Grayson States His Team Showed Resistance

Simon Grayson watched his side leapfrog his old club Leeds United into 8th place in The Championship as Huddersfield Town took all three points against Derby County today. The game was set alight in just 47 seconds as the terriers took the early lead through Danny Ward and Grayson praised the entire team for their resilience to hold on to the lead right to the final whistle.

"The attitude and work rate of the players was fantastic today. We were exciting on the ball but also defended very well when we were under heavy pressure. If you don't show the battling qualities that we did today, then you won't win football matches. Derby beat Watford last time out and battered Wolves earlier in the season; they are a very good football team but we matched them. The players showed great resistance during the second half. We defended in groups and worked hard to close down the Derby players. For all their possession I don't think Alex has really made a save."

Hammill received his home debut for Huddersfield Town today and Grayson was delighted to see him pick up the Man Of The Match award after a stunning performance which caused the visitors a ton of problems;

"I know what I am getting from him having worked with him before. He showed a desire to come to the football club and we wanted him because he is an exciting player. He can be a massive threat for opposition defences with his running and trickery. We have worked on that type of move in training and Danny has done brilliantly to get on the end of it. It was a brilliant start for us and although we were under pressure for some parts of the game after I thought we controlled it well and killed it off towards the end."

"We have got players who can hit teams on the counter attack. We have got the pace, the energy and the craft to trouble defences. We know that we will have to dig deep in games, but we also know that we can cause problems of our own."

"I want my teams to entertain. First and foremost the fans should get their money's worth when they come and watch this football team. Even if we get beat the players should be working hard and they certainly did that today. You have to earn the right to play in this division and also keep you jersey in the team."

Huddersfield Town will only have a couple of days to rest before they clash with Sheffield Wednesday in a midweek Yorkshire derby and Grayson can't wait to build upon their great start in The Championship;

"It is an exciting fixture. Sheffield Wednesday is a massive club who like to play football. From my point of view I hope the fixture isn't as exciting as it was last year at Hillsborough, but we will go there in good spirits. They will be wounded after what happened last night but we will go there with confidence and try and get the win."

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