Into the shadows as he pushes for place in the starting XI
being the sole owner of Huddersfield Town over the short to medium term.’
That confirms that as reported by The Examiner last month, Hoyle would have no intention of looking to make a quick sale of the club after completing the takeover. Other topics discussed at the ATT meeting included the recent changes to the away ticket priority system, the club’s positions. For me the impact of Russell in this part of the season has been too high, and of course it’s positive news but it increases the challenge of any midfielder to play.”
Town have a similarly classic ‘nice problem to have’ in defence, where Corberan must pick between Matty Pearson, Tom Lees and Levi Colwill for two centre-back slots in games where he chooses to field a back four. With Jonathan Hogg also approach to cryptocurrency partnerships, match-day catering, issues around fans standing at away grounds, and adding subtitles to videos produced by the club. set to return next week from the combination of injury and illness that have kept him out of the last two games, those selection decisions in midfield are not getting any easier.
Even with just six regular league games left, there may well be time for Eiting to make an impact yet – especially with their next four games being squeezed into the space of just 12 days through a combination of TV rescheduling and the traditional Easter doubleheader.
Such a tight turnaround may require Corberan to use the full depth of his squad – and Russell has recently shown an understandable drop-off in his performances over the past three games.
Eiting’s task now is to ensure he is ready to step into the breach should Corberan turn to him. As the head coach put it: “Eiting is a player who is in the club and we will see how everything is going to progress because in football you never know when the opportunity is going to appear. It’s key that every player keeps pushing themselves to the limits, keep improving, to help the team when they have the opportunity to help the team.”
As much as it’s to Eiting detriment for the time being, the situation can only really be seen as a positive for Town.
Russell may well have a long future at the club ahead of him, but if in a year or two he can be sold for a decent fee having been acquired for nothing, the system will be doing its job.
For now, Town have two very distinct but talented ball-playing midfielders available to choose between.