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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Hammill Ready For Business Despite Hillsborough Connections

On loan winger Adam Hammill is ready to give it his all despite having close connections with the disaster which happened at Hillsborough 23 years ago. The disaster has dominated sports news for the last week or so but the new findings have finally brought some sort of justice for the family & friends of the 96 football fans that died on that day.

Hammill gave an emotional interview today about the whole situation ahead of todays Championship clash against Derby County;

"Anthony Gerrard has a relative, the youngest person who died there, so it's tough for him, and those of us who drive in were all talking about it with very mixed emotions. The people of Liverpool knew the truth all along and for it to finally come out, it's 23 years too late really. There have been a lot of cover-ups and we've been labelled with a reputation we didn't deserve or warrant."

"The people who did that should hang their heads in shame. The apologies are too late, but it shows the character of Liverpool to come through this. Whether you support Liverpool or you are Evertonian, everyone has united and stuck together to try and get through it and to get the justice. I had family friends there and people who I know"

"My best friends mum was in the crowd with some of their relatives, but they were among the fortunate ones on the day. The thing none of us expected was the report about how many people could have been saved. Your heart goes out to those people and those families, it really does."

Hammill then moved on to speak about how pleased he was to get his loan move to Huddersfield Town and be reunited with manager Simon Grayson as well as being able to get his first minutes under the belt at Ipswich Town two weeks ago;

"It will be nice to get a full season under my belt in what are familiar surroundings for me. The move for Jermaine Beckford didn't go through for the club on the final night of the transfer window, but I'm glad mine did because I've just got a desire to play football and that's all I want to do. It was great to get a few minutes down at Ipswich, where the instructions were just to play off James Vaughan and run at their defence, and it seemed to work quite well for us."

"I want to get my share of goals and assists and the positive thing about the international break was that I got a couple of games under my belt for the reserves, which felt good. There is real quality on the training pitch, the banter is good and everyone is looking forward to the games coming up. I know this club plays the sort of football which suits me. Our midfielders are proper footballers who like to get on the ball and spread it wide, and we've got quality strikers as well."

Hammill gave his reasons as to why he has settled in so well at Huddersfield Town;

"I came through the ranks at Liverpool with Calum Woods, so we have known each other a long time. Then I played alongside Keith Southern at Blackpool and, within a minute of arriving here, I knew Anthony Gerrard! He is the loudest and the maddest person I have ever come across."

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Grayson Raring To Go After Week Break

Huddersfield Town manager Simon Grayson and his team have had a full week off playing competitive matches but the boss has stated that he is raring to get the game against Derby County started. He spoke exclusively to the terriers yesterday & here is what he had to say;

"It's been a nice break and has allowed one or two players to recharge their batteries – we've got one or two niggling injuries sorted on the treatment table. I'm glad that the international boys have come back in one piece as well!"
 
"We've had a good week's build-up to the Derby game and the break probably came at a good time for everybody. We've taken stock of our situation and now we're ready for a tough game at the weekend. This is a tough division, both physically and mentally, and we have stages that come along when we're playing Saturday-Tuesday. When you get an opportunity to rest the players you have to take it and we have a lot of games coming up this month."

Grayson also took the chance to inform everyone about the two injuries in the Town squad at the moment. Scannell & Lynch are doubtful for the game on Saturday but Grayson isn't writing both players off just yet;

"Sean and Joel did work with us this morning and we're pleased they are back out on the training ground. We'll assess them on Friday morning to see if they are fit enough to play at the weekend. 'Scanz' has been out for longer than Joel with his hamstring injury suffered at the Burnley game and so he hasn't trained as much, but we'll see where we are."



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Beckford Not Joining Terriers

Breaking news has been announced on Twitter regarding Jermaine Beckfords future. The out of favour striker at Leicester City was minutes away from signing for Huddersfield Town under ex-manager Simon Grayson before the foxes pulled out in the transfer window & today his agent has stated that he will not be going anywhere now.

Simon Grayson was keen to bring Beckford to the terriers on a season long loan but seemed happy enough to settle for an emergency 93 day loan with the opening of the loan window but it seems like he will miss out on his main target completely now.

