Player profiles – Page 2 – Terrier Spirit

Aug102018 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Who’s going to score the goals for Huddersfield Town this season?

This is the final part of a series of articles looking at Town’s squad ahead of the Premier League season opener against Chelsea tomorrow. I’ve already gone through the goalkeepers, defenders, central midfielders, and wingers. This article looks at the strikers and number tens within the squad... Numer tens Alex Pritchard Town looked an awful lot better when Pritchard arrived in January. Kasey Palmer and Tom Ince had played in the number ten role in the first half of the season, but neither was able to do the job properly. Pritchard's quality on the ball, ability to pick a pass, and energy make him perfect for the role. Pritchard has now had time to adjust to David Wagner’s system, and has a full preseason under his belt, so he could be even better this season. Town’s new wingers ...

Aug62018 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Who’s going to get a chance in Huddersfield Town’s midfield this season?

Opinion, Player profiles

This is the third in a series of articles that takes a look at Town’s squad ahead of their Premier League season opener against Chelsea on Saturday. This one will focus on the midfield, follow the links to see the ones about our goalkeepers and defenders. Aaron Mooy I’ve said in the article about our defenders that Christopher Schindler was our best player last season, but Aaron Mooy has been the most influential player for Town over the last two years and has been a huge part of the success story we’ve experienced in getting into, and then staying in the Premier League. I find Aaron Mooy an absolute joy to watch, and when he plays well it elevates the whole team and tends to lead to good results. His passing is superb, his movement off the ball is also great, and over the past two ye...

Jul272018 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Have Huddersfield Town too many foreign players for the Premier League rules?

News, Player profiles, Transfers

Most Town fans will have noticed that our current squad has a far more cosmopolitan feel to it these days. One of the reasons we’ve achieved so much in recent seasons has been our ability to pick up players from abroad at a fraction of the cost their English equivalent would be valued at. Has delving into foreign markets left Town in a position where they could fall foul of the Premier League’s rules about homegrown players? Could Town be forced into naming a smaller squad than they could because of the lack of homegrown players on our books? If you can’t be bothered reading the whole article, the quick answer is that our current squad is almost perfectly balanced between homegrown and non-homegrown players, but any transfers could muck this up and mean we have to move players on. W...

Jul212018 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

All the reaction to Adama Diakhaby signing for Town

News, Player profiles, Transfers

I’m a bit late to respond to Huddersfield Town’s aquisition of Adama Diakhaby from Monaco, so I’ve decided to throw together all the various things that have already been said about the signing, rather than repeat what's already out there. The highlights video It’s always worth being careful before getting too excited about highlight videos from YouTube, most players can cobble together a few minutes of clips that show them looking half-decent. The most exciting thing from the clips was how ridiculously quick he is. On the other hand, from this very small glimpse of him playing, he appears to be very reliant on his left foot. All players have a dominant foot to some extent, but it looked like he was scared to use his right at times. It’ll be interesting to see if this is an issue or n...

Jul142018 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Who is Erik Durm and how will he fit in at Huddersfield Town?

Player profiles, Transfers

Huddersfield Town have signed Erik Durm from Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee. The German fullback was a part of the World Cup winning German squad in 2014 and was considered a hot prospect back then. Bad luck with injuries has meant he’s not yet fulfilled that promise, but he’s back to full health now and ready to get going for The Terriers. Here are a few bits and pieces that you might like to know about our latest signing. What kind of player is he? Durm is a fullback that can play on either flank. His playing style is a hard-pressing, physical, and energetic type of football that should naturally suit Town’s playing style. He likes to get forward and is known for his energy, that allows him to burst up and down the wings. Durm started as a striker, but converted to full...

Jul62018 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Who is the young lad training with Town’s first team?

Player profiles

It’s Matt Daly. He’s one of Town's academy players but has been brought in to train with the first team despite being the tender age of 17. He’s an exciting prospect, and the fact he’s stepping up to train with our first team suggest the coaching team at Town think a lot of him. But who is he? I’ve scratched around the internet to find out a few bits and pieces about him. Who is Matt Daly? Matt Daly is an England under-17s international and plays regularly for Town’s youth teams. He arrived from Everton’s youth system a few years ago and is one of our most promising youth players. He plays as an attacking winger/inside forward kind of role. He comes from Stockport, signed for Oldham’s youth team when he was eight, and then went to Everton after a couple of seasons. He was named Eve...

Jun202018 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Juninho Bacuna – Who is he and how will he fit in at Town?

Player profiles, Transfers

Juninho Bacuna has signed for Huddersfield Town from FC Groningen for an undisclosed fee. Unlike other recent “undisclosed” transfer fees, there’s no mention in the press of how much we’ve spent. The Transfer markt website values him at £1.35m, but I suspect we’ll have paid more than that. Who is Juninho Bacuna? He’s a promising 20-year-old Dutch footballer that has played a surprising number of games for his age. Bacuna has played all his career at FC Groningen, but has experience of playing youth international football for the Netherlands, and was selected for the U21 team as recently as last March. He’s played over 80 times in the Dutch top-flight, so has been playing first team football for a number of years. To put that into context, Philip Billing is two years older and has ...

Jan62018 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

NEW SIGNING: Terence Kongolo – who is he and how will he fit in at Town?

Player profiles, Transfers

Huddersfield Town have signed Terence Kongolo on loan for the rest of the season from AS Monaco. He moved to Monaco from Feyenoord for £13.5m in the summer but has only played six times so far this season, so is coming to Huddersfield to get regular football. He can play at either centre-back or left-back but has played more games as a central defender in his career. He’s 23 years old and has a handful of caps for Holland. Unfortunately, his loan deal doesn’t include an option to buy at the end. It seems it’s a genuine loan rather than the hire purchase types of deals we’ve done for Lössl and Hadergjonaj where we can buy them at the end. This post will look a bit further into who he is, where he's been and what we can expect from our new loan signing. What does Kongolo bring ...

Aug232017 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments

Who is Abdelhamid Sabiri and how will he settle in at Huddersfield Town?

Player profiles, Transfers

Huddersfield Town have signed Abdelhamid Sabiri from FC Nurnberg for an undisclosed fee. The deal was rumoured to be happening weeks ago, but had gone cold until a resurfacing this week. The fee is rumoured to be around £1m, but I’d expect the relatively low initial fee will be bolstered by add ons and sell-on clauses. Sabiri is 20 years old, plays in the number 10 role and has is highly rated in Germany. He was born in Morrocco but has dual citizenship, as he’s lived in Germany since he was three. He’s signed a three-year contract, with Town having the option to extend by a further year. He's the tenth player to sign for Town this summer (not including Kachunga, who's loan became permanent in July but was agreed in the spring). He’s not played many senior football games, but last seaso...

Jul82017 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments

Steve Mounié – Find out about Town’s record signing

Player profiles, Transfers

Steve Mounié is Benin international striker, that has just signed for Huddersfield Town from Montpellier for a record fee estimated to be around £11m. Fulham, West Ham and West Brom were reported to have been interested in Mounié but Huddersfield Town managed to secure a deal. Who is he? How will he fit into David Wagner’s style of play? Have Town got a good deal? Read on to find out more. Embed from Getty Images What does Steve Mounié bring to Town? Mounié has potential to be the answer to the problem Town had all last season: goals. He scored fourteen goals in thirty-five appearances last season, which works out to be a goal every two and a half games. Obviously, those goals were scored in a different league and with a different team, but it’s encouraging that he managed to scor...