Huddersfield Town away match thread

[And Its Smith]

1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

That's even worse than the expected 4-3-3 version.

I edited it afterwards to have knight behind Conway and bell which would certainly be interesting 

[Shockwave]

0 Square pegs in Round holes again. 

Hoped we stopped doing that

[Numero Uno]

Just now, Robbored said:

Which right footed player would you have selected?

I would have kept Pring in so we had at least ONE Left Footer defensively. I wouldn't pick a team of eleven right footed players. I'm not a pro football manager, fair enough, but still my opinion.

[Mr Popodopolous]

2 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

That's a risky strategy in any game. Games can be lost in the first 25 quite easily.

Exactly.

We do not start the first half of the first half well especially under Manning.

I fear it could come back to bite us at some point- I made a thread and while.some of the metrics are simplistic we seem to be slow starters it seems.

[bcfc01]

1 minute ago, BCFC31 said:

I cant beileve he has put sykes at left back that's madness and weimann who's completely out of form at right wing which isn't even his best position conway up top alone again seems a very underwhelming line up this will certainly be interesting

Has he ?

I'm not sure and LM didn't give anything away in his pre-match interview just now.

Bit of a mystery atm.

[Wade Wilson]

3 minutes ago, BCFC Rich said:

You're not going to change your entire game plan, but you're definitely going to look at the positions line up. And you're definitely going to give a team talk before the start of the game. It probably makes very little difference them not knowing, but it might confuse a little and there is no benefit to us giving that info before the game starts. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

1 minute ago, And Its Smith said:

I edited it afterwards to have knight behind Conway and bell which would certainly be interesting 

It would he interesting in that regard but Weimann and Sykes at WB, Pring on the bench.

I dunno...

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

1 minute ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

I have given up on it 

Yes, I feel like that except it's the only way I can listen to the RB commentary, as it goes off a few minutes before KO on  BBC sounds.

[1960maaan]

5 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Manning said he wants legs and energy so he’s made tweaks to increase energy and a bit of a tactical change as well. No injuries 

I know Pring hasn't been great lately, but he certainly brings pace and running, and balance . We shall see.

[hollydog]

39 minutes ago, Countryfile said:

It can only be slight injuries to Pring and GTH.

You could say very attacking line up, you could also say WTF?

I think Pring has been disappointing this season and was poor against Morwich. GTH decision stranger - perhaps niggle or just needs a rest. 

[redkev]

41 minutes ago, George Rs said:

Interesting to say the least, if we were to lose today Mannings not done himself any favours 

Totally agree , I’m a great advocate for moving on , but fair play to manning he certainly isn’t playing it safe with his tactics / team selections so far , well and truly putting himself up there to be shot at 

[Rocking Red Cyril]

3 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Could well be this

                     Max

         Tanner. Dickie. Vyner

Weimann. James. Williams. Sykes

         Bell.  Conway.   Knight. 
 

or knight behind two strikers 

Yes knight behind strikers makes more sense. But is Pring not fully fit or LM making a statement on his form. 

To me it shows that the squad just cannot cover injured players positions . And this 'Top six squad' quoted from our owners is total bollocks 

[Davefevs]

One thing to pick up from his pre-match interview, he said Huddersfield don’t give us a lot of shots.  I hope he’s just saying typical manager crap, because:

They’ve given up 20 per game in recent games!!!

I’m not a fan of that kind BS.  By all means say they’ve not conceded many goals, but don’t fob us off!

[old_eastender]

I just hope the players have been practising in readiness for this bizzare line-up, otherwise we are going to be all over the place.

[BCFC31]

3 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Has he ?

I'm not sure and LM didn't give anything away in his pre-match interview just now.

Bit of a mystery atm.

Yes he has mark sykes is 100 percent playing at left back its been confirmed.

[Red_Alligator]

I'd fully expect three points today, but reading this thread is not inspiring confidence thus far.......

[W-S-M Seagull]

5 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

As I said above, LJ all over again

 

On RB he said something along the lines of it being tactical. 

Whatever happened to playing your best players and playing to your strengths and giving the opposition something to worry about? Rather than making bizarre tactical tweaks to counter the opposition? 

What will happen is theyll suss out whatever we've done pretty quickly and then we won't have a plan be. 

[Davefevs]

Just now, BCFC31 said:

Yes he has mark sykes is 100 percent playing at left back its been confirmed.

