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Post by bluesandtwos on Aug 30, 2024 22:09:31 GMT 1
just me who thinks joe taylor looks like he can’t be arsed? very half arsed pressing Maybe he wanted to come to us? This from the BBC website after Luton's defeat: "Luton will rue Elijah Adebayo's missed chance with the score 1-0, but they have now scored just two goals in four games and have one point in the Championship." He did really well last season in League 2 & League 1 and now, with a team after him who will be pushing for promotion from League 1, he has to stay at Luton where he is going to warm the bench behind strikers who do not look good. No wonder he doesn't look impressed.
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Post by harri54 on Aug 30, 2024 22:11:24 GMT 1
We've played 5 competitive fixtures this season, scored 10 goals, and kept 4 clean sheets. Yet because we might miss out on Luton's sub striker, all of a sudden we're not getting promoted. Folk saying yes but we NEED a striker! No we don't, we would like one, and it would strengthen us, but 20 goal a season strikers aren't ten a penny. Get a bloody grip. No offence to anyone personally, but this ain't a game of FIFA or Football Manager. Personally, I'm happy that they won't just go out and sign anyone, that's how we ended up with half the dross in the first place. 5 games in. 4 wins. 4 clean sheets. 10 goals. Forgive me, but I'm going to choose to be optimistic. Fair play Big Jim for your optimism. If I may, just some points : - You correctly point out our results. Did you watch the performances in all those 5 matches ? Excellent against Peterborough then progressively worse against the next four, culminating in a totally deserved defeat against Division 2 opponents.Do you think we've been impressive in those four matches Big Jim ? - "Luton's sub striker" as you describe him is one of the two players mentioned in Mr Nagle's latest tweet. He implies there were only these two worth going for. Has Mr Cartwright told him this ? Mr Nagle says that decent strikers "don't grow on trees". I've watched Town for over 50 years and certainly don't need a a comment like this from someone who, with respect, gets most of his Huddersfield Town knowledge from Mr Cartwright et al. I was around when Ian Greaves was explaining how hard it is - for ANY club - to get strikers.This isn't new but is why we pay several people at our club to earn their money. Nearly all the posters I've read accept that the striker position is hardest to fill - it always has been and always will be. I hate these posts that say "well if you're so clever, name me players we could have got". That is not my very well paid job and I have no idea about Premier League/Championship available players. (I live in Burnley and could actually name you two players from their squad that we could have gone for, with every chance of success.) - VERY FEW posters on this thread that I've seen have said we must bring in a "20 goal a season" striker. Nobody has suggested they are ten a penny BUT if Mr Cartwright, after at least two full windows, cannot bring anyone in who's better than what we've got - then he should quite simply go. Michael Duff admirably goes on about what a big club we are in this Division. That has not been reflected in our,seemingly, pathetic hunt for a striker. I'm a Kevin Nagle fan but he accepts himself that he doesn't - yet - know a lot about Huddersfield Town and even less about the English League Division 1. Everything he has said this season has emphasised how vital it is that we get promoted first time. Presumably he is getting told by the people at the club that a top two place is likely with what we have. PLEASE let's not have last season's "wait till January to strengthen rubbish". We had that last season - we got relegated. I, and nearly everyone I know, thinks this is wildly optimistic. Early days so far this season but tomorrow's match at Rotherham has suddenly become a game whereby we can work out if our start is worthy of your optimism. I hope it is. We have strengthened, including a striker, & Duff says he is happy with the squad depth. Of course we would like to land a further target of the two, but it's not worth losing sleep over while we are above rivals. Let's provide support & see whether Duff's confidence & managerial nouse gets us back where we want to be, instead of being kneejerk 'crystal ball' critics.
