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Post by pixie on Feb 23, 2021 23:31:02 GMT 1
Apart from the coach probably being responsible for our shocking injury situation, I don't believe the players will have much confidence in his methods either. Do they even understand his instructions? I ask this because I have not watched or listened to any of his press interviews etc. since his first match. It's too much like hard work. It sounds like he is speaking half in English and half in Spanish. If he slowed down it would help. Tactics are not his forté either unfortunately. He has to go surely.
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Post by BlueValour on Feb 23, 2021 23:38:11 GMT 1
Brown's bolt is probably shot after that. High and Phillips looked just like the boys that they are. You can bring players through but they need experience around them and most of our experience is injured. I'm at a loss to think what we do with the young players to be honest... it doesn't seem like they can make the step up. I’m not convinced Phillips is up to it at all from what I have seen. He needs a good loan season out knocking a few goals in down League 1/2. Nowhere near ready to step up for us. I am however, warming to Rowe each time I see him. He’s trying and with some polishing, could be a gem. Unless we improve, Phillips will get his League 1 season without a move!
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Post by BlueValour on Feb 23, 2021 23:47:15 GMT 1
Chill folks, we'll survive... We will certainly survive; it's Town that I am worried about!
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Feb 23, 2021 23:48:11 GMT 1
Where are all the wankfesters who were on my case after the Swansea win? The team has zero cohesion. You cannot play a team below you and have ONE shot on target. We have averaged about 3 shots on target per match for 4 years now. Its simply nowhere near enough. I dont care about budgets....shoot, stop pissing about with it (cross it early and take corners more directly) and get some loan strikers in because this is not working. Loan strikers? Do you not know the transfer window shut over two weeks ago? Of course....i meant why have we not used the loan system?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2021 5:44:19 GMT 1
Give us something positive then positive? We're a shit team with a skint owner, I'm struggling to find any positives out of this season. a lot of clubs are skint but we are not as bad as some and the bottom line is town fans overreact when we lose and when we win talk about drama queens if you can't take don't renew season ticket no more to say the sites standards have dropped to a farce
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Post by captainblack on Feb 24, 2021 6:40:37 GMT 1
Predicted before the start there would be a player sent off tonight was the kind of performance you see from a team staring at relegation. zero attacking threat and total lack of ideas. it was easy for derby tonight even though I thought they were bang average. I did not watch the game, but the season reminds me of the one when Horton had run out of Ideas , we desperately needed a striker, and then he was eventually sacked. I am seriously beginning to fear for CC (I do hope I am wrong) , but 3/4 defeats out of the next 5 or so and the pressure will be too much , especially if we are just hovering over the drop zone, or worse in it.
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Post by buckers on Feb 24, 2021 6:50:01 GMT 1
tonight was the kind of performance you see from a team staring at relegation. zero attacking threat and total lack of ideas. it was easy for derby tonight even though I thought they were bang average. I did not watch the game, but the season reminds me of the one when Horton had run out of Ideas , we desperately needed a striker, and then he was eventually sacked. I am seriously beginning to fear for CC (I do hope I am wrong) , but 3/4 defeats out of the next 5 or so and the pressure will be too much , especially if we are just hovering over the drop zone, or worse in it. I can’t see anyone coming in and getting a tune out of this squad now can you?
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Post by captainblack on Feb 24, 2021 7:44:46 GMT 1
I did not watch the game, but the season reminds me of the one when Horton had run out of Ideas , we desperately needed a striker, and then he was eventually sacked. I am seriously beginning to fear for CC (I do hope I am wrong) , but 3/4 defeats out of the next 5 or so and the pressure will be too much , especially if we are just hovering over the drop zone, or worse in it. I can’t see anyone coming in and getting a tune out of this squad now can you? I think It would be extremely difficult, but the Cowley's managed to turn us round last season , although they did have more time on their hands, you just have to hope CC can motivate the team enough to get us the points we need. It could be argued that its too late to start changing managers now, and would PH be honest enough to accept he has made a mistake just after extending CC's contract, I just get the feeling PH is too "block headed" to actually admit to failures, that's just a personal feeling .
