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Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 26-08-2022
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Last week's four points against in-form opposition were, if not an assurance of great things to come, then at least a step in the right direction. With Yokuslu on the pitch we have a firmer defence, and while it may not rain goals every weekend, the five that sailed past Hull were a comforting reminder that our players still know where the net is. The question now is whether we can carry the momentum onto the road, with back-to-back away trips to Huddersfield and Wigan.
It would appear to have been an unhappy start for the Terriers, with just one win from their four games, though relegated Burnley and Norwich figured amongst their opponents so far. Their recent record against Albion is, of course, exemplary; defeated only once in seven league encounters since the beginning of 2001, their last three home matches against us have all seen the points remain resolutely in Yorkshire. A 3-1 win against Stoke a fortnight ago, with goals from Yuta Nakayama, Danny Ward and Jordan Rhodes, is probably a decent indicator of how Huddersfield can perform on home soil against mid-table opposition, which - for the time being, at least - is what Albion are. But as the Baggies are fighting hard for turnovers high up the pitch during our best spells of play, with the most of any team in the Championship at present, we'll hopefully give a positive showing on Saturday and look to give as good as we get.
Newly-promoted Wigan are more of an enigma, unbeaten in their four games so far, but with only one victory leaving them a place below us in the table. Everton loanee Nathan Broadhead was the super-sub who supplied the Latics (down to ten men for eighty minutes) with their goal and three points at St Andrews last Saturday, though Josh Magennis is preferred as striker in the starting XI, supported by Will Keane and a certain James McClean. It's been almost a decade now since Albion last won at the DW Stadium in November 2012, and manager Leam Richardson seems like a man who isn't held back by minor difficulties (such as his apparent inability to spell the name "Liam" correctly), so I wouldn't be too surprised if the Latics give us yet another tough battle. Two points would be an acceptable week, but if we have any ambition of rising to the table's more fecund extremity, three or even four are what we need to get us in the hunt.
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - Stairs - 26-08-2022
3pts today and a draw v Wigan is acceptable - I'd like to think we can get all 6 - Half Full as always
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - 4evaabaggie - 27-08-2022
1 - 0 Huddersfield ..... 11th minute. Here we go again .... First shot a goal down chasing the game.
Why oh why can we not play away from home.
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - talkSAFT - 27-08-2022
(27-08-2022, 16:12)4evaabaggie Wrote: 1 - 0 Huddersfield ..... 11th minute. Here we go again .... First shot a goal down chasing the game.
Why oh why can we not play away from home.
Cracking goal (apparently) by Chelsea loanee
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - 4evaabaggie - 27-08-2022
Cracking goal or not, we can not defend, our only clean sheet in the league this season was against a poor Cardiff with no shots on target.
We can not score regularly and this season there is no Sam Johnstone to keep the ball out, last season's tenth place finish might look good come May
2 - 0 same scorer ..... Game over
Not watching the game but monitoring the play's on a football app. Not 100% accurate or up to speed but we appear to be hitting long balls out for goal kicks or offside flags. No idea in the final third.
Hate to be so negative so early on but promotion over for this year unless we have a seismic shake up, very hard and very soon. Laughing stock, players not wanting to join us.
Glimmer of hope ... Jed Wallace 2 - 1
A half time stat that sums up our last few seasons ....
Huddersfield, two shots on target, two goals
The Albion, four shots on target, one goal.
More possession, more shots, more on target, less reward. How many times are we going to repeat this cycle.
Six league games, four times we've conceded the first goal, four times from the opposition's first shot of the game.
Two games we haven't conceded first, a nil nil and an own goal which lead the way for a comfortable win.
Need a regular goal scorer and better defence. Conceded eight from six (sorry, five and a half) games.
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - baggietrousers - 27-08-2022
Come on!!! Is anyone really surprised by the utter dross we continually serve up.
I'm actually livid with myself for commenting on here, I swore I wasn't going to be in the least bit bothered whilst Bruce remained in charge, and i wish i wasn't, but at the end of the day it's so hard watching this clown, and the owner, destroying my club.
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - talkSAFT - 27-08-2022
2-2!!! COYB
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - 4evaabaggie - 27-08-2022
Salvaged a point, we can't keep doing this, it didn't work against Blackburn, it won't work every week, seven points from six games. That points ratio would take us close to relegation.
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - Zinman - 27-08-2022
Same as usual. Set up to keep it safe, don’t commit players forward and hope something happens. Concede first (yet again) and then wake up and get players in the box - surprise surprise we then look threatening.
Bruce needs to realize that to get promotion we actually need to win games and that we have the players to do that. Sadly he’s a safety first manager who won’t change.
And apologies for the US spell check!
RE: Huddersfield & Wigan vs WBA - Match Thread - Baggiebob(BBB) - 29-08-2022
These draws all the time will be our undoing - as last year and the year before.
Why not Wallace and Grant spearheading the attack, and the rest to get the ball to them?