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Post by richhtfc on Aug 30, 2024 22:12:23 GMT 1
Best thing that’s happened today is that Nichols and Helik are still with us
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Post by galpharm2400 on Aug 30, 2024 22:12:37 GMT 1
Hardly a sitter was it,he'd need to be stood on a step ladder to head that in. Or not be 5.6ft Hudlin would have had to bend down to get his head on it, oh for a 6ft 2 ins striker when you need one..😉
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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 30, 2024 22:13:43 GMT 1
All adds to the pot to offset relegation. Including the Sorba loan fee we must have brought in over £5m. You've proper acted like a reet fanny today. I'm a bit embarrassed for you to be fair. Hopefully you're feeling better tomorrow. Don't worry about me, mate. I'll be honest, I'm quite happy with most of our deals, but, the final piece to the jigsaw is the biggest piece and it's still missing. Whether it's Taylor or somebody else, we need a proper goalscorer. Relying on a lad that had barely played senior football to get us the goals is too much to ask for the lad. Ward doesn't cut it, Healey and Radulovic can't get fit, I'm a fan of Koroma but he's a winger. We needed to go all out to bring in a 15+ scorer but Nagle's comments earlier made out only two targets were fit for the shirt? How far are they looking? I'm disappointed we stuck all our eggs in the Taylor basket knowing we're relying on them bringing in a striker on deadline day without other options in the pipeline.
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Post by Dan on Aug 30, 2024 22:15:56 GMT 1
Best thing that’s happened today is that Nichols and Helik are still with us Both signing for Al-Ahli on Monday.
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Post by Drew Peacock on Aug 30, 2024 22:16:36 GMT 1
You've proper acted like a reet fanny today. I'm a bit embarrassed for you to be fair. Hopefully you're feeling better tomorrow. Don't worry about me, mate. I'll be honest, I'm quite happy with most of our deals, but, the final piece to the jigsaw is the biggest piece and it's still missing. Whether it's Taylor or somebody else, we need a proper goalscorer. Relying on a lad that had barely played senior football to get us the goals is too much to ask for the lad. Ward doesn't cut it, Healey and Radulovic can't get fit, I'm a fan of Koroma but he's a winger. We needed to go all out to bring in a 15+ scorer but Nagle's comments earlier made out only two targets were fit for the shirt? How far are they looking? I'm disappointed we stuck all our eggs in the Taylor basket knowing we're relying on them bringing in a striker on deadline day without other options in the pipeline. From what I've seen I expect Marshall to hit double figures this season. There's no reason Koroma can't hit 15 IMO.
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Post by town1971 on Aug 30, 2024 22:19:02 GMT 1
Many strikers out of contract .Maybe we could pick up a bargain on a short term deal Me I am happy with what we have signed UTT.
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Post by soapystevens on Aug 30, 2024 22:19:20 GMT 1
Two targets fit for the shirt!! and all this Taylor business it is just a shambles and exactly why this club will not get promoted. Who is Nagle getting his information from.
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Post by htafcdan on Aug 30, 2024 22:19:54 GMT 1
40 minutes should we stay up
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Post by harri54 on Aug 30, 2024 22:20:40 GMT 1
Two targets fit for the shirt!! and all this Taylor business it is just a shambles and exactly why this club will not get promoted. Who is Nagle getting his information from. I bet his crystal ball cost more than yours!
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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 30, 2024 22:21:25 GMT 1
Don't worry about me, mate. I'll be honest, I'm quite happy with most of our deals, but, the final piece to the jigsaw is the biggest piece and it's still missing. Whether it's Taylor or somebody else, we need a proper goalscorer. Relying on a lad that had barely played senior football to get us the goals is too much to ask for the lad. Ward doesn't cut it, Healey and Radulovic can't get fit, I'm a fan of Koroma but he's a winger. We needed to go all out to bring in a 15+ scorer but Nagle's comments earlier made out only two targets were fit for the shirt? How far are they looking? I'm disappointed we stuck all our eggs in the Taylor basket knowing we're relying on them bringing in a striker on deadline day without other options in the pipeline. From what I've seen I expect Marshall to hit double figures this season. There's no reason Koroma can't hit 15 IMO. I hope so, but it's a big ask. Marshall has scored against the bottom of league 1 and the bottom of league 2. Hope he can do it away at places like Bolton, etc. We're going to have to manage his minutes or he could burn out before the run-in.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Aug 30, 2024 22:22:14 GMT 1
