BFTG - Huddersfield

[Sutekh]

Positives….

Looked better than that what was served up at Lincoln
Huddersfield are going to be top notch this season but managed to hold them for most of the game
Lane & Kyerewaa

Negatives….

Losing Wing to injury after just 25 minutes
Burns not been taught how to head the ball
Plenty of supposed creatives but there appears to be a real lack of pace throughout the team, consequently the final third gets rather congested and leads to too many options really not helping the decision processes
Has someone asked Rob if we could buy a striker?
The officials are just as bad this season as last, being bad for both sides in a game though doesn’t make it alright.

No need to panic just yet, Orient lost 5 of their first 5 last season and Reading lost 4 of their first 6 back in 2011. Be great once the window closes and we see what we’ve got.

[Bristol Paul]

Agree other than thought Burns did ok other than the header than conceded the corner they scored from. If we had strikers and another CB I think we would be good to go

[RoyalBlue]

Agree other than thought Burns did ok other than the header than conceded the corner they scored from. If we had strikers and another CB I think we would be good to go

Agree. Apart from that and the missed goalscoring opportunity for us with his head just before they scored, I thought he looked very good for most of the game. He's also very good on the ball.

[windermereROYAL]

Burns looked very good, but lets hammer him for 2 misjudged headers.

[Hound]

Burns looked very good, but lets hammer him for 2 misjudged headers.

Problem is they were 2 of the most decisive actions of the game….

He was great for the rest I thought though

[Hound]

I think things will come good, we’ve the basis of a good side

We certainly matched Huddersfield pretty well throughout

I’m concerned about the lack of chemistry and creativity in the final third. I’m also not too happy with the subs made today. Need to be a bit smarter there

But some good signs amongst it. We pressed exceptionally well. The midfield looks good on the whole (though must take a chunk of blame for lack of creation). Lane and Kyeweraa had half decent games individually and O Mahony worked hard and pressed well

We only really look capable of creating through a set piece or pressing a mistake

[Elm Park Kid]

I have no issue with fans moaning and playing armchair manager/owner. That's what football is all about.

But can we just for once break the cycle where 4-5 poor results leads to the majority on here calling for a manager to go?

[Millsy]

I've wet my bed many times over the years but this certainly isn't going to be one, unless perhaps we're in the relegation zone with half the season to go.

Hunt (whom I didn't support initially) has just had his best midfielder sold and doesn't have a full squad yet.

Despite that, put in a great show against a top team and the result could've easily been different if Burns had connected (not going to knock him, he was fine otherwise).

So good to see subs made with a decent amount of time to go instead of at 89mins under previous managers.

Really excited, positive and looking forward to the next game.

WELL DONE BOYS AND WELCOME TO THE CLUB COUHIG! Things are literally only going to get better from here, that much is guaranteed.

[Getthebeerens]

We didn’t look too bad today and certainly an improvement on Lincoln. Felt we got in some dangerous positions on the pitch without turning it into a chance. Generally pleased with the new signings. Think we just need to give this team some time to gel and things will start moving in the right direction.

[Crowbar6753]

Not worried yet, overall a better performance only spoilt by two errors which cost us the game. I said a month back that it was going to be a difficult first month due to fixtures and the team needing time to bed in and gel.
It was a shame that Wing got injured as i was liking the shape of the midfield and the movement up until then. I'm confident we will get a forward in and hopefully whoever that is can take some of the pressure off O'Mahoney.
My one slight concern overall was the substitutes, firstly, i don't think Doyle is a winger and would have preferred him playing off the shoulder of the forward. Ideally big Kelvin should have gone left but we have no cover for O'Mahoney !! So would have put Garcia there as cover. Secondly, and i keep saying this, why did we keep Camara!! We're chasing the game and need something to happen on the right, let's bring on Camara!! How about let's not bring on camara.....i think Osho has had a pretty decent pre-season and looked good during his cameo's and at least he try's to take on his player and get the ball into the box!! failing that, put Ahmed at RB and push Abrefa wide right?

Its two games, Orient had a tough start last season as they had to bed in so many Loanee's, pretty sure we're in the same boat. I just hope the give Noel at least 15 games to prove himself.

[Ascotexgunner]

Burns looked very good, but lets hammer him for 2 misjudged headers.

And the stupid free kick he gave them that lead to their second.

[bakerlou]

Agree with the even-handed posts on this so far

Also
O'Mahoney really didn't hold the ball up at all. I'm struggling to find positive things about him from what I've seen so far.
Kyerewaa was terrific in a loose cannon kind of way and they offered nothing on the right until he went off, too concerned about him causing problems on our left
Abrefa was good too, I've got him down as our MOTM
We lost a lot of creativity when Wing went off as everything was going through him up until then. Having said that, Elliott was excellent in a different type of role.

And
WTF was going on with that Hudds guy pretending to have cramp? It was beyond embarrassing. The ref making him leave the pitch was one of the few decent moments of reffing all afternoon.

