Russell Slade is not alone in believing Huddersfield will do really well this season.

So too does a former Seagull, who watches another of his old clubs week in and week out.

Kieran O'Regan will be in the press box at the Galpharm Stadium tonight in his long-time role as summariser for BBC Radio Leeds.

The 45-year-old ex-Republic of Ireland midfielder combines his media work with his full-time job with a textile company after a career which included 99 appearances for Albion in the 1980's and more than 200 games for Huddersfield.

He helped the Yorkshiremen reach the old Third Division play-offs and that is the least expected of Lee Clark's side this season after a free-spending summer.

Clark now has plenty of firepower at his disposal with four new strikers, including two who were on Slade's list of targets.

O'Regan said: "They brought in Theo Robinson from Watford for £250,000 and Robbie Simpson from Coventry for what we think was £300,000.

"There is no guarantee that those two will play. They signed Jordan Rhodes from Ipswich for £150,000 and he looks very good at the moment.

"They also bought a lad last year called Lee Novak for about a hundred grand and loaned him back to Gateshead, where he scored loads of goals.

"Robinson and Simpson started the opening game at Southend but the other two came on when we were 2-0 down and got it back to 2-2.

"What Huddersfield have now is competition for places, which they didn't have before, and they certainly didn't have any strikers last year.

"They only really had Andy Booth, who has since retired, and he was sometimes struggling with his knee.

"They kept him going as long as they could and at times played with only one up front, because they didn't have anybody else.

"Now he (Clark) has brought in four strikers and, with seven on the bench, there will be two playing and two others he can bring on."

It is not just at the sharp end that Huddersfield have strengthened their squad.

"They've brought in Peter Clarke, the centre back from Southend, and made him captain straight away," said O'Regan.

"A lot of the fees were undisclosed but we reckon they have spent about £800,000.

"They will have one of the biggest budgets in the division. The chairman is very wealthy and he is a supporter.

"They play 4-4-2, they knock it about and they have got options on the bench, because they have got a decent squad.

"The minimum aim is the play-offs and, at the back of people's minds, going up automatically."

O'Regan reckons it is a tough ask for Albion this evening at the end of a gruelling week on the road, although in a division where only three clubs have a 100 per cent record after two games anything is possible.

"The difficult thing for Brighton is that it's another long journey after going to Swansea last week," he said.

"Losing the opening game at home to Walsall didn't help but everyone can beat everyone else in this division, it's just getting that consistency."