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Post by brighousebandbred on Aug 30, 2024 22:40:10 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. Spot on , nowhere near good enough as it stands to be getting in the squad , glad to see him leave hope he gains valuable experience and becomes an asset to us in the future.
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Post by 4 pts on Aug 30, 2024 22:40:11 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 terriersyndrome on Aug 30, 2024 22:41:30 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. It's getting/keeping the strikers fit that will make the difference this season. If we can keep Healey fit he's more than capable of 15+ goals. Bojan can contribute, but we can't build a squad on ifs and buts. Duff is fully aware of both injury records which is why we've tried to bring in another striker.
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Aug 30, 2024 22:45:28 GMT 1
No getting away from the fact that it’s a huge risk and disappointment to not get another striker in. The rest of the signings look good, glad we’ve kept Nicholls and Helik as well.
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Post by stevehtfc on Aug 30, 2024 22:46:44 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? Cos harratts terrible and can just recall Phillips who is a better player
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Post by townrwe on Aug 30, 2024 22:47:38 GMT 1
Misjudged the league again.... ffs... the stadium looks good as well.
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Post by pterrier on Aug 30, 2024 22:52:07 GMT 1
On the whole I’d say it’s been a 7.5 out of 10 window. Delighted to have kept helik and Nicholls (but not sure whether there’s been any real interest in them anyway). Some good signings (sorenson, miller and Kane look decent). Some signings who could come good (Evans, Marshall and the two lads from wolves). The disappointment has been our inability to bring in a striker who is better than what we currently have. Regardless of the issues with Taylor, we need to have a serious look at our scouting network if Joe Taylor and Alfie May were the only strikers in the world, within our budget, who were better than Danny Ward
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Post by shawsie on Aug 30, 2024 22:54:29 GMT 1
Misjudged the league again.... ffs... the stadium looks good as well. How? P3 w3 Lets just wait til xmas eh and then we can reassess. Disappointing we cudnt get the striker we know we need but weve strengthened elsewhere and started better than any of us thought. Onwards and upwards.
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Post by Amigo on Aug 30, 2024 22:54:35 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. What have we done wrong exactly with regards to Taylor? Clearly for what ever reason Luton don't want to let him go after we've spoke to him and have messed us about? Are you expecting us to send the boys round and kidnap him I don't understand?
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Post by brodie81 on Aug 30, 2024 22:54:55 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. When and if bojan is fit. We was trying to get a forward to strengthen the team and we've ended it one down.
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Post by kwami-hodouto on Aug 30, 2024 22:54:59 GMT 1
I am actually embarrassed to be a Town fan looking at some of the things posted on Twitter today.
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Post by brodie81 on Aug 30, 2024 22:56:11 GMT 1
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. Spot on , nowhere near good enough as it stands to be getting in the squad , glad to see him leave hope he gains valuable experience and becomes an asset to us in the future. I'm not saying he should be starting or he's good enough I'm pointing out we needed a forward and now we're one down. I
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Post by Big Jim on Aug 30, 2024 22:57:24 GMT 1
Retaining Helik, Nicholls & Brodie.
Getting rid of Sorba and Rudoni.
Signing Lasse, Evans, Miller, Kane, Marshall, Hodge, Lonwijk.
We've significantly strengthened our defence and midfield, and if fit, our strike force should be more than enough at this level.
Good window all round in my opinion.
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Post by wildhogg on Aug 30, 2024 22:57:58 GMT 1
Pretty disappointed that we haven't strengthened up front, but I wonder if we're getting a bit fixated upon Birmingham and comparing our business to theirs? They've spent an extraordinary amount of money, and should absolutely piss the league. We need to forget about them and focus on the remaining promotion spots. In reality, we're stronger up front than all of the clubs in this league other than Birmingham. Can't deny that it'd have felt great for us to cap off the window with an inspiring signing, though.
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Post by ezzie on Aug 30, 2024 22:58:40 GMT 1
Personally never got the hype with Pat Jones. Was anyone on here at the Preston away game last season? He was absolutely awful, one trick pony and got found out within his first attempt at beating a man.
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Post by brodie81 on Aug 30, 2024 22:59:13 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? Cos harratts terrible and can just recall Phillips who is a better player I can just see Cartwright in office being told we haven't got Taylor and telling Kev to bring Phillips back. I'd rather have Harret and Phillips as 3 of our forwards are injury prone
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Post by boooothy on Aug 30, 2024 22:59:19 GMT 1
Retaining Helik, Nicholls & Brodie. Getting rid of Sorba and Rudoni. Signing Lasse, Evans, Miller, Kane, Marshall, Hodge, Lonwijk. We've significantly strengthened our defence and midfield, and if fit, our strike force should be more than enough at this level. Good window all round in my opinion. Stop talking sense
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Post by richhtfc on Aug 30, 2024 23:00:08 GMT 1
Pretty disappointed that we haven't strengthened up front, but I wonder if we're getting a bit fixated upon Birmingham and comparing our business to theirs? They've spent an extraordinary amount of money, and should absolutely piss the league. We need to forget about them and focus on the remaining promotion spots. In reality, we're stronger up front than all of the clubs in this league other than Birmingham. We have strengthened up front?
