Alfie May… or may not sign, training returns, Sorba’s narrative, home kit, first friendly & Kev’s gesture – A Hudersfield Town roundup
The bit after the season ends and before the next season starts is always a slow period for Town related stuff. But now we’re entering into preseason the trickle of Town news is now starting to accelerate. So to celebrate, I thought I’d do an article to summarise my thoughts on the recent Town-related goings on. There isn’t really a theme to all this stuff, it’s just everything that I’ve nearly, but not quite written a dedicated article about in the last week or two. Now we’re into preseason and the transfer market is hotting up so there should be more to write about in the coming weeks. But for now, here’s my roundup of all the recent Huddersfield Town news. Alfie May… or may not sign for Town I had a whole section written about Alfie May’s potential transfer being up in t…
Are Huddersfield Town already over the limit of League One’s squad size rules?
Following Huddersfield Town’s relegation, they will now have to submit to League One’s rules about squad sizes, meaning they will need to name a squad with a maximum of 22 players. This doesn’t sound very many, and looking at the players still under contract on Town’s retained list, we’ve well over this number – 28 in fact. Should we be panicking and having a fire sale of players? Obviously not, particularly as there will be plenty of comings and goings before the end of the season and not all of those 28 players are included in the 22-player limit. But I thought it would be interesting to take a look at League One’s squad size rules in detail and see how they might affect Huddersfield Town. I suspect they may have an impact on decision-making for transfers, loans and contracts – part…
Who are the favourites to be the next Huddersfield Town manager?
Andre Brietenreiter has deemed League One beneath a coach of his abilities, despite the fact he signed a two and a half year contract with a team hovering precariously about the relegation zone to League One, then could only manage two victories in 13 games in charge. I’m glad the German has left now and given us time to achieve a fresh start but it seems a bit rich that he’s walking away because he thinks he’s too good for the level the club is playing at, when he had a part in us ending up at that level (though obviously there are many, many other factors in Town’s relegation). Breitenreiter walking away from Town after guiding them to League One feels a lot like someone soiling their own bed and then complaining about the smell.
So you can probably sense that I’m not too disappointed to see the German leave Huddersfield Town, apart from the fact it makes us look like even more of a basket case club. I think the best thing he did at Huddersfield Town was in his press conferences, where he called out the bad behaviour of some players, but his actual management of games was poor even when you make allowances for the circumstances he was thrust into. Brietenreiter has been keen to point out that Town were in a bigger mess than he was led to believe when he took on the job but I still think he exaggerated some of the issues behind the scenes to help protect his reputation.
