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Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - jjamez - 25-09-2014
Huddersfield town welcome Ian Holloway's Miwaw to the John Smiths Stadium on saturday, knowing full well that they haven't played well since Mark Lillis was in charge. Saying that the town team hasnt looked like it has known each other that much and its hard to argue against the claim that towns last top notch home performance was at the start of last season. since then there has been a virus ravage the team, team doctors have called it amnesia, apparantly it causes players to forget how to play football and also what their team mates are called. Unfortunately, doctors have forgotten who has been infected and cannot remember where they put the formula to the cure. The search is still on.
There has also been cases of a deadly parasite infecting squad members, its scientific name is PL3A53N0T451,however it has now been named the more rememberable 'Confidence Crisis'. The parasite is known to drain morale from individual to the stage that they dont feel like they are able to do what is expected of them. One player that has been diagnosed is Nakhi Wells, rumour also has it that Jacob Butterfield is showing the early signs of it. Radi Majewski is thought to have contracted the parasite first and as such has been out of the starting line up for a while. Again club doctors are baffled as to what can cure this, one scientist has even been quoted as saying, "it is a mystery, the worst case scenario for this parasite is a terminal case of relegation, often that is rock bottom and it takes years to come round. however, we believe that this is not yet the case, one possible cure is letting the infected party do what comes natural, in this particular case, it would be shoot for Wells and reciieving and passing the ball for Butterfield and majewski, there is also an early attempted cure that is readily available to anyone who needs it, it is commonly know as 'round pegs, round holes' it even has the slogan, 'get the results you require'. often it is overlooked due to its simplicity and ease of use, but it is there"
It is worth noting that some of the squad are still unaffected and are trying to help their team mates through this tough period. Mark Hudson and Harry Bunn to name two, infact, probably THE two that are not showing symptoms just yet.
Anyway, despite the illness ravaged squad, there is a game on Saturday.
Our opposition Miwaw, have, previously suffered from these deadly diseases, infact they showed signs of it being terminal last year, however, professor Holloway managed to cure the infections, they did show steady recovery rates last year afterwards and managed to keep their championship status. This year, the side have shown no symptoms and as such have enjoyed a fairly decent start to the season. Last time out they managed to keep early pace setters Nottingham Forest (they two have a history of these illnesses, it goes to show that the cure is possible!) at bay, ending up 0-0 at the den. Miwaw have made some decent and astute signings over the summer, chris eagles has landed at the den and could make an appearance against the terriers, ricardo fuller is now plying his trade in the dark blue shirts and holloway has the side playing in typical holloway fashion, which usually wields certain amounts of success based on the club in question.
For Huddersfield on saturday it is looking likely that Gerrard, Pattinson, Hammill and Lolley will be as close to full fitness and match fitness as they have been for a while, most probably resulting in a return to the match squad and also to the scapegoating list.
I imagine that town will line up in a stupid 4-5-1 hoofball formation with smithies in goal, captain lee peltier at right back, mark hudson in the centre of defence alongside calamity jane lynch with Jack Robinson propping up the left flank.
The midfield will see butterfield hogg coady scannell and bunn straining their necks as the watch the back line and smithies keep their role as team playmakers, feeding nak the yak aerial balls for him to make something from.
However, i would like to see a 4-2-3-1 formation used, yes it is a kind of 4-5-1, but it offers support to the forward and has the attacking impotence that is needed.
for me town would line up as
smithies in goal, also relieved of playmaker role
peltier, hudson, gerrard, dixon in defence again relieved of the playmaker roles, if gerrard is not quite ready then leading goal scorer murray mint wallace comes in.
coady and butterfield in a midfield two, coady sitting a bit deeper to collect from the defence and butterfield a little bit higher up, both entrusted with the playmaker roles.
an attacking midfield trio of hammill, majewski and bunn all tasked with the job of creating chances, whilst also being around to try and take some.
leaving nak up top, however, due to the lack of height in the front 4, it SHOULD result in the ball being kept on the deck and moved to feet and into space. creating chances in the right way and zones for each of them to take advantage of.
The debate is out as in to which preferred formation powell chooses though. As such i still find it hard to back the side to win at the moment, I have not yet seen the signs that say we can, a good passing display and a few chances created on saturday may just change how i view things.
Anyways, over to you lot. AM do you mind a few piccywiccys for me?
dankechen
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - ARTERRIER - 25-09-2014
1st March, that's when our last home win was, way way too long, we need to rectify that and no better chance than Saturday. I know Millwall have made a decentish start but this has got to be targeted for 3 points.
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - Amelia Chaffinch - 25-09-2014
Snoots tells me that Powell will have them up for this one because of Charlton / Millwall rivalry. Please tell me that he will.
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - jjamez - 25-09-2014
Sorry Am i can't say he will, it didnt look like a lot of them were up for the leeds match and thats OUR rivalry. If they cant give two hoots about that, why would they care about a team from london?
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - Amelia Chaffinch - 25-09-2014
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - Lord Snooty - 26-09-2014
Paterson and Gerrard back in full training but not expected to be fit for Saturday.
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - jjamez - 26-09-2014
Well damn. All hope is gone! We're doomed I tell you doomed!
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - Amelia Chaffinch - 26-09-2014
Prematch comments
http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/three-key-talking-points-huddersfield-7832296
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - theo_luddite - 26-09-2014
Wonderfully written piece taking account of our current self inflicted predicament jjamez.
Life would be damned boring if we didn't have Town to moan about wouldn't it? What would we do instead? Feed t'ferrets to t'wippets (or t'other way round) for not performing properly? Send 'er or 'im indoors back to t'mother-in-law for making lumpy mash and weak as witch piss gravy on a Sunday? Answers on the back of a fiver can be sent to my pm address.
Given that Hollowmouth usually causes us more problems in and around the stadium and on the touchline than Miwaw do (apart from one recent season) it's an excellent opportunity to get back on the road to mid-table obscurity. I'm gonna sit on me wooden fence and get spells up me arse for this one. I haven't a scooby-doo how this will play out. They've won one away at Fulham (hasn't everyone so far?) and lost at Reading (our solitary win) while we haven't won at home since oooooh, bloody ages ago.
RE: Huddersfield v Miwaw match thread - jjamez - 26-09-2014
Hint of sarcasm there theo?
