henryc
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Post by henryc on Jun 6, 2023 16:34:06 GMT 1
*cough* Champions league *cough* Which is also a league followed by a play off of those that qualify. Anyway surely there’s only one way to settle this, what do the EFL say on the matter?
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 6, 2023 16:38:49 GMT 1
*cough* Champions league *cough* Which is also a league followed by a play off of those that qualify. Anyway surely there’s only one way to settle this, what do the EFL say on the matter?Already explained this. The most recent championship result ion the EFL website is Coventry 1 Luton 1 at Wembley. As for the Champions League - if you're unbeaten in the group stages but lost in the first knockout stage 3 years running, are you unbeaten in the Champions League for 3 years?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2023 16:48:26 GMT 1
Bennett was a better keeper than smithies
We should shoot towards the south stand in the second half, always
Kian Harratt would've scored more goals last season for us than Ward or Rhodes if given the same minutes
The pink kit was always going to be a relegation season kit
Izzy brown had a great impact than Kasey Palmer
Ryan Schofield won't play league football again in his career
I can't remember Dean Gorre being as good as everyone remembers
Carlos decided to leave when the club wouldn't back him and would be selling the crown jewels (again)
Dean Hoyle knew full well Potless didn't have the funds to run the club; he gave him it to siphon off the parachute payments and asset strip the club to get his money back and hope to do the bare minimum to stay in the championship
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Post by Leporid on Jun 6, 2023 17:17:19 GMT 1
Fotheringham would have kept us up 😂😂😂😂 Mark Fotheringham wasn't at Town to make friends.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 6, 2023 17:29:05 GMT 1
Yes. The second part of the league season ( after the table is completed in the first part ) is a little knockout competition. Still waiting for the League to update to 48 or 49 games played for those in the play-offs. I know you'll never back down because you love the attention.
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Post by ldotm on Jun 6, 2023 17:35:30 GMT 1
Danny Williams knob isn’t even that big
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 17:38:14 GMT 1
Love the attention ? LOL
Yeah its great.
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Post by sabailand on Jun 6, 2023 17:45:14 GMT 1
Lou macari having taken over an hopeless situation and almost keeping us up, and then going on to make the playoffs the season after was actually a pretty decent manager.
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Post by Porrohman on Jun 6, 2023 17:58:46 GMT 1
Bennett was a better keeper than smithies We should shoot towards the south stand in the second half, always Kian Harratt would've scored more goals last season for us than Ward or Rhodes if given the same minutes The pink kit was always going to be a relegation season kit Izzy brown had a great impact than Kasey Palmer Ryan Schofield won't play league football again in his career I can't remember Dean Gorre being as good as everyone remembers Carlos decided to leave when the club wouldn't back him and would be selling the crown jewels (again) Dean Hoyle knew full well Potless didn't have the funds to run the club; he gave him it to siphon off the parachute payments and asset strip the club to get his money back and hope to do the bare minimum to stay in the championship You mean the kit we won games in ? Cos we got fuck all in that black and grey monstrosity.
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 6, 2023 18:18:57 GMT 1
Which is also a league followed by a play off of those that qualify. Anyway surely there’s only one way to settle this, what do the EFL say on the matter?Already explained this. The most recent championship result ion the EFL website is Coventry 1 Luton 1 at Wembley. As for the Champions League - if you're unbeaten in the group stages but lost in the first knockout stage 3 years running, are you unbeaten in the Champions League for 3 years? No…however you’re unbeaten in the Champions League league. The unbeaten run under Lee Mack was categorised as an “unbeaten run in the league”, or an unbeaten run of Football League league games, it wasn’t an unbeaten run of Football League games.
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Post by rockwall on Jun 6, 2023 19:29:23 GMT 1
Already explained this. The most recent championship result ion the EFL website is Coventry 1 Luton 1 at Wembley. As for the Champions League - if you're unbeaten in the group stages but lost in the first knockout stage 3 years running, are you unbeaten in the Champions League for 3 years? No…however you’re unbeaten in the Champions League league. The unbeaten run under Lee Mack was categorised as an “unbeaten run in the league”, or an unbeaten run of Football League league games, it wasn’t an unbeaten run of Football League games. Comedy at its finest.....
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Jun 6, 2023 22:51:19 GMT 1
Town's obsession with that elderly lady fan and her daughter is abit tedious.
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Post by impact on Jun 7, 2023 0:22:38 GMT 1
Phil Billing is too good for Bury
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 7, 2023 8:49:32 GMT 1
Sandra HTAFC should stop, there was some good stuff originally, but it’s become a tedious non funny form of parody, with the Forest chops in particular having become spread far far too thin.