Beckfords agent, Nick Rubery, answered a question regarding his player on the social networking site moments ago;

"@Kingpowers: @nickrubery1 have #lcfc stopped the Beckford move to Huddersfield completely now?" Yes. J won't be going anywhere now.

So there you go Town fans. Beckford will not be joining Huddersfield Town but remaining at Leicester City.




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Grayson Shares Positivity About International Call-Ups

Paul Dixon put in a superb performance for Scotland against Serbia at the weekend and Huddersfield manager Simon Grayson praised his attitude for both club & country in an interview this morning. Grayson has always celebrated the fact that a part of his squad get regular international call-ups even if it leaves him without his best players for a league game and he continued to echo this today;

"Paul's debut performance will have done him no end of good and worked wonders for his confidence. He played ever so well against Serbia and to do that in such an important game is significant for him and significant for the club. Paul has grown in stature as a result and, even if the lads who were originally in the squad are now fit again, he has shown what he can do and he's done his chances of more international involvement no harm whatsoever."

"I'm delighted for the lad, because he's a good worker, he wants to learn and he was determined to join us and further his career – and it's already happening for him. He's settled in well here, we like the attacking quality he gives us and his attitude is spot on, so the whole package of his game is one that appeals."

Oliver Norwood was also called up at the weekend for his country but he was denied a chance to shine as he remained on the bench for the entire game;

"Ollie will be disappointed he wasn't involved because he has made an excellent start to the season. But he's a regular with the national squad and if he gets the opportunity to show what he can do against Luxembourg, he certainly won't let anyone down."

Grayson ended his interview by giving Huddersfield Town fans an update as to what is happening in this loan window regarding players coming in;

"We have made a few inquiries and we are in the hands of the other clubs. There are plenty of options available to us, but we'll only sign people who will improve our squad and our team. There were people available in the transfer window, people who have now gone to other Championship clubs, who we felt just weren't quite at the right level. We only want the ones we feel are right for this club."

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Snodin 'Excited' By Hammill

Glynn Snodin today gave his own opinion on Huddersfield Town's latest newboy Adam Hammill who was brought in by Simon Grayson on loan until January from Wolves. The winger has been having a tough time getting into the starting lineup at Wolves but immediately made an impact for the terriers after coming on off the bench only to feature heavily in Town's second goal against Ipswich last week.

The Huddersfield coach, Snodin, admitted that he is excited by the pacey winger and gave his reasons as to why;

"Adam is quick and direct, loves to take people on and will not only create chances, but he's got the ability to take them as well. He is a really exciting player and Simon knows him well from when they were together at Blackpool. Players change as they go along through life and it's fair to say Adam was just very frustrated at Wolves because he hasn't had an opportunity, so we are hoping that we can give him that chance and he will reward us and the fans with the sort of displays we know he can produce."

"Adam is the sort of exciting, thrilling player who will get supporters off their seats, no doubt about that. And he won't shirk his responsibilities. If it doesn't work out first time, second time or even third, he will keep on going until he creates something good. The great thing is that you can be defending on moment and then, give the ball to Adam and you are in the opposition box in three or four seconds and that's what we are looking for – attacking pace and threat and to get up the pitch as quickly as possible."




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Town Hoping To Get The Best Out Of Possible Loan Deals

Huddersfield Town may have received big money through the transfer of Jordan Rhodes to Blackburn Rovers but the terriers manager, Simon Grayson, stated that possible loans will only be done if the club can get the best deal. Town may only sign a player on an emergency loan which is just 93 days so it is crucial that the club get the dates correct before finalising any loan deals to bring players into the club;

"You are limited to 93 days, so even if we did do something before the weekend there would be no point wasting a few days. Getting the best out of the loan is what you are trying to do, working out the dates which suit everyone. There will be players available – maybe from Premiership clubs – who will give us options if necessary and if we are prepared to go down that avenue."

Grayson has apparently got his eyes on Simon Church of Reading as well as Jermaine Beckford who is currently playing for Leicester City but it is likely that only one of these will join the club to act as a somewhat replacement for Jordan Rhodes.




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