Huddersfield Town v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Ian.]

I don't get this wait till next season lark. We won't be any better then.

Didn't we say that last season?

We probably are better than last season.

Much better than we were, it's a slow work in progress that's all.

Bruce had an excellent window in January, with a few tweaks here and there and more time together with players we have between now and August we'll be on fire. Keep the faith.

[clash city rocker]

Bare bones...how much did our starting eleven cost vs Huddersfield starting eleven.?

[eamonn]

Think back to the Brizzle game. If they took their chances, the two shots that his the bar - they win.

The better team on the day will take their chances. Banal, plain and simple.

Eh?

Did they not hit the woodwork twice before we went on to brush them aside or am I thinking of another game?

They did, but I don't think they were the better team were they?

Plus we hit the woodwork twice as well including from a peno.

Had a feeling we were going to rue the the close misses we had in the first half tonight.
It's strange when you're not watching a game and it's scoreless, thinking the players must be working hard to fashion chances. Then a goal flash comes on the telly and SkySportsNews shows a Huddersfield player waltzing towards our box with all the time in the world to place an admittedly fine shot into the corner. Shocking defending though.

Nice to see a young lad get his debut. Any cop?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Missed the game and only read a few comments on here and have just listened to Bruce's post match interview. Whilst I can understand the disappointment of losing, there seem to be far more positives than the last few games with the exception of the points. Those dismissing Huddersfield as some team we should easily beat this season haven't been paying attention. Wagner has done a fantastic job on a shoe string. Their fans think they're the hardest working team in the league and believe they can 'out football' any team. It sounds like they got away lightly tonight.

I look forward to hearing from those at the game. If Bruce is right and it was by far our best performance away from home then there are positives to take from tonight.

[PeterWithe]

We've spent £80m quid, the small squad excuses don't really wash.

[Ian.]

Good post Rudy, I wasn't there and watched through a couple streams and it did seem like small seeds of hope and we definitely edged the first half. I'm sure most who went would agree it was a much better performance. I'm feeling quite positive towards next season.

[clash city rocker]

Quite right PW... £80 million..!!! If you accept mediocrity  then there is only one way we are heading and it ain't to the likes of Old Trafford or Stamford Bridge anytime soon.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Good post Rudy, I wasn't there and watched through a couple streams and it did seem like small seeds of hope and we definitely edged the first half. I'm sure most who went would agree it was a much better performance. I'm feeling quite positive towards next season.

Thanks but I'm not giving Bruce a free pass to next season just yet. He has to earn it but it sounds like tonight he improved his chances. Saturday should be interesting.

[PeterWithesShin]

We've spent £80m quid, the small squad excuses don't really wash.

We've got 9 or 10 players out, that screws up options for any side in any division.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We've spent £80m quid, the small squad excuses don't really wash.

We've got 9 or 10 players out, that screws up options for any side in any division.

True but it could be argued only Hogan was a real miss tonight.

[PeterWithesShin]

Point is once we went 1 down we had very little available on the the bench to try and change it. Or any options to freshen up the starting 11. Our only options were 2 shit defenders, Gardner and 3 academy players. So regardless of how much we've spent, due to our typical run of injuries the available squad of players tonight was small.

[Hookeysmith]

Thought we were the much better team first half and we're unlucky not to go in ahead

Johnstone    seemingly stood still for the goal like the defenders. Other than that kept it tidy at the back

Bree- steady

Chester /  Baker  could not fault either tonight

Taylor - getting better although needs to overlap more often

Jedinak - motm  - a rock in what he does

Conor / Lansbury   ran thier socks off and really pressed 1st half

Amavi - I keep expecting so much more from him

Kodjia - tried but isolated so many times

Adomah - omg - frustrates the shit out of me.. always seems half paced and half arsed. Slow in thought as well as movement.  Offers absolutely  nothing to the team. Complete dud

Bruce - actually thought 1st half tactics were spot on. Team fell asleep for goal but then retracted on themselves and really needed some some inspiration through changes which did not come

[SoccerHQ]

Sounds like we played fine first half and a bit more luck and it's 1-0 to us.

What I can't get my head around is how poor we are at getting anything out of the game once we go a goal down....our stats for that are horrific this season and again we concede tonight but there was still a good half hour left to get a point yet we offered little.

No chance of promotion unless we sort that out next season.

[AV82EC]

I was there tonight, played well first half had all the chances didn't score. We were cruising to a an easy point in the 2nd half switched off from a corner, you know the rest. If that's 3rd best in this division well fuck me. They worked hard played just as much long ball as us and had one shot which went in.

Oh they have a drum, the small time tin pot small town wankers.

And they play music after goals.

Other than that good night out.

[QuintonVilla]

We lost to a club that have clappers, a drum, a megaphone and play goal music.

Let's be honest we were never going to win four on the trot. Some people got carried away because we beat three crap sides. We're ok at doing that, that seems to be our level beating the piss poor teams. The only decent sides we've beat are Fulham and Reading. That's why we're not going down but we're nowhere near the play offs.

Sheffield Wednesday are another decent team on Saturday. They'll know that if they can score first they'll win.