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Post by kilnerbankfrank on Jun 7, 2023 9:33:44 GMT 1
Bennett was a better keeper than smithies We should shoot towards the south stand in the second half, always Kian Harratt would've scored more goals last season for us than Ward or Rhodes if given the same minutes The pink kit was always going to be a relegation season kit Izzy brown had a great impact than Kasey Palmer Ryan Schofield won't play league football again in his career I can't remember Dean Gorre being as good as everyone remembers Carlos decided to leave when the club wouldn't back him and would be selling the crown jewels (again) Dean Hoyle knew full well Potless didn't have the funds to run the club; he gave him it to siphon off the parachute payments and asset strip the club to get his money back and hope to do the bare minimum to stay in the championship Only the Gorre one is anywhere near even approaching controversial.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 7, 2023 9:42:31 GMT 1
Bennett was a better keeper than smithies We should shoot towards the south stand in the second half, always Kian Harratt would've scored more goals last season for us than Ward or Rhodes if given the same minutes The pink kit was always going to be a relegation season kit Izzy brown had a great impact than Kasey Palmer Ryan Schofield won't play league football again in his career I can't remember Dean Gorre being as good as everyone remembers Carlos decided to leave when the club wouldn't back him and would be selling the crown jewels (again) Dean Hoyle knew full well Potless didn't have the funds to run the club; he gave him it to siphon off the parachute payments and asset strip the club to get his money back and hope to do the bare minimum to stay in the championship Only the Gorre one is anywhere near even approaching controversial. Its the only one approaching being right.
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 7, 2023 9:44:18 GMT 1
Already explained this. The most recent championship result ion the EFL website is Coventry 1 Luton 1 at Wembley. As for the Champions League - if you're unbeaten in the group stages but lost in the first knockout stage 3 years running, are you unbeaten in the Champions League for 3 years? No…however you’re unbeaten in the Champions League league. The unbeaten run under Lee Mack was categorised as an “unbeaten run in the league”, or an unbeaten run of Football League league games, it wasn’t an unbeaten run of Football League games.
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on Jun 7, 2023 10:38:03 GMT 1
Hope I'm proven wrong, but I feel Warnock staying on might be a big mistake
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 7, 2023 12:19:25 GMT 1
No…however you’re unbeaten in the Champions League league. The unbeaten run under Lee Mack was categorised as an “unbeaten run in the league”, or an unbeaten run of Football League league games, it wasn’t an unbeaten run of Football League games.What do you mean lie, its a fact!? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._records_and_statistics"Longest unbeaten league run" (importantly with a lowercase 'l'), and with the footnote - "They lost in the 2011 Football League play-offs in the middle of this run, but the three play-off games were not counted as regular league games". N-Power, the League sponsor at that time, gave a plaque to the club to commemorate that fact.
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Post by Porrohman on Jun 7, 2023 12:24:39 GMT 1
What do you mean lie, its a fact!? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._records_and_statistics"Longest unbeaten league run" (importantly with a lowercase 'l'), and with the footnote - "They lost in the 2011 Football League play-offs in the middle of this run, but the three play-off games were not counted as regular league games". N-Power, the League sponsor at that time, gave a plaque to the club to commemorate that fact. OK, when did Lee Mack manage Town, then ?
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 7, 2023 12:26:55 GMT 1
What do you mean lie, its a fact!? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._records_and_statistics"Longest unbeaten league run" (importantly with a lowercase 'l'), and with the footnote - "They lost in the 2011 Football League play-offs in the middle of this run, but the three play-off games were not counted as regular league games". N-Power, the League sponsor at that time, gave a plaque to the club to commemorate that fact. OK, when did Lee Mack manage Town, then ? would've been great in a cup run - we're not going out..
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Post by Porrohman on Jun 7, 2023 12:28:23 GMT 1
OK, when did Lee Mack manage Town, then ? would've been great in a cup run - we're not going out.. Til last Saturday the 3 in a row gang must've been close to the 1% club
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 7, 2023 12:30:15 GMT 1
What do you mean lie, its a fact!? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._records_and_statistics"Longest unbeaten league run" (importantly with a lowercase 'l'), and with the footnote - "They lost in the 2011 Football League play-offs in the middle of this run, but the three play-off games were not counted as regular league games". N-Power, the League sponsor at that time, gave a plaque to the club to commemorate that fact. OK, when did Lee Mack manage Town, then ? Well he's everywhere else - so I'm sure he must have at some point!
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Post by Tinpot on Jun 7, 2023 13:21:19 GMT 1
Fotheringham would have kept us up 😂😂😂😂 It says controversial opinions, not absolute lunacy.