Who by? (Not saying he won’t play there)

Edited December 9, 2023 by Davefevs

[bcfc01]

1 minute ago, 1960maaan said:

I know Pring hasn't been great lately, but he certainly brings pace and running, and balance . We shall see.

I'm pretty sure its down to rotation given the schedule of games coming up.

I'd expect TGH and Pring to come on 60 mins or so, and the reverse maybe at Blackburn.

Its a bit of a hazard having only one left back.

[chinapig]

41 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

Can’t believe he’s dropped Hickman again. 

Nigel was clear that if you play well you keep your place. That no longer seems to apply.

[Ivorguy]

At least he has realised that, unlike he thought (as we were led to believe), Mehmeti can’t hack it at this level

[Spike]

3 minutes ago, BCFC31 said:

I cant beileve he has put sykes at left back that's madness and weimann who's completely out of form at right wing which isn't even his best position conway up top alone again seems a very underwhelming line up this will certainly be interesting

Yeah having Pring on the bench to play a right forward as left back is madness in itself, but having Weimann in to create that movement is bat shit crazy.  
I was just listening to Naismith talk and he said he'll play wherever the manager wants him to play and that Manning see's him primarily as a left-sided center back but he seemed pretty uninspired by this. I'm guessing Manning doesn't look or listen to what position the players think they're best in, comes in and makes his own assessment and sticks to that. I can't see how Manning keeps his job if he does these weird selections and they don't work out, it just adds fuel to the fire when fans start calling for his head. I know we're nowhere near that situation atm but we've got Manning after having a manager who took players and got them into positions and systems that benefitted them, not forced players into positions that don't suit them to suit the system.

[robin_unreliant]

5 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Could well be this

                     Max

         Tanner. Dickie. Vyner

Weimann. James. Williams. Sykes

         Bell.  Conway.   Knight. 
 

or knight behind two strikers 

I'm thinking if you swapped Bell and Sykes in your lineup  it would make some sense imho.

[italian dave]

1 minute ago, Red_Alligator said:

I'd fully expect three points today, but reading this thread is not inspiring confidence thus far.......

I feel the opposite! In my experience, the gloomier this place is pre match the better we do!!

[Better Red]

If Skye’s does play LWB and Wiemann as RWB as predicted and we don’t score and lose I am already nailing my flag to the ‘move him on’ brigade.

Skye’s has been our best player and most effective forward player all season.

To play him left LWB is just stupid that alone is sackable to me. 

Why?

[BCFC31]

2 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

On RB he said something along the lines of it being tactical. 

Whatever happened to playing your best players and playing to your strengths and giving the opposition something to worry about? Rather than making bizarre tactical tweaks to counter the opposition? 

What will happen is theyll suss out whatever we've done pretty quickly and then we won't have a plan be. 

This was the biggest downfall with lee Johnson.

[Davefevs]

1 minute ago, chinapig said:

Nigel was clear that if you play well you keep your place. That no longer seems to apply.

I was a big fan of the Nige’s selection policy as a concept, but I felt at times he could’ve been more flexible, sometimes it was too hard to lose your place.

[And Its Smith]

1 minute ago, Better Red said:

If Skye’s does play LWB and Wiemann as RWB as predicted and we don’t score and lose I am already nailing my flag to the ‘move him on’ brigade.

Skye’s has been our best player and most effective forward player all season.

To play him left LWB is just stupid that alone is sackable to me. 

Why?

The Sykes the limit you could say 

[BCFC31]

3 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Who by? (Not saying he won’t play there)

 

3 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Who by? (Not saying he won’t play there)

 

[BCFC Rich]

Just now, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Yes knight behind strikers makes more sense. But is Pring not fully fit or LM making a statement on his form. 

To me it shows that the squad just cannot cover injured players positions . And this 'Top six squad' quoted from our owners is total bollocks 

Think this is spot on. Love Pring, but hasn't been his best and in an ideal world you'd have Roberts either come in or at least be pushing Pring in training. With the injuries we don't really have the players to cover + rest when needed.

 

 

Despite my previous comments in this thread I do find the lineup surprising overall and it's certainly not the team I would pick, I just think there is no point over speculating why the changes were made until we see how we actually line up and perform. It's certainly a gutsy call and one that could lead to criticism or praise.