Fair play Big Jim for your optimism. If I may, just some points : - You correctly point out our results. Did you watch the performances in all those 5 matches ? Excellent against Peterborough then progressively worse against the next four, culminating in a totally deserved defeat against Division 2 opponents.Do you think we've been impressive in those four matches Big Jim ? - "Luton's sub striker" as you describe him is one of the two players mentioned in Mr Nagle's latest tweet. He implies there were only these two worth going for. Has Mr Cartwright told him this ? Mr Nagle says that decent strikers "don't grow on trees". I've watched Town for over 50 years and certainly don't need a a comment like this from someone who, with respect, gets most of his Huddersfield Town knowledge from Mr Cartwright et al. I was around when Ian Greaves was explaining how hard it is - for ANY club - to get strikers.This isn't new but is why we pay several people at our club to earn their money. Nearly all the posters I've read accept that the striker position is hardest to fill - it always has been and always will be. I hate these posts that say "well if you're so clever, name me players we could have got". That is not my very well paid job and I have no idea about Premier League/Championship available players. (I live in Burnley and could actually name you two players from their squad that we could have gone for, with every chance of success.) - VERY FEW posters on this thread that I've seen have said we must bring in a "20 goal a season" striker. Nobody has suggested they are ten a penny BUT if Mr Cartwright, after at least two full windows, cannot bring anyone in who's better than what we've got - then he should quite simply go. Michael Duff admirably goes on about what a big club we are in this Division. That has not been reflected in our,seemingly, pathetic hunt for a striker. I'm a Kevin Nagle fan but he accepts himself that he doesn't - yet - know a lot about Huddersfield Town and even less about the English League Division 1. Everything he has said this season has emphasised how vital it is that we get promoted first time. Presumably he is getting told by the people at the club that a top two place is likely with what we have. PLEASE let's not have last season's "wait till January to strengthen rubbish". We had that last season - we got relegated. I, and nearly everyone I know, thinks this is wildly optimistic. Early days so far this season but tomorrow's match at Rotherham has suddenly become a game whereby we can work out if our start is worthy of your optimism. I hope it is. We have strengthened, including a striker, & Duff says he is happy with the squad depth. Of course we would like to land a further target of the two, but it's not worth losing sleep over while we are above rivals. Let's provide support & see whether Duff's confidence & managerial nouse gets us back where we want to be, instead of being kneejerk 'crystal ball' critics. There is a need for a blend of types of strikers in a squad. If you cant hold the ball up, then you lose a way of moving the ball up the pitch and given our lack of great pace up there we lose another way of turning the opposition. No big man again curtails the ability to sling it in on occasion.. The big man is also another string to your defence of corners and free kicks etc.. The big centre forward does not have to score 20 a season, he has his uses and adds to the teams depth of tactical ability. 3 ball playing central midfielders who could run hard and tackle anything that moves, arrive late and score or bend free kicks in, would be fortunes, so you bring in the best mix of the different talents you can. Strikers dont have to score every week, just be useful in enabling the team to score.
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Post by COWSHEDPHIL on Aug 30, 2024 22:22:17 GMT 1
If Bojan can actually get fit we’ll piss this league ….
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Post by Ross83 on Aug 30, 2024 22:23:01 GMT 1
You've gotta laugh, every window were crying out for the striker that never comes.
It's nearly time.. are Vaughan or Beckford available on loan?
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Post by Big Ern on Aug 30, 2024 22:23:11 GMT 1
Two targets fit for the shirt!! and all this Taylor business it is just a shambles and exactly why this club will not get promoted. Who is Nagle getting his information from. Luton's 5th choice striker aside... We have the best keeper in the league, best CB in the league, best RWB in the league, one of the best LWB in the league, excellent choices in midfield and the only thing we don't particularly excel in is up front. However we have Healey who is considered a good striker and Bojan who for me has a point to prove. Is it all really that bad?? We have strengthened almost every position and we currently sit 2nd having won every league game. When you really sit and think about it we are all overreacting...myself included.
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Post by alanalanleeee on Aug 30, 2024 22:25:07 GMT 1
Best thing that’s happened today is that Nichols and Helik are still with us Not 11 yet
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Post by soapystevens on Aug 30, 2024 22:25:20 GMT 1
Two targets fit for the shirt!! and all this Taylor business it is just a shambles and exactly why this club will not get promoted. Who is Nagle getting his information from. I bet his crystal ball cost more than yours! Every single Town fan who you talk to all say the same "we need a striker" so the one area we don't strengthen is!!
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Post by mids on Aug 30, 2024 22:25:34 GMT 1
Marshall could be THE goalscorer we need. He has every chance to.
Healey is a goalscorer. He just needs to get and stay fit.
Radulovic could be an asset, but he's another one who's made of bone China.
Ward & Koroma will get a few between them, especially at this level.
