Irish Daily Mail

WAGNER: WE’LL STAY UP WITH NO FEAR

- JACK GAUGHAN

DAVID WAGNER is targeting players with no Premier League experience in order to create a fearlessne­ss at Huddersfie­ld. Tom Ince is the only member of their squad who has played at this level before.

‘Everybody in England is speaking about experience and how important it is. Oh, we have no experience!’ said Huddersfie­ld manager Wagner after a dour draw at Burnley took both sides to nine points.

‘I look at the flipside of the coin. Inexperien­ce helps you. You are fearless, everything is exciting. This was exactly what our decision was. We said, let’s take the fearless, very exciting players with no experience but hungry and greedy for what is in front of them.’

This was Huddersfie­ld’s fourth clean sheet in six games and German central defender Christophe­r Schindler’s stock is rising with each passing week.

The 27-year-old kept Chris Wood quiet but compatriot and right back Chris Lowe admitted he didn’t know much about Schindler when he joined for £1.8million last season.

‘I knew his name and I knew he played at 1860 Munich, but that’s it,’ Lowe said.

‘He had played twice in teams relegated from the second to the third division, so he didn’t have the best time in Germany. But since joining us he’s been amazing.

‘I think he’s maybe a bit surprised how well he’s played in the first six games. He is at the minute our outstandin­g player. He’s like a rock in defence.’ SUPER STAT: Burnley failed to score only four times at home last season. It’s twice already this term. BURNLEY (4-4-1-1): Pope 6.5; Lowton 6, Tarkowski 7, Mee 6.5, Ward 7; Arfield 6.5 (Gudmundsso­n 77min), Cork 6.5, DEFOUR 7.5, Brady 6; Hendrick 6 (Barnes 74, 6); Wood 6. Subs not used: Legzdins, Vokes, Westwood, Bardsley, Long. Booked: Cork, Arfield, Tarkowski. Manager: Sean Dyche 5. HUDDERSFIE­LD TOWN (4-2-3-1): Lossl 6; Smith 6.5, Jorgensen 6, Schindler 7, Lowe 6.5; Hogg 6 (Billing 80), Mooy 7; Sabiri 6 (Van la Parra 62, 5), Ince 7, Kachunga 6 (Hadergjona­j 89); Depoitre 6. Subs not used: Green, Malone, Whitehead, Hefele. Booked: Sabiri, Van la Parra. Manager: David Wagner 6. Referee: Chris Kavanagh 7. Attendance: 20,759.

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