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Post by ldotm on Jun 7, 2023 18:08:35 GMT 1
Bennett was a better keeper than smithies We should shoot towards the south stand in the second half, always Kian Harratt would've scored more goals last season for us than Ward or Rhodes if given the same minutes The pink kit was always going to be a relegation season kit Izzy brown had a great impact than Kasey Palmer Ryan Schofield won't play league football again in his career I can't remember Dean Gorre being as good as everyone remembers Carlos decided to leave when the club wouldn't back him and would be selling the crown jewels (again) Dean Hoyle knew full well Potless didn't have the funds to run the club; he gave him it to siphon off the parachute payments and asset strip the club to get his money back and hope to do the bare minimum to stay in the championship Only the Gorre one is anywhere near even approaching controversial. Harratt one too - people on here massively downplay the level of standard. Harratt bagged goals for fun in the U23s, it’s a completely different level, look at how many players from the u23s end up being semi pro for the majority of their career. Harratt was never even a regular for L2 sides. Ward and Rhodes have their faults but it’s hardly like they were squandering chances left, right and centre. We hardly created anything. For the record, I like Harratt and looks a good prospect, but people are so quick to look at someone scoring goals in the 23s and assume that translates into goals at a much higher level.
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Post by bejesus on Jun 7, 2023 23:03:23 GMT 1
Ooh, let's see. Sorry if others have mentioned some of these. And don't anyone get offended.
Wagner is massively overrated. The most defensive manager I have ever seen. Whole months without a single shot on target is completely unacceptable at any level. Cowardly football. He might be a good coach but he doesn't understand the game itself.
Pritchard was the latest in an extremely long line (now including Thomas and Russell, almost Koroma) of very talented players that the club have stifled, demoralised, devalued, and crushed in one way or another. Yes, a lot of the time their attitudes were also questionable, but it's our job to get the best out of these guys and we have consistently failed at it over many decades, especially when it comes to the more mercurial talents. Fans have played their part in it as well.
This might be the most controversial of all. I feel a bit bad about it too because I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but it can't be helped. I'll keep it as respectful as possible and just say... Big Frank wasn't all that. He didn't score anywhere near enough goals for us. Never in the "fookin' box" as Greaves would say. Downed tools with the others during the shameful relegation season as well. Still a wonderfully skillful player who produced moments of magic.
Slightly devil's advocate. Selling Marcus wasn't a terrible idea and the impact of it is overblown by many fans. It was a decent deal on paper for a guy "pushing 30" (okay, 27/28) who we'd had 3/4 good seasons out of, who could be one more bad injury away from being on the scrapheap. The team had already started losing momentum and probably weren't going up anyway, and the rot at boardroom level in all likelihood would have continued our downfall regardless of whether MS was at the club, and would have resulted in him leaving for a much lower fee.
Smithies is/was a terrible goalkeeper. He makes good saves but that's all. Much like De Gea, it means nothing when he ships that many through mistakes, indecision and just a general lack of a commanding presence.
Our academy (or whatever we call it these days) has almost entirely produced bog-standard dross. We keep the squeaky clean "good men" who work hard but let the ones with talent and an edge to them slip through the net. LOB is by far the best player to come through it. Apart from him, most other decent ones were imported late in their development. He's the exception that proves the rule.
We are no more "little old Huddersfield" than Leeds are "little old Leeds" or Liverpool are "little old Liverpool". This was always just a line in propaganda to force us to accept low expectations, low investment, low ambition, shit results. Football is a meritocracy. Doesn't matter how many fans you have or what you've won in the past. If you're not in the game to climb the pyramid, smash the big boys with your team of underpaid rejects, to be better than everyone else by being smarter than them, to prove everyone wrong and win regardless, what the hell are you there for?
I think someone mentioned this on another thread, so credit to whoever that was. RVLP was far better than most gave him credit for. His all-round game (admittedly, barring end-product a lot of the time) was superb.
Lastly and least controversial of all, Neil Warnock is our Brian Clough and when we lost him we missed our date with destiny AGAIN (Shankly). There is something alchemical about the mix of Neil and Huddersfield Town. It just fits perfectly together in a deep and metaphysical way. He's our ideal manager and we're his ideal club. Who knows how far we would have gone together. I'm a dreamer and I say very very far indeed.
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 8, 2023 8:38:10 GMT 1
Town's obsession with that elderly lady fan and her daughter is abit tedious. Who/what is this ?!
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Post by gledholt terrier on Jun 8, 2023 9:48:01 GMT 1
Town's obsession with that elderly lady fan and her daughter is abit tedious. Who/what is this ?! Maureen Proctor is a 90 year old lady who follows Town home and away, served many years as chair of the HTFC supporters club and has been a fan for 80 years. Tediously, Town celebrated her with a video (Co-starring her daughter) upon her 90th birthday. Once.
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 8, 2023 9:50:27 GMT 1
Heather Whitehead is an actual sueprfan.
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Post by Galpharmer on Jun 8, 2023 10:03:53 GMT 1
Heather Whitehead is an actual sueprfan. Only if she can park near the ground.
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