POST-MATCH THREAD: Huddersfield Town v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 23rd November 2024: KO 15:00

cabbles said:

These are the players that have played for us and since moved on from the 20/21 season up until this season...

Post of the year. 

That post really puts it into perspective. Even of those players over the last 5 years we considered to be stand out, only really Rak Sakyi is likely to have a reasonable career at a level above league one. Of the current squad I’d expect only Ramsay and Leaburn to be moving on to a higher level.

Redhenry said:

We need to sign a goalkeeper and left sided CB. ASAP

Having watched the brief highlights we definitely need a new keeper. Corner for
their first goal was a result of AMB flapping at the ball. And for the second, he dives over it.

Collectively abject however would not object to the return of a few of them to improve the current squad;
Dobson & CBT & Doughty(obvs)
Clare 
L Watson
E Lee
Purrington
Egbo
Rak Saki 
Oshilaja 
Wollacott
O’Connell
Elewere.
And perhaps more controversial but I liked him- Lapslie.

That list of players. Shocking. The managers have hardly been on an upward trajectory since leaving us either, Parkinson maybe because Wrexham such a massive club now, but quite a few no longer in management at all.

swords_alive said:

Collectively abject however would not object to the return of a few of them to improve the current squad;
Dobson & CBT & Doughty(obvs)
Clare 
L Watson
E Lee
Purrington
Egbo
Rak Saki 
Oshilaja 
Wollacott
O’Connell
Elewere.
And perhaps more controversial but I liked him- Lapslie.

Clare is playing for Orient, below us in the league, won’t be competing for promotion this season.  Louie Watson has been unable to find another loan/club and warms Luton’s bench. Purrington is at Exeter who are 4pts and a couple of places above us.

Egbo is in league 2, as is Wollacott, Elerewe and Lapslie.  Oshilaja finds himself at Mansfield who are better than us this season, but this was via Burton.

this was exactly my point about why we are where we are and the abject crap we’ve had to put up with both individually and collectively over the years, I can’t fathom why anyone would want any of them back, even if you felt they were okay as individuals.  Given where they are now, they clearly aren’t capable of being part of a promotion winning team, otherwise they would be at better clubs

O’Connell is debatable on the basis he’s at Wrexham, as is Lee, but I think O’Connell is now a squad player

the only ones imo that hold any weight are Rak Saki, dobson, CBT and Doughty - the rest are poor 

cabbles said:

swords_alive said:

Collectively abject however would not object to the return of a few of them to improve the current squad;
Dobson & CBT & Doughty(obvs)
Clare 
L Watson
E Lee
Purrington
Egbo
Rak Saki 
Oshilaja 
Wollacott
O’Connell
Elewere.
And perhaps more controversial but I liked him- Lapslie.

Clare is playing for Orient, below us in the league, won’t be competing for promotion this season.  Louie Watson has been unable to find another loan/club and warms Luton’s bench. Purrington is at Exeter who are 4pts and a couple of places above us.

Egbo is in league 2, as is Wollacott, Elerewe and Lapslie.  Oshilaja finds himself at Mansfield who are better than us this season, but this was via Burton.

this was exactly my point about why we are where we are and the abject crap we’ve had to put up with both individually and collectively over the years, I can’t fathom why anyone would want any of them back, even if you felt they were okay as individuals.  Given where they are now, they clearly aren’t capable of being part of a promotion winning team, otherwise they would be at better clubs

O’Connell is debatable on the basis he’s at Wrexham, as is Lee, but I think O’Connell is now a squad player

the only ones imo that hold any weight are Rak Saki, dobson, CBT and Doughty - the rest are poor 

Have to disagree somewhat on basis that those i've selected i think are more team players, perhaps more malleable or responsive, than those i wouldn't be interested in, and not liable to improve or respond to a decent manager. (And that's assuming we had a decent manager, someone for example like Lennie Lawrence in his prime, who really could pick up lower level players and get them to gel). Very subjective, i know.

Callumcafc said:

So apart from the SMT being a bunch of chancers, the manager not having a clue and all the players being shit apart from the one who’s contract is up at the end of the season, what else have we got going on?




Call me mental but we have games against Burton, Crawley, Northampton and Cambridge coming up in our next six.

The results of those games coming out of December will have a massive bearing on how the rest of the season plays out. 

If we replicate last season’s December (couldn’t beat Cambridge, Burton, Orient, Bristol Rovers, Port Vale…), we’ll be in trouble but if we can pick up a few wins then a good January and a playoff push isn’t yet out of the question.

100% Callum ! It’s both amazing and ridiculous that after our recent run of results we still have a decent chance of promotion if we can string 4 victories together from those games which should be very winnable.

usetobunkin said:

Loved NJ passion at first ,especially after Apples 1000 yrs stare ,and I wonder if he has lost the dressing room given the lack of a coherent style of play. 

If I knew the answer I would be organising training and sitting in the dugout on a Saturday. 

But I find it hard to keep going back to watch lacklustre football , but I will because that’s what I can contribute towards the team.

You possibly have nailed it.  
Jones has passion, but with it if things do not go well he may upset people.

Chunes said:

I'm sorry to say it, but Karoy continues to be dreadful. The only time I noticed him yesterday was when he was pointlessly losing the ball again. It's crazy he's starting so many games for us. He's not ready for this level of football.

Strap an oxygen tank to my back and I could do his job. 

KettsJohn said:

Redhenry said:

We need to sign a goalkeeper and left sided CB. ASAP

I have been unimpressed with our keepers since Phillips. I have noticed that when AMB concedes there is absolutely no reaction from him. It's like he has conceded in training. 

Noticed that for a while now, he'll jump straight back up and quickly get the ball without a hint of emotion. It's odd.