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Post by Henry Mcgee on Feb 24, 2021 7:54:54 GMT 1
Lietwieler got released by Fleetwood prior to us. Its laughable to think we were in the Prem a couple years back when you look at the squad now. So Joel Coleman is above him in the pecking order. Pretty much says why he’s not starting. Coleman is infinitely better than Schofield who, if he keeps his place, could go down as one of our worst ever keeper's if his gaff-rate keeps increasing like it is doing now. Soft, frightened, tentative, edgy, completely silent, flappy - kicking gone - not really ideal for the battle ahead.
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Post by specialun on Feb 24, 2021 8:05:58 GMT 1
Draw They’ve had an extra days rest and generally been on a decent run We haven’t won a game when Hogg hasn’t played all season But we have to take confidence from Saturday He's only missed 5 from 31...but yes you're right, and we may have beaten Millwall, Stoke and Bristol city with him in. Hogg starts P26 W10 D5 L11 Hogg does not start P6 W0 D1 L5
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Post by k1man999 on Feb 24, 2021 8:16:15 GMT 1
Still don't get DD starting you have REG and Stearman that could have played REG would be ideal in that role. Or put obrien in hoggs role with bacuna n Holmes in the middle. Some really baffling decisions IMO from CC even the subs Stearman still not fit to play a full game, apparently. I'd rather him manage 60 mins and we manage to sneak a goal or keep it tight then try hang on bring REG on for last 30 as he can't do a full match either apparently . Round pegs n all that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2021 8:28:24 GMT 1
Can’t make head nor tail of the bottom 6 until the teams around us have played their games in hand.
I just don’t understand this team.
We were embarrassing against Wycombe, then we hammered Swansea, and then we were piss poor again against Derby.
We are pinning our hopes on 3 teams being worse than us, and that’s been the case since Christmas.
How we have got ourselves into this position is beyond me.
I find the “it’s his fault! No, it’s his fault” conversation tedious and boring so I won’t touch on it.
However, we are in huge trouble.
Come on Town.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Feb 24, 2021 8:45:12 GMT 1
Correct, never been employed by a football club, never even considered it, but if I can’t watch Town (usually see about 25 games a season) I always go to other games as a neutral, usually 20 or more games. Do you do that? So, tell me, do you think Schofield, Brown and Duhaney are good enough for the Championship? You obviously must watch lots of games on iFollow or on TV so who do you think Town should be going for in the summer? Judging by the number of likes my posts have got it seems others agree with me..... and not with you. Goodnight Always had doubts about you being a real Town fan with your bragging of going to Wimbledon games (and other commuter belt shite clubs in Surrey). I lived in Golders Green, Belfast, Hendon and Brentford within a ten year period but stayed loyal to Town despite missing lots of games while miles away from home. You are a true football fan - and huge credit for that. My only interest in soccer is HTAFC. Not a true Town fan? Oh dear. I haven’t lived near to Huddersfield since going to uni in 1973 but have still seen them approaching 1000 games. See them on average about 25 games a season, despite a home game being a 450 mile round trip. I’ve never bragged about going to Wimbledon etc. I’ve said about going there and elsewhere many a time, but “bragged”, don’t think so. What is there to brag about? At times in life, other commitments like family and career come first. I like to go to football, but if I choose to see someone close to home when Town are playing away at Carlisle on a Tuesday night that means I’m not a Town fan? I’m still a ST holder. Who do you think you are? I notice you didn’t answer my questions.
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Post by malcolmbrown on Feb 24, 2021 9:35:26 GMT 1
I don't know what's more shocking. Our display last night or the fact that 64 people thought we'd win in the pre match poll.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Feb 24, 2021 10:15:00 GMT 1
Give us something positive then positive? We're a shit team with a skint owner, I'm struggling to find any positives out of this season. a lot of clubs are skint but we are not as bad as some and the bottom line is town fans overreact when we lose and when we win talk about drama queens if you can't take don't renew season ticket no more to say the sites standards have dropped to a farce Loads of positives there. I'll tell you where we're at. We're currently 1 point better of than at this stage last season where we stayed up by the skin of our teeth, if we lose on Saturday we'll have exactly the same points as last season. The difference is, 3rd bottom already have 2 points more after only 30 games than at matchday 32 last season. We have a defence & keeper that constantly make stupid mistakes that lead to gift goals, a midfield that regularly go missing in games & a striker who's managed a pathetic 6 goals after playing nearly every game. We have an inexperienced head coach who trains the players to death which leads them to break down with injuries all the time & has no idea how to get back into a game when we go behind. We have an owner who is so far out of his depth it's untrue. He claims we have money put aside for a rainy day yet were in yet another relegation battle after failing miserably in the transfer window & once again scratting around for free agents nobody else wants. I'll be getting a season card regardless of which division we're in. I'll always support this club but we're well within our rights to have a pop at the club if things are going badly, which they are. You'd have to be an idiot if you think everything is rosey.
