Huddersfield v Charlton | Sat 29 Feb | 3pm KO | Post-match thread

The worst thing about that defeat is that we have in essence lost our “one point” advantage due to the goal difference being, embarrassingly, torn apart. We need a re/think pronto. This is now concerning.

Only benefit is that I sit next to a Stoke fan at work so still hold some grace in that we (just) above them. 

Didn't have much hope with that midfield.  There was no presence in midfield.  Without Pratley, Bowyer has to stop playing the diamond.  Davis needs someone right on his shoulder. 

The team have some soul searching to do now. Defence is poor and we are not creating much which means we are in the poo. However the league is such that we will likely stay in with a shot of staying up until the end. 

Problem is with so many loan players will they care enough to push that bit harder to help the team stay in the division?

Saulc23 said:

The worst thing about that defeat is that we have in essence lost our “one point” advantage due to the goal difference being, embarrassingly, torn apart. We need a re/think pronto. This is now concerning.

Only benefit is that I sit next to a Stoke fan at work so still hold some grace in that we (just) above them. 

Funnily we havent... We've one goal better than Hull and Stoke | two better than Huddersfield and Middlesbrough | three better than Wigan

When are we gonna stop playing Pearce, must be the worst cb in the league

Bye Bye Championship. Just hope ESI have a plan B. Nothing more to say. Very disappointed 

IR94 said:

When are we gonna stop playing Pearce, must be the worst cb in the league

Erm... Who else was there to play today?

A complete capitulation against a Huddersfield team who have been garbage for most of  the season. 2 shocking away games that will have done some serious damage to the confidence of the team and us fans. In serious trouble now.

This result has been on the cards for a while now. Something has to change drastically for us to stay up . We have inexperience both on and off of the pitch.

We're in huge trouble for the first proper time this season. We have been on a slide for a while, but as soon as we conceded the second, all the confidence was gone and we seemed to even lack any real fight.

We created a couple of half decent chances but that was it. A horrible, horrible week up north.

Teams around us are all picking up results and we continue to slide down.

Lots need to change if we are to survive this and many of the points on players I make are not the problem but things don't help.

Doughty needs to come out the side, if Purrington gave the ball away as much as he has done recently and been out of position as much as he has been, he'd be getting pelters. He needs a break and we need someone who is more defensively sound.

Pearce is not Championship quality, whatever way you want to dress it up. He wasn't terrible today, but he's not up to this level.

Lapslie is decent as an impact sub, but not good enough to start. Positionally, decision making, and technically on the ball he is not to this level.

McGeady, was excited when he joined. Complete waste of time.

Taylor today looked pissed off and completely frustrated at the lack of quality around him.

Wigan will stay up at this rate, they have so many games against teams around us that they will pick up enough points to stay up. We have to get a win next Saturday, and then away at Hull, because anything less and we will slowly move further and further away and will be struggling with any kind of confidence.

The other worrying thing is that we haven't won two or more games in a row since August. Therefore, we can never ever get any kind of momentum. And that momentum is so key for any kind of run in to either go up or stay up. Other clubs have that momentum where we are struggling with anything week to week.

Completely gutted and signing off here for a little while. 

We will be fine...











Apparently!

Just in the car on the way home, that was shocking, from front to back, passing was shit, movement was shit, no-one looked interested and none of them looked like they had ever met each other. 

So in summary, 4 hours each way, team didnt turn up and we had to stand there, in the grim'est of Norhern outposts getting pelters from spotty, underfed, Burberry scarf wearing Northern halfwits whilst waiting for one of our pampered underperforming loanees to post a social media message with a pumped fist saying 'we go again' 
Fuck the lot of them

Feel for LB as I think he’s doing the best with what he’s got available, but we are looking rank at the moment. I think we’ll end up in the relegation places before end of the season and will just have to hope it’s the shot in the arm the squad need to pull themselves out of the mire.

For what it’s worth there’s not been many games this season where I feel there’s been a lack of effort from the team, and to be fair I don’t think there was any lack of effort from the team today but we just lack quality so much. Other than Taylor we don’t really have a player who can turn a game on their head meaning when we go a goal down we really struggle.

Still got total trust in LB, could see things getting worse before they get better but I think if I’d been offered 21st place at the start of the season I’d have taken it. Teams below us seem to be hitting form but a lot of teams around us and slightly above are in a rut and just got to hope there’s three worse teams at the end of the season.

IR94 said:

When Southall came in we were at least 6 points above the relegation, all we needed was 3/4 championship level players, instead, we got has-beens and cast offs

Have any of the players we have brought in actually done anything in any of the games. Only Green has done something & I reckon he was coming in ESI or not as Leko needed to be replaced.