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Ryan Boreton

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Ryan Boreton last won the day on June 3 2022

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  1. Ditto. Genuinely hope he works out for you better than he did for us. All the best
  2. You seem angry. Do you need a cuddle?
  3. At Huddersfield it was usually 5-3-2. Sometimes 5-4-1.
  4. Only had one window, but there were 4 signings. 5 if you include the kid we brought back on loan from Motherwell (who has been a revelation but picked up an injury in his last game). A bit too soon to say, but early indications are that we have 2 fairly good and 2 fairly poor. A mixed bag.
  5. TBF we've only had 2 games since he left but (so far!) it's MUCH better under the caretaker manager. Beat a much improved (vs when we drew with them under DM) Sheffield Wednesday side 4-0 and although we lost the other game, that was away to a side unbeaten in 24 and the general consensus is that we were one of the best sides to go to St. Mary's this season and we deserved at least a point. Hopefully we'll both stay up this season.
  6. Huddersfield Town fan in peace. First thought is to wish you good luck (whilst trying to refrain from telling you that you'll need it!). He was a bizarre appointment for us. A perfect poop storm and he was on to a loser from the start. 1) He was following the immensely popular Neil Warnock. The guy after the guy. 2) Warnock was in place to give us the opportunity to get someone brilliant. Even the most pessimistic Town fans expected someone at least slightly exciting when we ditched Neil so early. 3) Weak, unbalanced squad. There's no getting away from it - he was dealt a poor hand. There's also the fan culture at Huddersfield doesn't really fit Darren Moore. 1) We tend to take to charismatic managers. Big characters that will unite the fan base and bring a one club mentality. Moore is by all accounts a thoroughly lovely man, but inspirational? Charismatic? No. 2) We like full throttle attacking football. We like to see our team play without fear, regardless of who we're against (much of our fan base left the 5-3 defeat at Southampton pretty upbeat). Darren Moore's footballing instincts are the absolute opposite of that. Positives? 1) He is apparently brilliant at building team spirit. I say "apparently" because it was already good when he arrived and that just carried on. He didn't build it, but it didn't fall apart on his watch either. The players were playing for him (although one of our players was really quite scathing of him in an interview since his departure!). 2) Defensively we weren't bad most of the time (although when we were bad, we were truly awful). Negatives? 1) Good grief, the football is dull. Made the stuff we played under the Cowley brothers seem like Barcelona side of 15 years ago by comparison! I could be charitable and describe his football as "cautious" but it would be closer to the truth to describe it as timid. A cautious approach when playing against Man City in the cup is understandable. Against sides in absolute freefall you'd hope for a little more. If you expect attacking football under Moore you're in for disappointment. Half a season with us and I still don't know what his attacking philosophy is, because we never saw it. 2) Game management is awful. Will not change things when you're getting battered, or when the scores are level and the opponent is there for the taking (back to the ultra-cautious approach). Known to make defensive subs when chasing an equaliser. I genuinely think he has no idea how to react to what's happening in-game. In short, he was dealt a bad hand here, but he did not play it well. And whilst I thought he was poor here (even with a lot of draws, 3 wins in 23 is difficult to defend), given the squad he had, you might have expected another half dozen points or so. He was poor, but I think most Town fans overstate how bad he was here. Meanwhile I suspect the bookies of Huddersfield are inundated with people betting on you guys for the drop. I just hope your former loanee Kian Harratt resists the temptation this time!
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