Huddersfield Towns midfield has, all season long, under performed and in some matches been non-existent. Kay, Arfield, Miller, Johnson, Gudjonsson, Gobern, Robinson, Roberts & Ward have all had poor seasons both under former manager Lee Clark and Simon Grayson. Either due to injuries or simply showing no passion when on the playing field, Towns midfield has been chopped and changed virtually every game which has frustrated both the fans and possibly the players a well.
However, who blames Clark & now Grayson for doing so? I certainly don't. If your playing for a promotion chasing club which backs you with big wage packets every week, then showing an inept performance when on the pitch is unacceptable and the players deserve to be dropped immediately. A midfield should be the heartbeat of any football club and if you can win the midfield battle against your opposition, your halfway there to getting all three points in my opinion. Huddersfield Town have not only failed to do that this season, they have also failed to find any sort of creativity/spark from the middle of the park. Let's have a closer look at some vital statistics from the 2011/12 season so far for Huddersfield.
Midfield Goals
Gary Roberts - 6
Danny Ward - 3
Scott Arfield - 2
Oscar Gobern - 2
Rest of midfield have just one or no goals
Midfield Assists
Danny Ward - 11
Gary Roberts - 8
Scott Arfield - 4
Damien Johnson - 2
Danny Cadamarteri - 2
Kallum Higginbotham - 2
Rest of midfield have just one or no assists
From the statistics above you can see that we attack down the wings and that is why both Danny Ward & Gary Roberts top both the midfield goals and assists lists. Huddersfield Town have relied on their wingers to perform too much this season due to the fact that our abundance of midfielders have been poor and have lacked the creativity needed to assist the strikers and score those much needed goals. Our highest scoring central midfielder only has two goals to his name and regardless of how many times the team has been changed around, it is still a very bad statistic for the terriers. Even Kallum Higginbotham who has only just been brought in to the squad after being bought and loaned out for the remainder of the season, is creeping up to our leading assisting central midfielder Scott Arfield.
Going into the play-offs with a midfield that's uncertain who is going to be starting or even on the bench is most certainly not a good thing to be doing. Simon Grayson has tried to determine who his midfield is going to be but i don't think even he knows yet who shall be playing against MK Dons in the play-off semi finals.
Everything looks to be against Huddersfield Town qualifying for the final down at Wembley and gaining promotion through the play-offs but in football you never know what is going to happen and thats why we love it. Come on Huddersfield !!
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