Huddersfield Post Match Thoughts

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Agree minimum training next week. Any training should be just to do with ball skills, set pieces and dealing with oppositions threats and weaknesses etc. We will get plenty of the hard stuff under our belts during the games to last us til the end of the season.

I take on board points about not fielding a weak side against QPR but we can afford to lose to QPR, we cant afford to lose to Cov though. If there is one game we have to win it is the Cov game.

Yes fair enough but a win v QPR raises our confidence but puts a strain on Coventry as they look over their shoulders

[rolymiller]

IT would be stupid to risk key players against QPR who could get injured or suspended for the Cov game.

[Ronners]

I think this is a reasonable compromise Ronners. A sort of strongish 4 4 2 .You are not Ronners Moore perchance? And agree Cov is THE big game. We could beat QPR and lose to Cov but then we would be in a worse state than if we had beat cov and lost to QPR.

Beat QPR and lose to cov we would still be then 6 pts behind cov. Lose to qpr but beat Cov we would only be 3 points behind Cov. I think mi maths reight there.

ie

beat qpr lose to cov

cov p 41 pts 45
us p 39 pts 39


Beat cov lose to qpr

Cov p41 pts 42
us p39 pts 39

No roly I am not Sir Ronners Moore lol although it is nice to even be mentioned in the same sentence as he. Yes we could possibly beat QPR with our best team and then lose to Coventry 2 days later, but the emphasis has to be on Coventry, so resting some players to give us a better chance of achieving it has to be looked at.
It's going to be heart attack week for us millers supporters, but whatever happens on tuesday, our season starts on thursday UTM

[CASPER-64-FRANK]

In the past we would have been more than happy to take a point away at Huddersfield, shows how far we have come in a short space of time.
I thought Udders were poor to average and were there for the taking, with a bit better finishing we would have took the three points.
Disappointed yet not gutted in not winning, a points a point.

Wouldn't be surprised if we beat QPR..

[Ronners]

IT would be stupid to risk key players against QPR who could get injured or suspended for the Cov game.

That is something I hadn't thought about roly, and has to be taken into account and I'm sure PW and his team have considered this UTM

[millertop]

There’s no guarantee we win even if we rest key players seeing that the ball isn’t going in, set up to win QPR then move on and set up to beat Coventry

[millertop]

Wing

[Nardendee]

Without making the players appear like robots, we simply have to pick our best side for QPR. We are 6 points behind and so it would be eminently better to beat QPR to leave us within striking distance of Coventry.
If we don’t beat QPR we are playing catch up which will actually put more pressure on us and change the dynamic of the game also from a Cov perspective.
This is the only way we can put them under real pressure. Victory over QPR would also add more pressure on Derby who have a difficult few games ahead. Not beating QPR gives Derby a free pass to safety.
The most important game is the next one. If we don’t beat QPR we will be relegated.

[Ronners]

There’s no guarantee we win even if we rest key players seeing that the ball isn’t going in, set up to win QPR then move on and set up to beat Coventry

No millertop you are right that there is no guarantee we will beat Coventry, but given the importance of that game, and as it stands it's our most important game of season, we surely have to take great care in getting what is considered our best team out in that game.

[rolymiller]

No millertop you are right that there is no guarantee we will beat Coventry, but given the importance of that game, and as it stands it's our most important game of season, we surely have to take great care in getting what is considered our best team out in that game.

Bear in mind as well we will be playing Brum then 3 days later who have had a week to rest up. Some of our players will be on their third game meantime when they play brum. Another game that is still important and winnable despite them being in better form recently. We still have loads of games in hand on them and a better GD. A full strength rested team ie Brum is going to be in a lot better position to beat a team who have just played 3 games and at full pelt becaue we really can't afford to do owt less. Think MTop and Nardendee are being unrealistic what they can ask from players in this situation and I don't for one minute think that Warne will play a full strength team against QPR. I think Ronners compromise is the best solution.

Another thing that could be done against QPR is play a full strength first half but if it is going tits up just bring on a load of subs and rest key players for Cov. It would be pointless chasing the game if we are 2 -0 down at ht. Similarly if we have a player sent off.

Bear in mind they are human beings lads not superheroes. Also if they suffer any serious long term injuries from over exertion any chance we have of picking up any more points later on in the season will be seriously buggered. We will still have 6 games to play after Sunday don't forget. Its not all based on what we do this week but we do need to pick up a good wad of points admittedly to give our selves a chance