Darren Moore notes that Huddersfield Town’s needs for transfers are “evident.
The Terriers are eagerly awaiting their next chance to bolster a thin roster, and manager Darren Moore says the team’s priorities are starting to become more obvious. The club has its sights set on the January transfer window.
Even before the injury crisis that limited Huddersfield Town to using just six substitutes against Watford on Saturday afternoon, the club was in dire need of reinforcements. Luke Daley and Tom Iorpenda, two players from the B team who have never appeared in a senior match for the club, were among the six substitutes.
With Jonathan Hogg back from suspension, David Kasumu and Josh Koroma hoped to be close to returning from injury, and Kian Harratt potentially able to return after missing the weekend’s goalless draw for personal reasons, Moore hopes to have several first-team players back in time to play Hull City the following week.
Owner Kevin Nagle and sporting director Mark Cartwright, among others, have admitted since the summer that they would have preferred to have completed more business during the pre-season transfer window, and they are now eager to attempt making up for it in January.
Before the team’s goalless draw with Watford on Saturday, Moore was asked if the team already knew what they wanted out of the transfer window. He said, “Yes, we do now.” After spending, what, six weeks in the building, I believe that things are now obvious and clear to me in terms of the areas that we’ll try to strengthen, if that’s possible.
You may decide that “yes, we will strengthen these areas,” but as you are aware, there are a variety of dynamics that can occur. However, it won’t be for lack of trying.
Moore added that after seeing almost all of his players on matchdays, whether by choice or by being compelled to choose them due to the kind of availability problems they experienced on Saturday, he now has a better idea of where their strengths and weaknesses lie.
“You have to try some things that have been kind of forced because of the situation and the circumstances, but in doing so you develop a learning and an understanding,” he said. “You try some things that you want to try.”
In my opinion, that’s the most significant factor pertaining to our current situation and the choices we’ve had to make. We’ve had to essentially roll the dice and adjust our strategy when it comes to handling and managing games.
However, when it comes to comprehending the group, it goes without saying that after six days or seven days, you will have a deeper understanding of them when you work with them and observe them in a training environment.
