These XI do deserve to stay Danny
DANNY Cowley has been ringing the changes since Huddersfield Town returned to Championship action following the lockdown.
Against Wigan Athletic, when he was without Fraizer
Campbell and Steve Mounie, he restored Jonathan Hogg and Juninho Bacuna to the starting line-up, played Karlan Grant as the lone striker and shifted Emile Smith Rowe to the left wing. It didn’t work.
Against Nottingham Forest, Cowley brought in Demeaco Duhaney, slotted Andy King into the midfield and positioned Lewis O’Brien on the left while Alex Pritchard played at No.10.
That didn’t work either. At Birmingham, Campbell was restored to the starting line-up, allowing Grant to return to the left.
Emile Smith Rowe was back at No.10 while Elias Kachunga replaced Chris Willock on the right.
King and Pritchard were the two to miss out along with Willock - and the changes paid off spectacularly with a welldeserved 3-0 win.
So we dare you Danny Cowley, after that super performance, name an unchanged team!
Yes, there are six games in 18 days to come, but surely the starting XI deserve another go.
Jonas Lossl, Demeaco Duhaney, Richard Stearman, Christopher Schindler, Harry Toffolo; Jonathan Hogg, Lewis O’Brien; Elias Kachunga, Emile Smith Rowe, Karlan Grant; Fraizer Campbell.
CHRISTOPHER Schindler has the respect and admiration of everyone at Huddersfield Town - but it might not guarantee him an ever-present record during the Championship survival run-in.
The club’s 30-year-old captain and Wembley promotion hero bounced back to form with a defiant