Pope John XXIII - 27/7/2017 19:40
Hardy Forest - 27/7/2017 19:13
On the face of it, neither did Huddersfield did they? A relatively unknown German manager, with no knowledge of this league, brings in a bunch of unknown 2nd division German players, that he had inside knowledge of, and hey presto, promotion.
I'm not saying that approach could work all the time, but you never know.
Here we are, with a progressive manager, with a proven track record in this league, who has brought in some players that he has knowledge of and who he thinks will fit his system, and some are complaining.
Yep, because I don't think it will work.
For every Huddersfield there are another 10 clubs who do the exact same thing and fail. We have been one of them many times, including last year.
It's all nice being positive. But we need everything he has done to click.
Are we even stonger than last season?
33 of last season's 62 goals were scored by players who are no longer at the club. How sure are we that those goals, which were only barely enough, are going to be replaced let alone bettered?
You have to accept the possibility.
A number of our top targets have not arrived at the club. You can all be happy, but MW probably won't be ecstatic at how it has gone. Players he wanted here have gone elsewhere and he has been left with second or third choices.
The most solid, out of the box good signing (Darikwa) is in a position that is already adequately covered.
Two young players have arrived ready to play - that's it. Our season will hinge on Greek guy and the two Scots and whether they can be amazing or not.
And this progressive manager has been playing our most outstanding young striker in a generation at right wing back. I saw Brereton's face when he went down the tunnel on Tuesday and it was just as bemused as mine was