WAGNER: NO NEED FOR TOWN TO PANIC

DAVID WAGNER insists Huddersfield will not panic because of their slow start.

The Terriers have yet to win with just a single point and one goal in the Premier League against Chelsea, Manchester City and

Cardiff.

In fact, Huddersfield have scored in just seven of their 20 top-flight games in 2018 and kept four clean sheets.

Boss Wagner refuses to pay too much attention to the statistics and is happy with his players’ work-rate.

He said: “First of all, the stats are right, OK. The stats are the truth. But will they always give you the true information about success or no success? No.

“Stats don’t guarantee that you know who will be successful and who won’t – especially in the next game.

“If you ask me am I happy? No. But does it mean we have to change anything or start to overthink or panic? No, absolutely not.

“My biggest confidence I get is out of this dressing room. Even in these early days there is an atmosphere to work and make the hard yards.”

Wagner claims it is pointless to look back at this stage last season when Huddersfield took seven points off Crystal Palace, Newcastle and Southampton.

“It makes no sense to compare starts because we have played different opponents,” said the German. “Even if we played the same clubs, they have different players now, so you can’t compare.

“There’s no pressure. I feel excitement for the next game – Goodison Park, Everton, there’s nothing better. Come on!”

Wagner signed Ramadan Sobhi, Adama Diakhaby and Isaac Mbenza in the summer to boost Town’s attacking options and believes they have the potential to solve their goalscoring problems.

“If you want to buy quality in these offensive positions, it costs you £30-40million,” he said.

“If you like to buy talent and potential, it costs £13-14m.

“Now it is up to us to work with them and educate them to transform this potential and talent, which we have without any doubt, into Premier League quality.”