Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Bacuna could be solution for Terriers midfield

- By MEL BOOTH @examinerHT­AFC

JUNINHO Bacuna could be a frontrunne­r to replace Jonathan Hogg in midfield against Bournemout­h.

Manager Jan Siewert said he will be looking at performanc­es in training before making a final decision.

“I have to search solutions, and it depends on how the players perform in training,” he said.

“Hoggy won’t be able to play, so I have to find solutions. I have found one, but if it’s Baca I can’t tell you at the moment.

“After the Wolves game it was about the players who deserved to start.

“They had a fantastic game against Wolves but, unfortunat­ely, we had to make early substituti­ons at Brighton.

“We will have a look at things in training and then I can make my final decisions.”

Siewert also spoke about the punishing nature of Premier League football, which Town again fell the victim to in a late defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion in their last outing.

Siewert added: “It’s hard if you lose a game just because of one goal and one situation. It never feels good and I realise in my time here that the Premier League punishes you directly, so it doesn’t feel good at the moment.

“I hate losing. When I am angry, I am angry and it takes time for me to calm down.

“Sometimes you make a step forward and two steps back, but sometimes you make three jumps forward.

“I would say this is normal. It’s a difficult situation. I knew it and nothing has changed for me.

“I am looking at our performanc­es and we have to judge ourselves on those performanc­es. Losing a game with just one goal is hard to take.”

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