Ooh To Be A Terrier

Huddersfield Town are in trouble as the hunt for a first win of 2021 goes on. Steven Chicken and David Hartrick wonder if that was a new low for the Terriers this season? Where is the next point going to come from? And how worried should we be about the threat of relegation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick discuss the 1-1 draw with Luton Town and where it leaves Huddersfield Town, who are still looking for their first win of 2021.Why has Naby Sarr been making so many errors? How do Town turn this around? And could we have seen this bad run of form coming? We also discuss Harry Toffolo's red card and the implications his potential suspension might have, look ahead to...

Yorkshire Live writer Steven Chicken and Opta analyst David Hartrick do in fact have a game to talk about in the shape of Huddersfield Town's 1-1 draw against Stoke. Where did it go wrong against ten men and have we actually learned anything new? But you all want to hear about the transfer window, don't you, so over half the podcast is given over to the subject. It was undoubtedly a really bad loo...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick discuss the 2-1 defeat to Bristol City and, tangentially, the 1-0 defeat to Millwall as Huddersfield Town make it five straight losses. Do Town need a striker and when? What profile would they need to fill? And what are the other concerns that might be more pressing? (Hint: it's the defence).That run of form is understandably a cause for concern, but how much bett...

Yorkshire Live's Steven Chicken and Opta analyst David Hartrick look back on the 2-0 defeat away to Watford to see what went wrong and whether there is light at the end of the tunnel amid an injury pile-up. We consider the decision to allow Ben Hamer to leave the club and the unfortunate timing of that happening just a day before a notable error by Ryan Schofield, and turn our attentions to two fo...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick review the 3-2 FA Cup defeat to Plymouth Argyle and pick out a few individuals who made the best case for involvement in the second half of the Championship season. We've also finally welcomed Rolando Aarons to the club and the former Newcastle winger was straight into the action against Plymouth. What can we expect from him, and what business do Town still need t...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick look back on Huddersfield Town's 2-1 Championship defeat to Reading - another defeat after going ahead. We discuss whether the team could have been rotated just a bit more over the last couple of weeks, Rarmani Edmonds-Green's learning curve after a difficult afternoon and a lack of midfield cohesion. As we've reached the season's halfway point we also review the...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick are your hosts for the final episode of 2020.We discuss the late defeat to Barnsley and the late victory over Blackburn pretty much in tandem with one another with the two games both offering a variety of positive and negatives with a few consistent points throughout. Every one of the first XI that has started the last four games gets a mention in one form or anot...

The Huddersfield Town SuperPod 2020 is available to watch now with all proceeds going to the Town Foundation! Steven Chicken is joined by Matt Shaw from And He Takes That Chance and Cam Pope from The Town Social for a special end of year round-up and a Terriers quiz. We had a great time recording and think you'll have a great time watching! Those detail again! You can buy the video version of Supe...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick break down a positive weekend for the Terriers after their 2-0 win over Watford. Is Ryan Schofield ready for more first-team football? What will new signing Danny Grant bring to the side? Can we expect many more arrivals? With the playoffs just five points away, we also discuss whether Town ought to go big on their investment in the upcoming transfer window or whe...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick briefly discuss the 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday but the main focus is of course on the 5-0 defeat away to Bournemouth at the weekend. Why did Corberan make so many changes? What went wrong with the goals? What could Town have done differently? And how big a concern is Naby Sarr's tendency to commit errors? We also discuss what business Town might need to do i...

Steven Chicken and Mel Booth run through the 3-0 defeat to Cardiff and the 2-0 win over QPR, from which the pressing matter of Town's centre-back options has arisen with Richard Stearman also sidelined. Who is the cover for Rarmani Edmonds-Green? Would Corberan need to play someone out of position? And what does it mean for January's recruitment plans? We also run the rule over Harry Toffolo, Jona...

Yorkshire Live's Steven Chicken and Opta's David Hartrick react to Huddersfield Town's 3-2 victory over Middlesbrough, with plenty of praise particularly reserved for one player in particular. But there's enough of it to go round after a very creditable comeback win - the Terriers' first three points from behind in nearly a year. Why did they start so poorly? What changed after the first half hour...

