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Huddersfield signing EVERYONE...
- Thread starter Psychobilly freakout
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Yes, them. What's your point?
Put it this way spence: If this was all 35 years ago, any Huddersfield stickers* in the Panini sets we'd PINCHED from Hurstpierpoint post office would all have ended up thrown in the bin.
*except the shiny club badge, obviously.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
But we're after value (ow, look, the transfer windows shut...)
All of which is fine, I just happen to disagree with you. In the games I have seen Derby play (including the one where they have beaten us well), he's seemed a fairly peripheral figure. I think he's decent Championship player with a natural home at a club challenging for the play-offs.
BensGrandad
New member
It augers well for us if we are expecting to sign better players than Tom Ince but it may be costly.
Their signings so far seem to be the kind made by a team that:-
- Finished the previous season in19th.
- Started last season as favourites for relegation.
- Supplemented a poor side with loanees.
- Then surprised themselves by being promoted 6 weeks after the automatic places were settled.
TBH I expected more from Wagner, which may well be the signings still to come, as currently it appears he's following the standard English practise of either buying what you know or chasing English hype.
But coughing up the best part of £20m for 2 Championship players isn't a promising start.
- Finished the previous season in19th.
- Started last season as favourites for relegation.
- Supplemented a poor side with loanees.
- Then surprised themselves by being promoted 6 weeks after the automatic places were settled.
TBH I expected more from Wagner, which may well be the signings still to come, as currently it appears he's following the standard English practise of either buying what you know or chasing English hype.
But coughing up the best part of £20m for 2 Championship players isn't a promising start.
albion534
Well-known member
They're just throwing money around. Won't end well.
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GreersElbow
New member
Does Ince have sell on potential? He really hasn't set the world alight and was fairly average last season. He's also mid-way through his career, relatively speaking....
The_Viper
Well-known member
Which I think is a very clever and realistic move for them. If they stay up they have defied all odds, if they don't then they're strong enough to challenge again in the Championship. Huddersfield weren't expected to compete last season, so the fact that they're posturing themselves to be there if they go down is sensible.
He is absolute garb.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Another championship player. Good to see they're already preparing for relegation.
daveinprague
New member
They are welcome to him.
DumLum
Well-known member
No thumbs down button yet?
Oh well here goes:
Our premier league rivals (Teams that will finish 8th -20th) are getting ahead of us in this transfer window!
Oh well here goes:
Our premier league rivals (Teams that will finish 8th -20th) are getting ahead of us in this transfer window!
bn1&bn3 Albion
Well-known member
Could be a good signing but I wouldn't be happy if we spent £8M+ for him..
GreersElbow
New member
Buying championship proven players is not 'getting' ahead of anyone.
From what I've seen so far Huddersfield are running to stand still. Fair enough as they have to due to the loan players they relied on last season.
But all they've actually done is spend £20m and their squad still isn't as strong as it was.
"Getting ahead"? What gives?
But all they've actually done is spend £20m and their squad still isn't as strong as it was.
"Getting ahead"? What gives?
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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Huddersfield played with wingers last year and Ravij Van La Parra had a great season. His form was a surprise to me. He'd had a few games where he looked fairly useful on loan with us, but not useful enough for us to want to keep him.
At the risk of underestimating him again, I don't think he is going to be consistently successful at Premier League level. If Huddersfield are of the same view and don't plan to change styles, they need another right winger and Tom Ince is one of the best in the Championship, seems to be available and they can now afford him.
We wouldn't be spending big money in that area as we've not only got back the injured Solly March that RVLP was deputising for, but also the French bloke that we bought instead of RVLP, a bloke who turned out to be more than fairly useful.
At the risk of underestimating him again, I don't think he is going to be consistently successful at Premier League level. If Huddersfield are of the same view and don't plan to change styles, they need another right winger and Tom Ince is one of the best in the Championship, seems to be available and they can now afford him.
We wouldn't be spending big money in that area as we've not only got back the injured Solly March that RVLP was deputising for, but also the French bloke that we bought instead of RVLP, a bloke who turned out to be more than fairly useful.
This...totally overrated!