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Jun32022 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments
Where are the gaps in Huddersfield Town’s squad? 

Where are the gaps in Huddersfield Town’s squad? 

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Town have cleared the decks this week by letting go of their out-of-contract players and sending back loanees to their parent clubs. This means the squad is now a bit on the thin side, even when you add in the players returning from loans that might add something to the first team.  In this article I’m going to look at the various areas of the pitch and try to identify where Town are light and where they have enough players. Here we go… Goalkeepers Lee Nicholls Ryan Schofield Youth options: Bilokopic / Chapman / Bellagambi  At the start of the season just gone, I had my doubts about this area of the pitch, with Schofield wobbily and Nicholls unproven at Championship level. After one of the best seasons of any Town goalkeeper in my memory, Lee Nicholls has d...
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Feb22021 by Terrier Spirit17 Comments
“Dithering could prove costly” – A review of Huddersfield Town’s January Transfer Window

“Dithering could prove costly” – A review of Huddersfield Town’s January Transfer Window

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The transfer window slammed shut last night and ultimately ended in disappointment for many Town fans who hoped an additional striker would have been added to the ranks. Despite extensive links to a wide variety of forwards none of the rumours materialised into actual signings. From the outside it came across as an unseemly scramble to try and court multiple players that ultimately led to us getting nobody through the door. While this transfer window will be remembered because of our inability to bring in someone to provide competition and support for Fraizer Campbell in the striker role, I thought it would be worth looking at the business we actually managed to conduct. Arrivals - 6 new players coming through the door The disappointment of deadline day makes it easy to forget t...
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Jan252021 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments
Odd deal structure and Derby fans’ anger adds interest to Duane Holmes arrival at Huddersfield Town

Odd deal structure and Derby fans’ anger adds interest to Duane Holmes arrival at Huddersfield Town

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After over a week of speculation he was on the verge of signing, Huddersfield Town have finally announced the acquisition of Duane Holmes from Derby County. As usual, both clubs have said the deal involves an "undisclosed fee" but  Ryan Conway of The Athletic has tweeted about the structure of the deal. Conway suggest that there is no upfront fee involved in the arrangement between Derby and Town, instead there are triggers agreed that will lead to payments down the line if certain milestones are met. https://twitter.com/RJConway92/status/1353659456698122244 What are the triggers that will lead to fees being due? There are no details about what these specific triggers are but it's likely they will be based upon Holmes having a successful career at Huddersfield Town. So thin...
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Jan52021 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Why Huddersfield Town should be cautious this transfer window

Why Huddersfield Town should be cautious this transfer window

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The January transfer window has opened and fans are ravenously consuming every scrap of a rumour they can lay their hands on. Instead of engaging in the usual tittle tattle, I’ve written a two-part post about whether it would be wise for Huddersfield Town to spend some money on new players this transfer window. The first part argued that now is the right time to invest in the playing squad, if you’ve not read it yet you can check it out by clicking anywhere on this sentence. In this second part we’ll look at the argument for Phil and the board keeping their hand on their collective tuppence when it comes to this transfer window. It’s never exciting to argue for restraint but there are some solid reasons for Huddersfield Town to show some caution in this transfer window. Here are my main r...
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Jan52021 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments
Why Huddersfield Town should spend some money in this transfer window

Why Huddersfield Town should spend some money in this transfer window

Transfers
This article is the first of a two-parter where I'm going to look at both sides of the argument about whether Town should have a modest transfer window this January or whether they should spend, spend, spend. This one will make the case for why now is the time to get some money spent. Last transfer window, fans often fell into two distinct camps of those that defended the club's hierarchy for keeping their hand on their tuppence and those that wanted at least some of the money received in transfer fees and reduced wages to be reinvested into the playing squad. It's transpired that the business Town did in the last window was generally very good and we picked up some shrewd signings. Though I do often wonder if we would be even better placed if we'd have brought in two or three more attac...
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Oct172020 by Terrier Spirit2 Comments
A Huddersfield Town fan’s opinion on Terence Kongolo’s move to Fulham

A Huddersfield Town fan’s opinion on Terence Kongolo’s move to Fulham

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Terence Kongolo completed his move to Fulham last night following months of speculation linking them and the player. The deal represents a significant loss from the £18m Huddersfield Town spent on the defender a couple of seasons ago but at least gets him off the wage bill. The deal was only confirmed hours after the five pm deadline after many had thought the deal could have fallen through at the last minute. Thankfully it all went through OK in the end and Huddersfield Town have offloaded another one of their expensive signings that didn’t work out. Here are my thoughts on Terence Kongolo and whether this transfer is a good move or not. It’s easiest to break Kongolo’s time down into three periods to properly sum up his time at Town. Kongolo's early day at Huddersfield When Kongolo ca...
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Oct112020 by Terrier Spirit17 Comments
Why are there so many articles about Karlan Grant’s move to West Brom but so little progress?

Why are there so many articles about Karlan Grant’s move to West Brom but so little progress?

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The ongoing story of West Brom’s pursuit of Huddersfield Town’s Karlan Grant has long since passed into the realm of being a “saga”. Every single day for the last few weeks there are headlines about the potential deal being on the verge of happening. Despite the player wanting the move, Huddersfield Town being willing to let him go and West Brom desperately needing a striker the move seems to be stuck. While there hasn't been any discernable change in the status of this move for week, we still get a deluge of articles commenting on the proposed transfer. Here are a few of the reasons why there are so many articles written about this potential transfer and so few genuine changes in what’s happening. The deal is genuinely stuck It feels like most transfer deals have taken longer than us...
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Oct22020 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments
How do the double transfer deadline days this season affect Huddersfield Town’s transfer dealings?

How do the double transfer deadline days this season affect Huddersfield Town’s transfer dealings?

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This transfer window is a bit different this season due to the disruption caused by the pandemic. Rather than having a single deadline there are actually two, one that affects dealings with clubs abroad and one for domestic deals. It’s not all that complicated but it’s definitely different to the usual deadline situation. Here’s a quick summary of what the rules are for the upcoming deadlines and how it could affect Huddersfield Town and their ongoing transfer business. Next Monday’s deadline - Monday 5 October 2020 Monday’s deadline is the last day for Premier League clubs to do deals with other Premier League clubs and those abroad. So it will mean top-flight teams in England will only be able to buy, sell and loan players with clubs from the leagues below them in England. EFL teams ...
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Aug52020 by Terrier SpiritNo Comments
How many of Huddersfield Town’s current players are likely to stay? Wild speculation and guesswork!

How many of Huddersfield Town’s current players are likely to stay? Wild speculation and guesswork!

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Huddersfield Town have yet to make a signing in this shortened gap between seasons so I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the current squad. Here's a run through all the players we currently have in the first team squad (as listed on the club's website) and what I'd like to happen with them this transfer window. As the title suggests, this is all just my speculation and isn't based upon any insider knowledge. Goalkeepers Ryan Schofield - Could be loaned out to gain experience as he’s at a stage in his career when he needs to be getting more game time. It all depends on whether Carlos Coberán thinks he is ready to be Town’s first choice keeper. Personally, I’d like to see him given a chance. If we’re going to start trusting our youth players more, he seems like a prime ca...
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