Huddersfield post match thoughts.

[Heliosphan78]

Surely it can't be just a coincidence that the players have so many muscle injuries but I don't remember there being as many when Ross Burbeary was here before as fitness coach so what has changed?
I do remember Neil Warnock saying the training facilities were totally inadequate and successive managers have said something similar but surely the skill and competence of the physios must be also be a key factor in all this.
Does anyone remember when Dennis Circuit was here? He was brilliant at getting injured players back to fitness in the quickest possible time......just ask Lee Frecklington!

There obviously isn't one single reason for the level of injuries that we've had, but Hamshaw needs to take responsibility for most of this in my opinion. He's the one bringing players to the football club. He's the one, along with the coaching staff and backroom staff, responsible for fitness levels and everything that goes with it.

At the start of the season, he gambled on Etete and Martin Sherif, a lad who had never played men's football. Along with Nombe, those two were consistently injured leaving us with literally one fit striker. You might blame that on bad luck but when things like that keep happening, you have to question the manager and his judgement. I understand that budget plays a part in the type of player that we can sign and that we might gamble on certain players (Benson, Tom Holmes) but when you consider that Hamshaw has signed NINETEEN players and that almost every single senior squad member has been injured at some point this season (some 3 or 4 times), then serious questions need to be asked.

There has been no sign of any improvement on the injury front whatsoever. We're in the middle of a relegation battle and have almost our entire midfield injured. It just isn't good enough. I want Hamshaw and his coaching team gone, and they can take Burbeary with them.

I'm not sure I'd even trust Hamshaw with a fully fit squad, but that's another debate.

[avondalemiller]

There obviously isn't one single reason for the level of injuries that we've had, but Hamshaw needs to take responsibility for most of this in my opinion. He's the one bringing players to the football club. He's the one, along with the coaching staff and backroom staff, responsible for fitness levels and everything that goes with it.

At the start of the season, he gambled on Etete and Martin Sherif, a lad who had never played men's football. Along with Nombe, those two were consistently injured leaving us with literally one fit striker. You might blame that on bad luck but when things like that keep happening, you have to question the manager and his judgement. I understand that budget plays a part in the type of player that we can sign and that we might gamble on certain players (Benson, Tom Holmes) but when you consider that Hamshaw has signed NINETEEN players and that almost every single senior squad member has been injured at some point this season (some 3 or 4 times), then serious questions need to be asked.

There has been no sign of any improvement on the injury front whatsoever. We're in the middle of a relegation battle and have almost our entire midfield injured. It just isn't good enough. I want Hamshaw and his coaching team gone, and they can take Burbeary with them.

I'm not sure I'd even trust Hamshaw with a fully fit squad, but that's another debate.

I'm also at a loss with our season but; If it was a poor budget, how did we attract Gore back and Biancheri? Is it true tha MH is considered a good coach with the young players?
We can weigh up Sherif when he's finished new loan at the season's end.
Etete a couple of years earlier, along with Ugo, ripped our defence to bit against Cardiff at NYS. They didn't look like the future flops then...
The old chestnut about Roundwood, never was a problem in a promotiom season. Its had a few grand spent on it in last couple of seasons. The facilities don't pull hamstrings.....
I'm sure someone could tell us what the numbers are for Hamstrings, pulled muscles against getting injured kicked or tackled badly.

[Brin]

There obviously isn't one single reason for the level of injuries that we've had, but Hamshaw needs to take responsibility for most of this in my opinion. He's the one bringing players to the football club. He's the one, along with the coaching staff and backroom staff, responsible for fitness levels and everything that goes with it.

At the start of the season, he gambled on Etete and Martin Sherif, a lad who had never played men's football. Along with Nombe, those two were consistently injured leaving us with literally one fit striker. You might blame that on bad luck but when things like that keep happening, you have to question the manager and his judgement. I understand that budget plays a part in the type of player that we can sign and that we might gamble on certain players (Benson, Tom Holmes) but when you consider that Hamshaw has signed NINETEEN players and that almost every single senior squad member has been injured at some point this season (some 3 or 4 times), then serious questions need to be asked.

There has been no sign of any improvement on the injury front whatsoever. We're in the middle of a relegation battle and have almost our entire midfield injured. It just isn't good enough. I want Hamshaw and his coaching team gone, and they can take Burbeary with them.

I'm not sure I'd even trust Hamshaw with a fully fit squad, but that's another debate.

Heliospan, you're correct in thinking the budget had a lot to do with who Hamshaw could bring in. Blame our once great Manager Evo for that, there was no way Stewart was going to entrust a complete novice in Matt with another similar budget, although credit to him he did keep us in League 1 where Evo was driving us into League 2.

So no money to spend, it had to be 1 in 1 out etc. Who actually suggested/chose the 19 that were brought in?
The woman? over seeing all the financials had the final say along with TS. I know Derbs has a fixation with out COO but I don't believe he had much say in any of that.

As for the fitness levels. My thoughts on this, and purely speculation, but I feel this season's team have been beasted ala the Warney era and who was our fitness coach then? These players are no where near the level Warne had who could take physical punishment like they've been put through. How many hamstring in juries this season?.....20/25 plus?
What is that all about, it's a story on its own. Totally unprecedented and unheard of at our club level, who's caused all of these hammys? They don't just simply happen that's a fact.

It's clearly evident that Matt is not yet ready to manage club football but he's given it a go but his naevity at times has been staggering in some of the players he still believes in, I won't name them we can all work some of them out for ourselves. Tactical substitutions with 4 minutes of playing time left???? That was in the last home game. Mind boggling.

Anyway, it is what it is, unless some players start playing out of their skin and give Matt that 'Mark Robins/Fergie scenario' then it's simply curtains for him......I think they've already been drawn though

[Derbymiller]

I don't obsess Brin I just think he couldn't be a chief operating officer at a light switch nevermind a football club, his big interview demonstrated that. TS is to blame he employs crap people end of. That is assuming they are employed at all, some key positions are only occasional part-time workers. What amazes me in those that treat relegation in a casual manner, what is going to change to make them think the rot will stop there?