Not an auspicious start...

[hamstrung_pigeon]

... for some of our old boys

Championship:
Huddersfield (Hammill, Peltier and Coady - came on as a late sub) lost 4 - 0.
Bolton (Spearing) lost 3 - 0.
Hyypia's Brighton lost 1 - 0 at home, playing most of the second half with 10 men after a red card for a high challenge.

League One:
Yeovil (Sokolik) lost 3 - 0.

On the other hand though, one of our current players on loan got off to a good start. Brad Smith started and played the entire game for Swindon Town (League One) as they ended up 3 - 1 winners over Scunthorpe. The ESPN Gamecast seems to have Swindon Town playing with 3 at the back, so I'm unsure if Smith played as a wingback.

We have no other youngsters out on loan to Championship / League One teams at present, I think.

 

[Mors]

Think Ayala scored today?

 

[Modo]

So they're all a bunch of losers

 

[Red Bird]

Think Ayala scored today?

He did as Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City 2-0.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

Well, that was fast. Kinda shit for Coady though, to go to a new team and then the manager drops out after a game.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/10/huddersfield-mark-robins

[article]Huddersfield’s Mark Robins becomes first managerial casualty of season
• Mark Robins leaves after opening-day rout by Bournemouth
• Manager had been at Huddersfield for 18 months

Press Association
theguardian.com, Sunday 10 August 2014 10.18 BST

Mark Robins has left his role as the Huddersfield Town manager only one game into the new Championship season, the club have announced.

The 44-year-old took charge at Huddersfield in February 2013, helping them avoid relegation that year and then leading them to a 17th-place finish last term.

However, a 4-0 drubbing at home to Bournemouth on the opening day of the new campaign led to Robins and his players being jeered by fans.

Following a meeting with Huddersfield’s board on Saturday, it was mutually agreed Robins would step aside.

A statement on the club’s website read: “Following yesterday’s first day defeat, Mark met with the board of directors. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mark and the directors all agreed it would be in the interests of all parties to part company. Accordingly, Mark’s contract has ended amicably and by mutual consent.

“Huddersfield Town would like to place on record its thanks to Mark and wish him all the best for the future.”

The Town chairman Dean Hoyle added: “Mark has put his all into the job over the past 16 months and has made a big contribution to the club.

“He arrived at the club at a difficult time and immediately impacted to keep us in the Championship.

“Mark’s approach to this has been refreshing. He has always put the club before himself and worked tirelessly on the training ground to change our way of playing and we have seen that come to fruition.

“Mark will be someone that I personally, and we as a club, will always remain in contact with.”

The assistant manager Steve Thompson will take charge of the team during Sunday’s training session, along with the first-team coach Steve Eyre.[/article]

 

[Red Mullet]

I can never understand early sackings like this. What were the directors doing during the summer whilst the manager was planning the next season?

 

[gkmacca]

and immediately impacted

"impacted"! He deserves to go down with vocabulary like that.