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[Stormfox]

Anyone think it was odd that Winks never really celebrated his goal?? Offski?? 

[em9999]

The only reason I can see to explain for winks not playing in 1st eleven would be he wants to leave .

 

It can't be a ability reason because soumare and skipp are absolutely atrocious..

[BenTheFox]

7 hours ago, suffolk fox said:

Interesting analogy re toxic.  Being honest here, I went last night.   Let's look at our fanbase re toxicity.  This board, being an example of it.  Our own fans are toxic at this moment in time.  FFS we boo our own players.  Constantly, get on the backs of some of them.

 

Here's an idea.  Why don't we support them.  Dragging them down, hurling abuse isn't helping them or the team in general.  We must have the worse fan base for not supporting our team.  Get behind them.

 

Constant abuse, negativity, and bullish attitudes towards our own players isn't helping at all.

 

Vast majority of our team that started last night were kids from our academy.  Shock results in cup competitions happens, especially when it goes to penalties.

In 90 minutes actually 96 there was 6 mins added time.  We drew the game 2 each.  We lost on pens.

 

I'll be there on Saturday too, Preston, supporting my team.

I was also there last night and I really don't think our away end was that bad, and I'm usually very critical of our support. 

[Pliskin]

Why are people finding Winks lacking enthusiasm? The bloke had a major fall out with Ruud last season, thus probably wanting to leave…..

[Golden Fox]

I don’t think those guys quit on us, but I think we’ve got some pretenders in the building that like to talk a big game and don’t show up on game day.

 

You score 2 goals, you should win. You go up twice you should win. I just think as a football club right now, we don’t have enough courage and we don’t handle adversity very well when things don’t go our way. 

 

You can see we’re like deer in the headlights. Everyone’s waiting for someone else to make a play. Let’s have some accountability there, fellas. This is professional football. You get paid to do this. It’s a great sport, great living. It’s fun to do it, but it’s still a job. It’s performance-based, and judged by wins and losses.

 

(Ok, so one of my other sports teams is going through a bad patch, and the manager said this about them this week, bit damn, you'd have thought he was in Huddersfield last night) 

[adam1]

50 minutes ago, Stormfox said:

Agree, we have to play winks not Skipp. Nelson had a poor first half but I'm not sure the team as a whole were great in that half. It improved in the 2nd as it did Sunday with the introduction of Winks. I didn't think Hamza had a great game, except for his exceptional goal, which put extra pressure on Nelson... Hamza didn't close down for their 2nd goal. 

The second goal Hamza moved to shut the runner off. Whether he should have waited an extra second for the other defender to step across and cover - imo thats what he should have done.  I didn't play the game to that level - and so I will let someone with experience provide their opinion on whether the runner was the least danger.

[CrazyKopCorner]

24 hours on and I'm still seething. 

 

I know full well that all of them don't give a ****. 

 

That's the difference. 

[Walshie is God]

It's been downhill for about 5 years, and no one seems to want to fix it. TOP GROW A PAIR AND SORT IT OUT

[Stuntman_Mike]

Having calmed down a tad about how poor we were, it must be said that I thought Huddersfield looked well set up for their level. I know people will just say that was us making them look good, but I thought they were decent. 

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, Stormfox said:

Anyone think it was odd that Winks never really celebrated his goal?? Offski?? 

Why celebrate a goal in a nothing, meaningless game that MC and the squad probably cares little about?

 

It felt like they were just fulfilling a commitment or obligation.

 

A bit like when you're invited to a wedding you'd rather avoid but you have to go because you accepted the initial invitation and when you get there you really don't want to dance.

Edited 14 August 2025 by Parafox

[purpleronnie]

Just now, Parafox said:

Why celebrate a goal in a nothing, meaningless game that MC and the squad probably cares little about?

 

It felt like they were just fulfilling a commitment or obligation.

 

A bit like when you're invited to a wedding you'd rather avoid but you have to go because you accepted the initial invitation and when you get there you don't want to dance.

wow great for the fans that travelled up there then.

[Parafox]

1 minute ago, purpleronnie said:

wow great for the fans that travelled up there then.

 

Nobody forced them. You pay your money, you take your chance,

[Vazman]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Why celebrate a goal in a nothing, meaningless game that MC and the squad probably cares little about?

 

It felt like they were just fulfilling a commitment or obligation.

 

A bit like when you're invited to a wedding you'd rather avoid but you have to go because you accepted the initial invitation and when you get there you really don't want to dance.

Disagree with this, no competive match is meaningless, it's that attitude that's part of the problem with this team.

 

As for the wedding comment if I didn't want to go I wouldn't accept the invite.

[Parafox]

59 minutes ago, Vazman said:

Disagree with this, no competive match is meaningless, it's that attitude that's part of the problem with this team.

 

As for the wedding comment if I didn't want to go I wouldn't accept the invite.

Ok then. I tend to agree that a team should be competitive in a competition but where do you think the actual priorities lie. Sure a win may have improved the morale but our main focus is playoffs at the least.

I don't think for one minute that MC and the players are all that bothered by the result.

As fans of course we want to see a good performance but ultimately there are greater priorities for this club. 

As for the wedding analogy, let's say it's a company function that you really can't be bothered with but you're contractually obliged to attend. You'd probably not really get involved and would sit, sullen and disinterested, just doing enough to let people know that you're there but wanting it to be over and then go home to better things thinking thank God that's over for another year

Edited 14 August 2025 by Parafox

[M1 J38]

Huddersfield fan here in peace...

 

League cup first round is always a weird game, a lot of teams (and fans) treat it like a delayed pre-season friendly and last night was no exception for both teams.

Thought your support was pretty good for such a nothing game, and I'm sure our board are regretting not gambling on opening more of the ground... but if we'd started the season badly there could have been 300 rattling around in there like there is when the egg-chasers play!

 

Felt your players seemed to just be going through the motions, you could tell that you had more quality than us but most of your team (Monga and that lad with the big hair were notable exceptions) seemed reluctant to get out of second gear. We've definitely been there in terms of having a group of players that didn't seem to care, Grant has managed to re-establish a bit of team spirit and togetherness that we'd been lacking since we got cheated out of promotion in 2022 (apart from a brief period when Warnock returned).

 

The big difference was during the shoot-out. At each changeover, Lee Nicholls was approaching our next taker and offering advice and encouragement whereas Stolarczyk just chucked the ball at his teammates with barely a glance. Obviously there's the caveat that it was only the league cup, but you seem to have a few too many who aren't concerned with the result as long as they get their wage packet. Hopefully it was just a bad day at the office for you and you'll come good, as your achievement in 2016 gave (perhaps false!) hope to all teams outside the "big 6" that it's still possible to upset the odds.

 

Good luck for the rest of the season.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

6 hours ago, Stormfox said:

Anyone think it was odd that Winks never really celebrated his goal?? Offski?? 

He can go for me 

 

awful attitude and the lack of celebration is indicative of his disdain for the club and fans