Grayson Happy To Be Back To Winning Ways

Simon Grayson watched his team put in a committed performance against Birmingham City at St.Andrews on Saturday and he was delighted to see them get back to winning ways with an impressive one nil victory over Lee Clark's side. Jermaine Beckford's goal was the difference between the two teams at full time and Grayson expressed his opinions on how the game went for the terriers;

"We started the game very positively and put them under pressure when they had the ball and attacked well when we had it. We had a spring in our step and could have scored in the first minute. Despite that we went from strength to strength in the game which resulted in us taking the lead through Jermaine. We controlled the game for large parts and kept the back door closed."

"I thought we looked comfortable and I don't think Birmingham had too many opportunities.  We went looking for a second, but when you don't get it you do feel a little bit on edge and Alex had to make a great save at the end of the game."

Beckfords first goal for Huddersfield Town came in the first half after an impressive move was rounded off with a neat finish by the loanee;

"It was a very good move with Adam Clayton playing the ball down the line for James Vaughan who slipped the ball in for Jermaine, he didn't have to break stride before beating the Birmingham 'keeper. Jermaine's attitude today was very good and he worked hard to make the defenders' lives difficult. Players like Keith Southern were fantastic today; he really drove us on from midfield with some good tackles. Also, the lads at the back did brilliant and produced some good blocks to keep us in the game."

"The three up top for us today worked very hard and created a lot of chances while the three midfielders passed the ball like I know they can do. All round there were some great performances today."

Grayson named a side with three changes to it after two disappointing performances at home had seen the terriers slip outside the play-off places from second in the league. Grayson explained why these changes were made;

"Joel Lynch is injured whereas all the other changes were made to freshen up the team. We have had a tough couple of weeks and I wanted to change things around. Calum Woods has done really well in training and he kept Chris Burke, who is one of their best players, very quiet. Nobody was dropped, it was about freshening up the team."

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