Grayson Full Of Praise For Terriers

Simon Grayson couldn't hide his pure delight of watching his team pick up a home victory against tough opposition in Wolves on Saturday. The manager claimed it was one of the best team performances in his entire managerial career as the terriers struck two first half goals before holding on to all three points towards the end of the game. He heaped the praise on his team in his post match interview;

"It was probably one of the best performances that I have had from a team as a manager. The players intensity, desire and quality on the ball against tough opposition was superb, they are a credit to themselves. We put them under heavy pressure in the first half and if we had come in five goals up, I don't think anyone could have had any complaints."

"Wolves had nothing to lose in the second-half and after they got the goal they put us on the back foot. We were out on our feet in the last ten minutes because of the effort that we had put in, but we held on firm. We won the game courtesy of our first half display and our desire to keep them out in the final ten minutes."

The strike partnership of Vaughan & Beckford ensured that both the strikers got their names on the scoresheet with two tremendous team goals which Grayson was keen to talk about; 

"Both goals were fantastically created and finished. Jack Hunt's cross was a superb piece of skill and James Vaughan provided the finish. For the second one, Adam Clayton cleared the ball, picked up the second ball and then produced a fantastic cross, which saw Jermaine produce a sublime finish."

Grayson was jumping with delight when Beckford netted with a truly stunning piece of skill in the first half and Simon put this down to the passion he has for the game;

"I am an extremely passionate person and when my team produces what they did in the first half, it is only right that you show some emotion. You have to enjoy the good moments because there are dark days in football. I love it when my team plays like they did today."

Huddersfield were pegged back by an Ebanks-Blake goal in the second half which saw them start to defend deep and hold in towards the end of the game. In this time, Grayson changed the formation of his team numerous times and he explained why he had done so;

"Oliver Norwood had played in Portugal during the week, so we wanted to freshen things up in midfield. When they scored we wanted to be more solid so we went 4-5-1 and replaced the unbelievable James Vaughan for Lynch, to see the game out. Sometimes that doesn't always work but you do whatever you can to try and win the game. Calum Woods had a bit of cramp which saw Paul Dixon come on."

Joel Lynch came on as a second half substitute but Grayson reiterated that the defender is still a few games away from reaching full fitness;

"He is still a bit away from being 100% fit. We have got a development game at Barnsley on Monday, so he may go and have 45 minutes in that. He has only trained a couple of games so he was never in contention to start."

The terriers will travel to London Road to take on Peterborough United in their next match on Tuesday night in an attempt to seek some sort of revenge for their 2010/11 play-off final loss at Old Trafford.

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