Phillips will presumably come back soon with increased confidence.
The midfield is improved and has goals in it.
Helik, Lees, Pearson are good from dead balls in the attacking third.
If all else fails, there's January...and an added striker to boost our title challenge nearer certainty.
Birmingham are blowing their brains out financially. They won't keep everyone happy. Hopefully they go bust and/or fook it up.
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Post by brodie81 on Aug 30, 2024 22:25:52 GMT 1
Luton kept Taylor as they didn't get another forward...
Why have we sent Harret out on loan? I'm baffled. It's not like he wasn't getting on bench he played against Shrewsbury.
Bad bad bad business,is it us being the soft touch Huddersfield not wanting to let fleetwood down?
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Post by tottz on Aug 30, 2024 22:26:47 GMT 1
What is the story with Bojan? When's he back?
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Post by mids on Aug 30, 2024 22:28:39 GMT 1
I'm glad we don't appear to be chasing a 'make do' Plan C striker. Pointless getting someone just for the sake of it. As much as we wanted May and Taylor there's no guarantee either would have succeeded...every signing is a gamble.
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Post by harri54 on Aug 30, 2024 22:28:51 GMT 1
We have strengthened, including a striker, & Duff says he is happy with the squad depth. Of course we would like to land a further target of the two, but it's not worth losing sleep over while we are above rivals. Let's provide support & see whether Duff's confidence & managerial nouse gets us back where we want to be, instead of being kneejerk 'crystal ball' critics. There is a need for a blend of types of strikers in a squad. If you cant hold the ball up, then you lose a way of moving the ball up the pitch and given our lack of great pace up there we lose another way of turning the opposition. No big man again curtails the ability to sling it in on occasion.. The big man is also another string to your defence of corners and free kicks etc.. The big centre forward does not have to score 20 a season, he has his uses and adds to the teams depth of tactical ability. 3 ball playing central midfielders who could run hard and tackle anything that moves, arrive late and score or bend free kicks in, would be fortunes, so you bring in the best mix of the different talents you can. Strikers dont have to score every week, just be useful in enabling the team to score. Big men, May and Taylor?? My granny was bigger than both of them.
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Post by Big Jim on Aug 30, 2024 22:33:10 GMT 1
We've played 5 competitive fixtures this season, scored 10 goals, and kept 4 clean sheets. Yet because we might miss out on Luton's sub striker, all of a sudden we're not getting promoted. Folk saying yes but we NEED a striker! No we don't, we would like one, and it would strengthen us, but 20 goal a season strikers aren't ten a penny. Get a bloody grip. No offence to anyone personally, but this ain't a game of FIFA or Football Manager. Personally, I'm happy that they won't just go out and sign anyone, that's how we ended up with half the dross in the first place. 5 games in. 4 wins. 4 clean sheets. 10 goals. Forgive me, but I'm going to choose to be optimistic. Fair play Big Jim for your optimism. If I may, just some points : - You correctly point out our results. Did you watch the performances in all those 5 matches ? Excellent against Peterborough then progressively worse against the next four, culminating in a totally deserved defeat against Division 2 opponents.Do you think we've been impressive in those four matches Big Jim ? - "Luton's sub striker" as you describe him is one of the two players mentioned in Mr Nagle's latest tweet. He implies there were only these two worth going for. Has Mr Cartwright told him this ? Mr Nagle says that decent strikers "don't grow on trees". I've watched Town for over 50 years and certainly don't need a a comment like this from someone who, with respect, gets most of his Huddersfield Town knowledge from Mr Cartwright et al. I was around when Ian Greaves was explaining how hard it is - for ANY club - to get strikers.This isn't new but is why we pay several people at our club to earn their money. Nearly all the posters I've read accept that the striker position is hardest to fill - it always has been and always will be. I hate these posts that say "well if you're so clever, name me players we could have got". That is not my very well paid job and I have no idea about Premier League/Championship available players. (I live in Burnley and could actually name you two players from their squad that we could have gone for, with every chance of success.) - VERY FEW posters on this thread that I've seen have said we must bring in a "20 goal a season" striker. Nobody has suggested they are ten a penny BUT if Mr Cartwright, after at least two full windows, cannot bring anyone in who's better than what we've got - then he should quite simply go. Michael Duff admirably goes on about what a big club we are in this Division. That has not been reflected in our,seemingly, pathetic hunt for a