Grayson Disappointed With Terriers Performance

Simon Grayson reflected back on his sides lucky 1-1 draw against Blackpool after the game yesterday and admitted that the terriers were lucky to get a point despite conceding in stoppage time;

"We can't be disappointed with a draw after that display. We should have been dead and buried within the first 25 minutes; the players can't play any worse than they did in the first half. We looked disorganised and we didn't have a run or a pass in us. Blackpool made us look very ordinary and the only saving grace at half time was that we weren't behind."

"We tried to match them up in the second half and by doing that we gained a little bit of momentum and managed to get a goal. You hope that you can see the game out from that position, but they managed to get a goal which was no less than what they deserved. It is difficult to work out why we were so bad."

"Players didn't get tight enough to the Blackpool players; they were two or three yards off every one of them. We didn't get anywhere near them and that led to us looking out of position. I am grateful for the point in the end, we should have been dead and buried. If we had won the game or even with the draw it is papering over the cracks of our performance. I am not worried because I have got belief in the players. We need to work harder than the opposition and stop them from playing and we will eventually get our rewards."

An unlikely goal for Huddersfield came from Anthony Gerrard who put the terriers in front in the second half. Grayson praised his defender but was keen to put a lot of blame on the entire team;

"He made a couple of decent clearances, but we shouldn't have been at full stretch in the first place to keep them out. We were on home soil, in front of a decent crowd and we failed to be the dominant team. I am hugely disappointed that we haven't carried forward the Crystal Palace performance, if anything we have taken a backwards step."

Calum Woods forced Grayson into a change as did Danny ward who picked up a slight knee injury before kick-off;

"Calum hurt his groin at the end of the first half and Danny Ward felt his knee during the warm-up; both players were taking off as a precaution ahead of Sheffield Wednesday."

Huddersfield Town are now without a win in eight straight league games and consequently sit in 15th position in The Championship table.

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