David Kasumu

Defensive Midfielder - Huddersfield Town
15 Nov 2026
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15 Edition

The Huddersfield Town Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Bobby Escritt breaks a bone — 57 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 57 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Derensili Sanches Fernandes

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

No end in sight to Huddersfield Town's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Huddersfield Town has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Huddersfield Town

Issa Doumbia was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Derensili Sanches Fernandes 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.

Match

Derby County take the points off Huddersfield Town

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The Huddersfield Town Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Bobby Escritt out for 72 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Huddersfield Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Derensili Sanches Fernandes

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Ilias Bronkhorst in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Huddersfield Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Marcus McGuane 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.

Match

Ipswich Town take the points off Huddersfield Town

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cameron Humphreys

“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.

In brief

9 Edition

The Huddersfield Town Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ilias Bronkhorst in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Huddersfield Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Marcus McGuane 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.

The terraces

Huddersfield Town supporters have found a favourite in Issa Doumbia

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Issa Doumbia has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Huddersfield Town find a way past Milton Keynes Dons

Milton Keynes Dons made Huddersfield Town work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joe Low

“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 ratings

Bobby Wales runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief