Are they though? spunking millions on Ince who can't cut it at PL level.They are doing it the right way - getting in early and buying players who are good at championship level and capable of going one better. They don't seem to be quite as obsessed about value as we are.
Danny Williams signed too! They are certainly getting in quick with their business! They lost their head of recruitment to Norwich too I believe!
Wagner is certainly stealing a march on the likes of Chris Hughton - who clearly doesn't understand that Premier League success depends on assembling a squad in July the majority of which is not much better than 5th in the Championship standard....Scott Malone to be announced tonight too, and then Mounie tomorrow.
It's not that surprising though, Wagner is all about the summer pre-season. Part of him agreeing the 2 year management deal will have been for us to get our business done earlier (and therefore taking the slight potential hit in valuations).
Expect Ranocchia and maybe a right-back back up (possibly Yiadom) and we'll be done, pending a mad loan like Ollie Burke or Patrick Roberts.
This.Although I have no idea who we'll end up with I'd not be that impressed if we'd signed any of the players who have signed for Huddersfield.
Scott Malone to be announced tonight too, and then Mounie tomorrow.
It's not that surprising though, Wagner is all about the summer pre-season. Part of him agreeing the 2 year management deal will have been for us to get our business done earlier (and therefore taking the slight potential hit in valuations).
Expect Ranocchia and maybe a right-back back up (possibly Yiadom) and we'll be done, pending a mad loan like Ollie Burke or Patrick Roberts.
Wagner is certainly stealing a march on the likes of Chris Hughton - who clearly doesn't understand that Premier League success depends on assembling a squad in July the majority of which is not much better than 5th in the Championship standard....
This.
Looks like a Championship select XI apart from the 2 strikers.
Delaney and Cafu look more ambitious signings. Hope we get them.
Yes, Thomas Delaney.I hope you mean Thomas Delaney!
he wire is missing out on second choice targets going and failing to sign second choice targets.
Then its back to our existing squad and we are left with Williams being sightly ahead of Norwood, Mooy a fraction ahead of Kayal, Tom Ince ahead of Jamie Murphy, Malone may be a better bet than Bong, etc.
Have Huddersfield signed a central defender yet?
Much has been said on here about Mooy not bossing the home game (dunno wasn't there). I was at the away game where he bossed and nothing seems to have been said about that apart from the guy that said it 1st here. Quality player. Ince am unsure on but reckon would be decent to have coming off he bench in some games. And Hudds really didn't need to spend big just to get the standard of team back that gained them promotion. Still think we will get 2 of the 3 we seem to have been after Suttner, Delaney and Cafu. If not not Suttner then maybe another LB like Gibbs or Gomez. If not Cafu then still think we need that extra striker from somewhere.
Palmer signed on season loan.
Isiah brown rumored to be next!
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Much has been said on here about Mooy not bossing the home game (dunno wasn't there). I was at the away game where he bossed and nothing seems to have been said about that apart from the guy that said it 1st here. Quality player. Ince am unsure on but reckon would be decent to have coming off he bench in some games. And Hudds really didn't need to spend big just to get the standard of team back that gained them promotion. Still think we will get 2 of the 3 we seem to have been after Suttner, Delaney and Cafu. If not not Suttner then maybe another LB like Gibbs or Gomez. If not Cafu then still think we need that extra striker from somewhere.
I hope this isn't the beginnings of a season long internet created rivalry nonsense where each forum starts crying because the oppositions forum doesn't think their team is the greatest in the world.
If I were a Huddersfield fan I'd be pretty bloody happy with life right now. Promotion and signings in early doors. Mooy was a no brainer for them and at £8m a good deal given his role in their side. Yes he has his limitations but they've built a side that suits him perfectly and at the level we are both at now, £8m isn't mega money when you consider how much some clubs in the Premier League are spending.
Williams is a terrific signing on a free. I don't think he's someone who'd necessarily suit us but I think he'll fit in well there. Ince is another who I don't think suited us as we have Knockaert & March but he's an upgrade on what they have and certainly has the potential to be a good player in the Prem if he can bring everything together and perhaps Wagner will get the most out of him.
Suspect there's some anxiety here from our fans hoping we were making signings right now. Huddersfield can sign good players who fit them but aren't the right fit for us! It doesn't make our recruitment bad or their signings bad!
I think we need a big, mobile striker with an eye for goal who can lead the line on his own (I don't ask for much) and a pacey winger who can play on the left and cut in on their right. Perhaps some further competition for Gross if we do play 4411. A keeper and a left back and we're pretty much there. Unless of course the plan is for Goldson to head out on loan, then we'd want a centre back too.
Isnt that (signing more than one player on loan, from the same Premier club) literally impossible?
The way I see it as a Town fan is that Brighton already have a much stronger and better equipped squad for Premiership survival, given that you have been building for some time, whereas Town upset the apple cart and pissed off the punters last season. In view of the cash windfall, we need to spend big (well, by our standards), and quickly.Wagner is certainly stealing a march on the likes of Chris Hughton - who clearly doesn't understand that Premier League success depends on assembling a squad in July the majority of which is not much better than 5th in the Championship standard....