Huddersfield boss Lee Grant is pleased his squad rotation policy has not had a negative impact on his side’s performances after they claimed a professional victory over Stevenage.
Grant has shared the places in his starting line-up around so far this season, most notably in his back four – yet the Terriers have now kept four clean sheets from their first five games.
Alfie May hit the winner for Huddersfield, who climbed up to second with the 1-0 win and also brought Stevenage’s four-game winning streak to start the season to an end.
He said: “It’s important we defend well as a group and as a collective and we are doing that.
“We demand a lot from everyone on that and we’ve had a lot of different players in the back line, but we’ve not seen any drop-off in quality.
“We’ve got depth across the whole playing squad and guys are going to have to be patient at times, and some weeks will be someone else’s turn to start or to play from the bench.
“I’m hoping the whole squad are starting to see that I meant it when I said everyone’s got a part to play.
“We knew Stevenage would make it really difficult but I’m really pleased. The performance was probably the one we’ve had the most dominance in so far and that was really pleasing.
“We would have liked to have started a bit faster, but we showed more urgency and intensity in the second half and that’s where the goal came from.
“Full credit to the group for finding that extra gear and showing they can be patient and be ready to take our moment when it comes.”
Stevenage boss Alex Revell meanwhile felt his side were unlucky to drop league points for the first time this season.
He hopes his side will not let their heads drop after losing their 100 per cent record.
Revell said: “We have to learn from it and make sure when we come away from home we don’t let this result affect what we’re doing.
“We’ve come a long way [as a team] but you’ve got to be disappointed when you lose games.
“But for the large majority of this game, Huddersfield kept the ball really well and make you work, but in the box we defended really well.
“There was just that little five-minute period before they scored where it started to build a bit and I think if we’d got through that spell it would have been a more positive result.
“We’ll look at it but the players can absolutely be really proud of what they’ve done. We’ve just got to bounce back – good teams when they lose go and win the next one, and that’s what we’ve got to do.
“If you want to do something in this league you have to get over losses really quickly and it’s good that we’ve got a week now to work on things and get the players ready.”
