Harris for losing 5 in a row....Is Big Phil feeling nervous, twitchy or just plain guilty for not backing the manager with the right new signings
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 22, 2021 18:28:38 GMT 1
That 6/5 on Bristol looks pretty generous but I bet you can't get that now.
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Post by Dan on Jan 22, 2021 18:44:26 GMT 1
That 6/5 on Bristol looks pretty generous but I bet you can't get that now. You can and its more generous now at 13/10 but let's be honest if all your predictions had been right this season we'd be bottom of the league and practically relegated by now! Score draw for me. |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 22, 2021 19:39:42 GMT 1
That 6/5 on Bristol looks pretty generous but I bet you can't get that now. You can and its more generous now at 13/10 but let's be honest if all your predictions had been right this season we'd be bottom of the league and practically relegated by now! Score draw for me. They've drifted? Crikey, do they have key injuries? |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 22, 2021 19:56:52 GMT 1
That 6/5 on Bristol looks pretty generous but I bet you can't get that now. You can and its more generous now at 13/10 but let's be honest if all your predictions had been right this season we'd be bottom of the league and practically relegated by now! Score draw for me. The draw is a very decent 23/10 with Skybet. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2021 20:02:08 GMT 1
I think we might squeak something from this game. Keep it as tight as a knat’s chuff, don’t concede early, hang in there and hope we get a gift. I’m hopeful of a narrow victory but I reckon it will have to be ugly.
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