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Post by philatrickstarbuck on Aug 30, 2024 23:00:14 GMT 1
Tick tock
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Post by thomo on Aug 30, 2024 23:00:19 GMT 1
Retaining Helik, Nicholls & Brodie. Getting rid of Sorba and Rudoni. Signing Lasse, Evans, Miller, Kane, Marshall, Hodge, Lonwijk. We've significantly strengthened our defence and midfield, and if😂fit, our strike force should be more than enough at this level. Good window all round in my opinion. That's a huge and very improbable 'if'!
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Post by digs on Aug 30, 2024 23:00:29 GMT 1
what the panick? there's 30 seconds left yet
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Post by Amigo on Aug 30, 2024 23:01:19 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. Who are these 2 Burnley strikers who they'd let go and want to come here? Loads of posters have said we need a 20 goal a season striker I'm not sure where you're looking. People seem to forget we've actually signed 3 strikers in 8 months 2 of which cost decent money.
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Post by shawsie on Aug 30, 2024 23:02:13 GMT 1
Spot on , nowhere near good enough as it stands to be getting in the squad , glad to see him leave hope he gains valuable experience and becomes an asset to us in the future. I'm not saying he should be starting or he's good enough I'm pointing out we needed a forward and now we're one down. I But we arent one down if hes not good enough. We actually let hudlin go as well - so technically its two down but neither are big losses. Duff will shortly have healey, bojan, ward, marshall and koroma for the fwd positions. Could it be better? Yes - but its not bad talent wise.
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Post by Amigo on Aug 30, 2024 23:02:20 GMT 1
I am actually embarrassed to be a Town fan looking at some of the things posted on Twitter here today. Amended for you.
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Post by townrwe on Aug 30, 2024 23:03:23 GMT 1
Misjudged the league again.... ffs... the stadium looks good as well. How? P3 w3 Lets just wait til xmas eh and then we can reassess. Disappointing we cudnt get the striker we know we need but weve strengthened elsewhere and started better than any of us thought. Onwards and upwards. Who have we played? We will finish in the playoffs, one more player and we were likely top 2. Hopefully, we can overachieve, but we have risked promotion not addressing the elephant.
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Post by Big Jim on Aug 30, 2024 23:04:52 GMT 1
Retaining Helik, Nicholls & Brodie. Getting rid of Sorba and Rudoni. Signing Lasse, Evans, Miller, Kane, Marshall, Hodge, Lonwijk. We've significantly strengthened our defence and midfield, and if😂fit, our strike force should be more than enough at this level. Good window all round in my opinion. That's a huge and very improbable 'if'! Everything is 'ifs'. We'll have the best CB in the league IF Helik doesn't get injured. There are so many millions of variables throughout a season. There are many 'ifs' that have to fall into place to be successful.
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Post by brodie81 on Aug 30, 2024 23:07:00 GMT 1
I'm not saying he should be starting or he's good enough I'm pointing out we needed a forward and now we're one down. I But we arent one down if hes not good enough. We actually let hudlin go as well - so technically its two down but neither are big losses. Duff will shortly have healey, bojan, ward, marshall and koroma for the fwd positions. Could it be better? Yes - but its not bad talent wise. Healey bojan ward...I hope they can stay fit.
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Post by shawsie on Aug 30, 2024 23:10:18 GMT 1
But we arent one down if hes not good enough. We actually let hudlin go as well - so technically its two down but neither are big losses. Duff will shortly have healey, bojan, ward, marshall and koroma for the fwd positions. Could it be better? Yes - but its not bad talent wise. Healey bojan ward...I hope they can stay fit. We all do. Brum may have spent c11m on may and stansfield and both could be injured in a week themselves. Its not an exact science.
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Post by NoToTrumpDonors on Aug 30, 2024 23:10:42 GMT 1
But we arent one down if hes not good enough. We actually let hudlin go as well - so technically its two down but neither are big losses. Duff will shortly have healey, bojan, ward, marshall and koroma for the fwd positions. Could it be better? Yes - but its not bad talent wise. Healey bojan ward...I hope they can stay fit. They could make a new series of Only When I Laugh with those three.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Aug 30, 2024 23:15:06 GMT 1
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. May would have been lost here next to Ward or Healey etc. Taylor wasnt my second choice to be honest. If we are playing two, then they are both pacey or one is a holder. We have neither of those options. If Bojan never plays we can pretend he could be a target man and if Healey hardly ever plays we can pretend he would score 20 plus if he wasnt so 'unlucky'. Danny Ward isnt a central striker and the young lad needs as much of the weight taking off him as possible, we wont be doing that either.
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