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- By MEL BOOTH @examinerHT­AFC

ALEX Pritchard and Danny Williams could be key selections for Huddersfie­ld Town against Watford.

Both were on the bench for the 4-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur, with Williams getting on seconds before the final whistle in a futile exercise.

The key to beating Watford, who set up with a narrow midfield, could be exploiting space and opportunit­y down the flanks.

While in the last couple of games Watford boss Javi Gracia has switched to a flexible 4-3-1-2 that becomes rather more like a 3-4-3 in possession, my team would look to attack and succeed down the flanks.

Were Adama Diakhaby definitely fit, then I would have him and loan man Isaac Mbenza either side of Karlan Grant in a 4-3-3 formation.

But assuming Diakhaby (hamstring) does not make it and the fact Elias Kachunga faded out of things at Spurs, I would use the energy of Danny Williams in a wider area alongside Grant.

He has everything to prove before the end of the season and is likely to be a key component of the Town squad in the Championsh­ip next season - if they decide to take a punt on his general fitness.

For the record, I would not be averse to putting either Aaron

Rowe or Matty Daly into the wide starting roles and giving them encouragem­ent to show their skills.

Williams going wide would enable Town to field Alex Pritchard at No10 with Aaron Mooy - left out at Spurs - returning alongside Jonathan Hogg in midfield. Juninho Bacuna got the vote from Jan Siewert last week,

 ??  ?? Neal Maupay is a reported target for the Terriers
Neal Maupay is a reported target for the Terriers

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