striker. I'm a Kevin Nagle fan but he accepts himself that he doesn't - yet - know a lot about Huddersfield Town and even less about the English League Division 1. Everything he has said this season has emphasised how vital it is that we get promoted first time. Presumably he is getting told by the people at the club that a top two place is likely with what we have. PLEASE let's not have last season's "wait till January to strengthen rubbish". We had that last season - we got relegated. I, and nearly everyone I know, thinks this is wildly optimistic. Early days so far this season but tomorrow's match at Rotherham has suddenly become a game whereby we can work out if our start is worthy of your optimism. I hope it is. Hey Wigster, I prefer to go a with the blind faith and optimism approach. I'm a glass half full kinda guy. I just don't think I'd enjoy football if I was the other way out, but as they say, it's the hope that kills you. Funnily enough I have either attended or watched all of our games this season bar the Peterborough one where we played rather well! Maybe if I stop watching we'll play better? We haven't played well at all really in the previous 3 games, however, some may say the sign of a good team is being able to pick up 3 points when you aren't playing well. What I would say, is that it's only 5 competitive games into Duff's reign and he has to be given time to work with the squad, I don't think it's fair to have an entitled expectation of champagne football (not that I'm saying that's you). We brought in Healey and Bojan in January and I think at the time we were all saying how great those signings were and a big upgrade on what we had. Whilst they've have fitness troubles,I would still argue they are our best 2 strikers when fit. I'm really hoping we get to see a lot of them this season (hoping, not expecting). I think Marshall looks promising too! You never know, he could have 20 goals in him. I'm certainly no advocate for Mark Cartwright, I would like to know what's happened between Alfie May at the start and Joe Taylor now, and if there was anything in the works in-between. But credit where credit is due, he's brought is Lasse Sorensen, Herbie Kane, Mickel Miller, Marshall, and as it stands they look like decent signings.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 30, 2024 22:34:16 GMT 1
Marshall could be THE goalscorer we need. He has every chance to. Healey is a goalscorer. He just needs to get and stay fit. Radulovic could be an asset, but he's another one who's made of bone China. Ward & Koroma will get a few between them, especially at this level. Phillips will presumably come back soon with increased confidence. The midfield is improved and has goals in it. Helik, Lees, Pearson are good from dead balls in the attacking third. If all else fails, there's January...and an added striker to boost our title challenge nearer certainty. Birmingham are blowing their brains out financially. They won't keep everyone happy. Hopefully they go bust and/or fook it up. No way will a rookie manager keep them all happy at Birmingham. I can see issues there during the season.
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Post by harri54 on Aug 30, 2024 22:34:20 GMT 1
I bet his crystal ball cost more than yours! Every single Town fan who you talk to all say the same "we need a striker" so the one area we don't strengthen is!! We signed one ffs. Of course Duff said he would like one, I wish we had a big man with pace who can hold it up & play off the shoulder while poaching! However, reality helps.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Aug 30, 2024 22:35:38 GMT 1
Luton kept Taylor as they didn't get another forward... Why have we sent Harret out on loan? I'm baffled. It's not like he wasn't getting on bench he played against Shrewsbury. Bad bad bad business,is it us being the soft touch Huddersfield not wanting to let fleetwood down? Harratt has played 13 minutes in League 1 this season. When, and if, Bojan is fit and Phillips comes back he would have been further down the pecking order. He is 22 and needs to be playing football. I don't think anyone on here will consider him much of a loss.
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Post by The King's Head 1230 on Aug 30, 2024 22:35:43 GMT 1
So just to clear this up with Taylor was just a Loan or did we make a bid to buy?
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Aug 30, 2024 22:39:16 GMT 1
Luton kept Taylor as they didn't get another forward... Why have we sent Harret out on loan? I'm baffled. It's not like he wasn't getting on bench he played against Shrewsbury. Bad bad bad business,is it us being the soft touch Huddersfield not wanting to let fleetwood down? Maybe giving Harratt a bit of game time v Shrewsbury & Walsall was a chance for him to show what he could do. As he did four fifths of fuck all in either game, apart from heading it out for a throw in from 3 yards out, then maybe Duff's realized that he just isn't good enough for this level yet.
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Post by SacTown on Aug 30, 2024 22:39:45 GMT 1
This is good preparation for the Oasis ticket sale in the morning.
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