Grayson Describes Performance As Undisciplined

Simon Grayson could only watch from the sidelines as his Huddersfield side were dealt their second away defeat in under a week by Millwall. The terriers crumbled after an hour of play at The New Den and conceded three goals before the referee called an end to the game to the delight of the home fans. Grayson gave his post match interview to the official website shortly after full time;

"People will look at it from the outside and think that we got a right beating, but up until the 60th minute we were well in the game and arguably the better team. However, there is one word that sums us up today and that was undisciplined. We were ok for an hour, but then we got caught on the counter and completely lost our shape. We had too many players who didn't play from the shape and we got caught too easily on too many occasions." 

"We need to learn from the situations that occurred today; the players need to show better man-management. We were too open and didn't make the correct decisions. The younger players need to learn from this experience; we have been too easy to beat over the last two games. Today is a massive learning curve for the players; they now know what they have to do when they come to a place like Millwall. Despite that, we did make it look quite easy for the first hour, but the second goal killed us."

To add insult to injury, Jack Hunt was sent off late on in the game with a straight red for what looked like dissent. However, Grayson updated fans as to the real reason the right back was sent off;

"He got sent off for foul and abusive language, which he has apologised for. It is another case of indiscipline. We have got a young squad, who are willing. The players didn't give up the ghost, but I think our naivety got the better of us."

"Millwall is an experienced team at this level and they have players who can hurt you. If you aren't disciplined every time you step out onto the pitch then you will get punished. We had looked solid defensively ahead of our last two away games, but a lack of discipline has cost us seven goals in the last two games."

Grayson put to bed any fans asking for further players to be brought in just because of two disappointing results and stated that the team will start to prepare for Bristol City next week;

"We will work with the players on the training ground; there is no point in bringing new players in because the current group has shown how good they can be. They have got us to where we are in the division and I have got a lot of faith in them; they just have to understand what I want from them a little bit more."

A surprise to the starting line-up before the game was that Vaughan was not included and wasn't on the bench either. Grayson updated fans as to why this was the case;

"He has a slight thigh strain, which is why he went off on Tuesday night. He was touch and go and he won't be a major doubt for the Bristol City game; we didn't want to run the risk."

Huddersfield will be looking to put things right next week against Bristol City at The John Smiths Stadium. For now though, the terriers sit in eighth position in the league just one point off the play-offs.