Huddersfield Town's first-team squad has undergone quite the transformation over the last 12 months.

This summer represents manager Chris Powell's first summer transfer window ahead of his maiden full season in charge at the John Smith's Stadium and there are signs that he is finally beginning to put his stamp on this squad.

Of course, several of the current individuals in the squad had already arrived before Powell took the reins but he has still performed something of a cull in his time in charge, with some 13 players departing under his watch.

A detectable theme that has arisen from the players let go in the last year has been how Powell has looked to get out the majority of Mark Robins' signings from last summer.

He failed to take to Radoslaw Majewski whatsoever, with his loan spell ultimately proving futile for both club and player, Lee Peltier was quickly ushered out the exit door to Cardiff City after being stripped of the captaincy and rumours persist that Joe Murphy could leave.

Plenty of transfer dealings took place before Powell came in but even then he has, albeit with slight reluctance, sanctioned the sale of Conor Coady, who had been earmarked as a midfielder who could really grow with the Terriers during Robins' final throes as manager.

Conor Coady was the third Huddersfield Town player signed by Mark Robins that Chris Powell let go of

In fact, the only player who technically remains from Robins' summer signings last year is last season's player of the year Jacob Butterfield, having been involved in the talks to sign the Middlesbrough midfielder in a swap deal with Adam Clayton, although that deal was not officially ratified until his exit had already been sealed.

Discussions to make Powell his replacement were already underway by the time deals were struck to bring popular left-back Jack Robinson in on loan and captain Mark Hudson, with the Town boss consenting to both moves.

He has, to date, completed just three permanent signings in striker Ishmael Miller, midfielder Dean Whitehead and left-back Jason Davidson, having brought in Grant Holt, David Edgar and Reece James on loan last term.

At this time last year, Clayton had not quite completed his protracted switch to Boro, while Oliver Norwood was also still at the club, with his move to Reading in its primitive stages.

But their strongest XI at the time would certainly have featured both in a three-man midfield, while Adam Hammill and Danny Ward would have commanded berths in the side following strong finishes to 2013/14 which saw the former finish with the most assists and the latter with a final-day hat-trick at Watford.

There could conceivably be just four of the side that started in the 4-0 hammering by Bournemouth at the start of last season in the lineup which travels to Hull City for the season opener on August 8 this time around.

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Alex Smithies, Joel Lynch, Jonathan Hogg and Nahki Wells all remain key components of Chris Powell's squad, but six of the other players in the XI that day - Matt Crooks, Peltier, Majewski, Norwood, Paul Dixon and Ward - have left and Hammill is on the fringes.

And it's not out of the question to propose that just eight of the 18 in total against the Cherries will form Powell's own matchday squad at the KC Stadium, although that will hinge on Murphy's future, with fellow subs that day Sean Scannell, Murray Wallace, Joe Lolley and Tommy Smith all set to be involved.

Whether you can deem the XI which faced Bournemouth to be Town's strongest is up for debate, with Crooks' inclusion over Smith drawing several raised eyebrows, but that side compared to the one likely to face Hull illustrates how much of an impact Powell has had.

Smith will expect to line up at right-back or as part of a central defensive trio with Hudson and Lynch this time around, with Davidson in on the left.

As things stand, a midfield three would consist of Butterfield, Whitehead and Hogg while in attack Powell has plenty of options with Harry Bunn, Scannell and Joe Lolley all pushing for places on the flanks and Nahki Wells, James Vaughan and Miller are the options down the middle.

Powell took plenty of time to analyse players he knew little of and has made some ruthless decisions along the way, but is starting to mould the squad just how he wants it, even if there is still business to be done.

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