Coca Cola League Cup Round 2
Huddersfield Town 1-2 Sheffield United
The score does not tell the story of this game. For most neutrals seeing the result they would probably assume it would be a true reflection, after all they are a league above us. But for 80 minutes of this match we were in charge completely, outplaying and bossing all over the pitch. A nonsense of a substitution changed things, and all the good work was unravelled.
Chance after chance for Town, Nathan Clarke missed two clear cut headers, we could have been 3 or 4 up no problem, but it was just a loveley piece of individual skill from Michael Flynn that seperated the two teams for most of this game, an excellent shot from 20 yards beating Blades keeper Ian Bennett after the 1/2 hour mark.
One substitution changed the game. Town had played 4-4-2 all night, and it had worked a treat with Messers Lucketti and Clarke cutting out any threat at the back, and Cadders, Roberts and Parker looking lively upfront. But for some unexplained reason Stan thought that 5 in midfield was the way to close out the game (how wrong can you be gaffer), and took off the hard working Luke Beckett in exchange for Jim Goodwin, leaving Cadders on his own upfront.
It was that decision that cost us victory, amazing how we fell apart. We totally lost our shape, and ultimately the game, when two goals in 3 minutes from Darius Henderson (after he had turned the ineffectual Robbie Williams) and a deflected effort from Kyle Naughton sunk Town.
Nearly but not quite.
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