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Post by dugnet on Feb 24, 2021 10:29:04 GMT 1
We needed to back Saturday up but once again we were unable to take the game to a team that sat deep and waited for us to make a mistake. We must be so easy to play against if you are prepared to be patient and wait for the, inevitable, mistake.
We are so one paced when faced with this opposition, we don't have any guile or flair to try and take the game to the opponents. The truth is we lack quality in key areas....anyone who says any different is quite frankly deluded. We are also so mentally delicate, we can't show any consistent confidence or belief. We show we are capable in patches (that 10 minutes in the 2nd half on Saturday being a classic example - you could argue the opening few minutes yesterday) but we lack character and leaders.
All the debate about the club will continue but things won't change now until summer (and the club do need to change - fail to do so and we will continue like this) so it is down to the players and CC to get the points required. I very much hope they will, I think it is possible, do I think they will do it....well put it this way I wouldn't have £5 on it.
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Post by andyeastleake on Feb 24, 2021 11:42:26 GMT 1
Remember when we started games like this only a few years ago in the championship: Danny ward Tommy Smith Christopher Schindler Michael hefele Chris Lowe Jonathan Hogg Aaron mooy Kasey Palmer Rajiv van la parra Elias kachunga Nakhi wells Those players gave this club the chance to establish itself in the premier League and failing that at least be a strong championship side. The majority of the promotion squad battled heroically to keep us up in our first premier League season to defy the odds. I remember celebrating at Stamford bridge thinking this is it, the hard parts over. Turns out that was our peak, we bought mbenza and diakhaby, got rid of the players that got us to the premier League and went into free fall. The club is toxic, we have no money yet we received all the parachute payments and millions we have received in selling players, Wycombe didn't have any of this and they managed to beat us. This club used to care about it's community, it involved the fans, made us feel like we were the 12th Man. Nowdays it feels like we are forgotten about, we are just doing the bare minimum to call ourselves a football club. It's an absolute disgrace how we have wasted the opportunity we earned ourselves and now we are rotting to the core 😢 That post just about sums things up.
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Post by jumpersandgoalposts on Feb 24, 2021 12:42:05 GMT 1
What an absolute shambolic display.
From back to front we were terrible, CC got his team selection and tactics wrong, the majority of the team looked disinterested and just poor, after Saturday they all seemed to think they were big Billy big bollocks and reverted to type.
Im not going to go into the hierarchy and our terrible transfer record in recent times as it's been discussed to death and we can only work with what we have. Good coaches get the best out of players. Another performance like that and it's time for a change of management or we will go down. These players need a kick up the arse asap.
Cutting costs by allowing Hamer to move on when Schofield is clearly not ready and may never be is proving to be a terrible decision. Ben actually improved somewhat this season and is at least of mid table Champ quality.
Duhaney did little wrong however Stearman should have started the game. He is arguably our best defender and we have missed his leadership. Keogh was shocking as usual and Bacuna was back to his lazy best after a decent showing at the weekend. Mbenza (no matter what criticism you want to throw at him) should have taken his place. With Koroma out we have very little threat going forward playing with a defensive number 9, at least Mbenza can assist and strike a ball!
I don't go along with not changing a winning side after a decent performance, if your better players are fit include them immediately. We cant afford to let anyone rest on their laurels.
I'm actually disgusted.
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Feb 24, 2021 12:45:42 GMT 1
with relegation 6 pointers coming up do we stick with Carlos or gamble on getting out of this mess with a newer manager?
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Post by jumpersandgoalposts on Feb 24, 2021 12:47:12 GMT 1
with relegation 6 pointers coming up do we stick with Carlos or gamble on getting out of this mess with a newer manager? Last chance saloon on Saturday for me, another showing like that and he has to go.
