The Huddersfield Town Sentinel
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
No sign of nerves from Ayyoub Bouaddi at 20 — 8.30
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ayyoub Bouaddi did not need any: 8.30, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market31 Jan 2028
Luca Palmiero asks to leave Huddersfield Town
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Jan 2028
William Osula falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
Door shut on Steven Benda
Huddersfield Town asked and Fulham said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces31 Jan 2028
The crowd has taken to Ayyoub Bouaddi
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match29 Jan 2028
Huddersfield Town end the wait against Bradford City
It had gone 5 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Match29 Jan 2028
Huddersfield Town get the job done against Bradford City
A 1‑0 win over Bradford City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Tosin Adarabioyo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
Nothing got past Derek Mazou-Sacko
16 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Jack Clarke
- The dugout The form table has caught Teddy Sharman-Lowe
- Squad Peter Allen signs on for more