Unbeaten Huddersfield Town get Martin Drury ‘admiration’ but 100 percent point made

The Terriers have won three and drawn two of their five league matches so far

Huddersfield Town head coach Martin Drury admits he has “full admiration” for his side following their unbeaten start to the League One season.

The Terriers have won three and drawn two of their five league matches so far this term, leaving them second in the table at this early stage.

Town were held to a 1-1 draw by Notts County in their latest encounter on Saturday, with Ollie Cooper’s 23rd-minute strike earning the Magpies a point after Marcus Harness had given the hosts the lead at Accu Stadium.

Reflecting on his side’s positive start to the campaign, Drury told HTTV: “I’m pleased we’re unbeaten, but at the same time, I don’t like drawing games of football that I feel we should win and we can win, so I’m disappointed we’ve not won all five games, but at the same time, I like a lot of what the players have done.

“Again today, the game was never always going to go our way, it’s never going to be on our terms throughout the game. I saw real good culture from the players, I see a real good connection from them in moments, where last season I felt we would not fall apart, but I think there were times when we could’ve dropped, and those connections weren’t as strong.

“I saw culture today, I saw people pushing each other, I saw people helping each other through, I saw people running right from the first whistle to the end, and that’s the foundation of everything we do, so I have to say I’m in full admiration for the players, how they’ve gone about it from the first day of pre-season, demands that we place on them, demands that they’re placing on each other, but I want to win every game, so we’ll look to get better.”

The Terriers now temporarily shift their focus away from their league campaign, as they take on Doncaster Rovers away from home in their first EFL Trophy fixture of the season tomorrow evening, in a 7pm kick-off at Club Doncaster Sports Village.

Rovers knocked Town out of the competition last term on penalties at the quarter-final stage, before they were beaten by Stockport County in the semi-finals.