Not too disappointed - there really wasn't much in it and 2-0 flattered them a bit (although 1-0 wouldn't have), I felt the big difference was that they seemed to be used to playing together, whereas obvsly we're still fumbling about a bit.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I can see a lot of parallels with the first Selles season, except more stability off the pitch. New, young team getting outsmarted by more experienced sides, but I think we're better now and it won't get as dire as then. It's easy to say we've lost quality players like Smith, Knibbs, Azeez, Mbengue and Bindon because we have. But 2 years ago, Bindon was an unproven 18 year old, we weren't convinced on Azeez or Mbengue, Knibbs was being wasted out of position and looked unconvincing. Even Smith was injured at first and had been quite a streaky striker at Cambridge; not the 20 goal a season L1 player we sold.

With a stable off pitch situation, we would not have been looking at another rebuild job only 2 years later. No doubt players would have been sold as that's what happens in L1, but it would have been phased and with better succession planning. Hopefully this time we really can set ourselves up for sustained success.

The only concern is the high number of loanees as we can't really build with them. How much short term pain is it worth persevering with O'Mahony for when it's for Brighton's benefit?

[Jackson Corner]

Let’s be realistic here. Huddersfield have spent over a million on championship players we haven’t spent a penny. Just loans and free transfers. Whilst losing 3 of our best players. Then we lose Wing after 20 minutes. We have new owners but hey are boat Hollywood actors with millions or a filthy rich middle eastern oil rich country. They want to run the club on an even keel. Sadly this means no chance of promotion. last season the two clubs who spent the most money went up. Sadly it’s the way football works.

[72 bus]

I can see a lot of parallels with the first Selles season, except more stability off the pitch. New, young team getting outsmarted by more experienced sides, but I think we're better now and it won't get as dire as then. It's easy to say we've lost quality players like Smith, Knibbs, Azeez, Mbengue and Bindon because we have. But 2 years ago, Bindon was an unproven 18 year old, we weren't convinced on Azeez or Mbengue, Knibbs was being wasted out of position and looked unconvincing. Even Smith was injured at first and had been quite a streaky striker at Cambridge; not the 20 goal a season L1 player we sold.

With a stable off pitch situation, we would not have been looking at another rebuild job only 2 years later. No doubt players would have been sold as that's what happens in L1, but it would have been phased and with better succession planning. Hopefully this time we really can set ourselves up for sustained success.

The only concern is the high number of loanees as we can't really build with them. How much short term pain is it worth persevering with O'Mahony for when it's for Brighton's benefit?

I can say with some confidence that O'Mahony will not feature for Brightons first team as long as they are a Premiership club.

[andrew1957]

I agree with the other posts. Of course it is always disappointing to lose a couple of games but considering we have lost so many players and have to bed in new ones, it will take time. We have also been given what looks like a very difficult first 10 games or so and so patience is required.

Just a plea to the owners for Hunty. Please give him plenty of time to turn this round. He and Selles before him worked a minor miracle last season and he deserves a long time to get this right.

And new owners, we do desperately need a striker. No offence to O’Mahony but it was very clear even in pre season that he should not be first choice. We need an experienced player to start games and then perhaps bring him on later in the game and bed him in that way, as we did with Wareham last season,

I am confident we will do ok this season but think a mid table finish is more realistic than top 6.

[Sutekh]

Having lost the prime centre back pairing as well aa all the goals in the team it’s hardly surprising there is currently a big disconnect in the team at the moment. Plenty of recruitment and bedding in is still required. Could do without what will be the largely pointless league cup trip coming up in favour of another complete week working on things but it is what it is. Hunt’s job is currently safe, no one is calling for him to go and the owners both like him and appreciate the tough job he’s got to rebuild things.

[Bristol Paul]

I can see a lot of parallels with the first Selles season, except more stability off the pitch. New, young team getting outsmarted by more experienced sides, but I think we're better now and it won't get as dire as then. It's easy to say we've lost quality players like Smith, Knibbs, Azeez, Mbengue and Bindon because we have. But 2 years ago, Bindon was an unproven 18 year old, we weren't convinced on Azeez or Mbengue, Knibbs was being wasted out of position and looked unconvincing. Even Smith was injured at first and had been quite a streaky striker at Cambridge; not the 20 goal a season L1 player we sold.

With a stable off pitch situation, we would not have been looking at another rebuild job only 2 years later. No doubt players would have been sold as that's what happens in L1, but it would have been phased and with better succession planning. Hopefully this time we really can set ourselves up for sustained success.

The only concern is the high number of loanees as we can't really build with them. How much short term pain is it worth persevering with O'Mahony for when it's for Brighton's benefit?

Good post. Re loanees, hopeful that a few of them will have buy clauses for us to activate if they do well. Reading the Huddersfield forum, a good number of posts thought we looked pretty good, and that we will be top 10. I agree, but it will take a few more games and a few more signings, but think we have the making of a decent side, and the strength off the bench was far better than previous years.

[Snowflake Royal]

Thanks, good to read some more balanced and intelligent reviews of the game rather than sulky emotionally charged rants.

[MR. CYNICAL]

Having lost the prime centre back pairing as well aa all the goals in the team it’s hardly surprising there is currently a big disconnect in the team at the moment. Plenty of recruitment and bedding in is still required. Could do without what will be the largely pointless league cup trip coming up in favour of another complete week working on things but it is what it is. Hunt’s job is currently safe, no one is calling for him to go and the owners both like him and appreciate the tough job he’s got to rebuild things.

Pointless as Tuesday's game might seem, there's no better place to work on things than on the pitch in an actual game, albeit with some changes in the starting line up.