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Post by Mastercracker on Feb 24, 2021 12:59:12 GMT 1
Remember when we started games like this only a few years ago in the championship: Danny ward Tommy Smith Christopher Schindler Michael hefele Chris Lowe Jonathan Hogg Aaron mooy Kasey Palmer Rajiv van la parra Elias kachunga Nakhi wells Those players gave this club the chance to establish itself in the premier League and failing that at least be a strong championship side. The majority of the promotion squad battled heroically to keep us up in our first premier League season to defy the odds. I remember celebrating at Stamford bridge thinking this is it, the hard parts over. Turns out that was our peak, we bought mbenza and diakhaby, got rid of the players that got us to the premier League and went into free fall. The club is toxic, we have no money yet we received all the parachute payments and millions we have received in selling players, Wycombe didn't have any of this and they managed to beat us. This club used to care about it's community, it involved the fans, made us feel like we were the 12th Man. Nowdays it feels like we are forgotten about, we are just doing the bare minimum to call ourselves a football club. It's an absolute disgrace how we have wasted the opportunity we earned ourselves and now we are rotting to the core 😢 Bar Hogg and Schindler for obvious reasons I don't think any of our current team get in that side, and even that side probably would have come 10th or so without Mooy. The only ones I could even make a case for being close are Pipa and Toff with Smith and Lowe and even then I'm taking the latter two. Managing to be clearly worse than a champ side put together on a relative shoestring, just 2 years after being in the top flight for 2 seasons is some fucking achievement. At worst we should be in a position of having a team incapable of matching that ones achievements as it was so much more than the sum of its parts, but we simply should not be in a position of having a team that couldn't even compete with it on paper. Managed decline yet they try and sell it to us as a grand plan. It's an absolute farce.
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Post by blackmoreisgod on Feb 24, 2021 14:30:49 GMT 1
Remember when we started games like this only a few years ago in the championship: Danny ward Tommy Smith Christopher Schindler Michael hefele Chris Lowe Jonathan Hogg Aaron mooy Kasey Palmer Rajiv van la parra Elias kachunga Nakhi wells Those players gave this club the chance to establish itself in the premier League and failing that at least be a strong championship side. The majority of the promotion squad battled heroically to keep us up in our first premier League season to defy the odds. I remember celebrating at Stamford bridge thinking this is it, the hard parts over. Turns out that was our peak, we bought mbenza and diakhaby, got rid of the players that got us to the premier League and went into free fall. The club is toxic, we have no money yet we received all the parachute payments and millions we have received in selling players, Wycombe didn't have any of this and they managed to beat us. This club used to care about it's community, it involved the fans, made us feel like we were the 12th Man. Nowdays it feels like we are forgotten about, we are just doing the bare minimum to call ourselves a football club. It's an absolute disgrace how we have wasted the opportunity we earned ourselves and now we are rotting to the core 😢 Bar Hogg and Schindler for obvious reasons I don't think any of our current team get in that side, and even that side probably would have come 10th or so without Mooy. The only ones I could even make a case for being close are Pipa and Toff with Smith and Lowe and even then I'm taking the latter two. Managing to be clearly worse than a champ side put together on a relative shoestring, just 2 years after being in the top flight for 2 seasons is some fucking achievement. At worst we should be in a position of having a team incapable of matching that ones achievements as it was so much more than the sum of its parts, but we simply should not be in a position of having a team that couldn't even compete with it on paper. Managed decline yet they try and sell it to us as a grand plan. It's an absolute farce. there’s an argument to be had that some of the squad players we had in the promotion season were better than current starters Whitehead, Cranie, Stankovic etc
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2021 15:58:56 GMT 1
Always had doubts about you being a real Town fan with your bragging of going to Wimbledon games (and other commuter belt shite clubs in Surrey). I lived in Golders Green, Belfast, Hendon and Brentford within a ten year period but stayed loyal to Town despite missing lots of games while miles away from home. You are a true football fan - and huge credit for that. My only interest in soccer is HTAFC. Not a true Town fan? Oh dear. I haven’t lived near to Huddersfield since going to uni in 1973 but have still seen them approaching 1000 games. See them on average about 25 games a season, despite a home game being a 450 mile round trip. I’ve never bragged about going to Wimbledon etc. I’ve said about going there and elsewhere many a time, but “bragged”, don’t think so. What is there to brag about? At times in life, other commitments like family and career come first. I like to go to football, but if I choose to see someone close to home when Town are playing away at Carlisle on a Tuesday night that means I’m not a Town fan? I’m still a ST holder. Who do you think you are? I notice you didn’t answer my questions. Who do I think I am for questioning your slating of young Town players without even watching them play?
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