DUFF LAUDS COURAGE OF HIS TERRIERS
The Football League Paper|February 16, 2025
HUDDERSFIELD boss Michael Duff praised his team for their response to the fans’ half-time frustrations after they came from behind to win at Yorkshire rivals Barnsley.
Trevor Martin
DUFF LAUDS COURAGE OF HIS TERRIERS

The Terriers scored twice in three minutes in the second half through Josh Koroma and Ben Wiles to cancel out Jon Russell’s opener for the hosts.

Victory ended the visitors’ five-match winless run and boosted their play-off hopes.

Duff said: “It’s difficult, there is pressure when there’s 4,000 fans but the players have to deal with it.

“We have created 19 chances away from home and we had chances before the goal to open the scoring. I’m not sure how Josh (Koroma) missed the header just before.

“We have some good players but the players need to realise that and make the right decisions. But to come back from a goal down in a local derby takes courage.

“It’s the best way to win, going a goal down and having a reaction and showing that they still care.” Duff understood why his players were subjected to boos from some fans at half-time.

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