Yorkshire Live writer Steven Chicken and Opta analyst David Hartrick run through Huddersfield Town's 4-3 defeat to Stoke City on Saturday afternoon. There is something to pick out for every single one of the seven goals - whether that's positive or negative - to see how this quite ludicrous game unfolded and what the Terriers can and must do better. We discuss whether more bringing more first-team...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick answer YOUR questions in this episode of Ooh To Be A..., and we certainly had plenty of them - thank you to everyone who sent them in! We start right at the very top with a run of questions about Dean Hoyle, Phil Hodgkinson and the club's finances. We then move into transfer priorities for January, the Rolando Aarons deal, which of Town's expiring contracts we wou...

The international break offers Steven Chicken and David Hartrick a natural point at which to reflect on the season so far for Huddersfield Town - but not before talking through the 1-1 draw against Luton Town. We talk through the Terriers' slow start, touch once again (albeit briefly) on that age-old chance creation problem, and talk about Town's approach up the flanks - including Adama Diakhaby's...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick have no shortage of talking points in this edition of Ooh To Be A... following a comfortable 3-0 win at Millwall and a pretty disastrous 2-1 defeat to Bristol City. Is Town's squad too thin? Why have they now lost two home games on the bounce after going ahead? Is the biggest problem in attack or in defence? We also talk about the unveiling of the work that's been...

In this week's episode of Ooh To Be A..., Steven Chicken and David Hartrick discuss Town's consecutive 2-1 defeats to Preston North End and Birmingham City. How do Town find greater balance in midfield? How culpable was Adama Diakhaby for the loss at St Andrews, or Ben Hamer for the second goal against Preston? And why are Town still struggling to create chances against defensive sides? We then lo...

Yorkshire Live's Steven Chicken and Opta analyst David Hartrick have loooooads to talk about this week. We run the rule over the transfer window as a whole: what do we think of the business Huddersfield Town did and, crucially, did they do enough of it? On the pitch the Terriers have claimed back-to-back wins over Swansea City and Derby County, so we discuss what we learned from those games, inclu...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick run through the 1-1 draw away to Rotherham United to once again see what has changed and what remains the same for the Terriers. There have been further signs of tactical progress and that late equaliser was a big psychological boost - but once again we have concerns about that front three. We also discuss whether Huddersfield Town need to by a striker or not befo...

Steven Chicken and Opta's David Hartrick review the Terriers' 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest. What did they do differently tactically, what did they do better on the pitch, and which players caught the eye in a sufficiently positive way to make us feel more hopeful about the season ahead? We also try to pin down exactly what to call that formation, discuss Ben Hamer's road to Damascus moment, and...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick review a pretty grim performance in the 3-0 defeat to rampant Brentford. The hosts unquestionably played well but should Town have done better anyway? Was this a step backwards or just more of the same? And - once again - what needs to change? We also run pretty extensively through the club's finances in response to a lot of fans' questions about what is going on...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick review the 1-0 defeat to Norwich City to begin the Championship season. Was Richard Stearman dazed and confused after Todd Cantwell's elbow, and did that lead to his heartbreaker of an error? Why does Hartrick give no quarter to the idea that this was a big improvement? Plus there's a whole lotta love for Pipa, but ultimately the song remains the same for Huddersf...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick talk through a sub-par Town performance in defeat to Rochdale. What are the worries, caveats and positives from that showing, and can we draw meaningful conclusions from that one game? (No. But we give it a really good go!)We talk through the arrival of new right-back Pipa from Espanyol and what he might bring to Carlos Corberan's side and look through what else T...

Steven Chicken and David Hartrick have plenty to talk about after a couple of weeks off, with Danny Ward's transfer, the Carabao Cup draw, the Championship fixture list and Carlos Corberan's first press conference all up for discussion. Why only the one signing so far? How serious is the injury crisis Town find themselves in before the season has even started? How many goals do we expect Ward to g...