Huddersfield Daily Examiner

MEETING WITH CANARIES IS FAR FROM MAKE OR BREAK SAYS HEAD COACH

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coach believes it is not a reflection of his side but symptomati­c of the nature of the league where anyone can beat anyone – urging everyone connected to the club to move on from the recent setbacks.

“We have played 38 games now and I have never had the feeling any game is easy,” David Wagner said ahead of the clash with the Canaries on Wednesday evening (kick-off 7.45pm).

“Every game is difficult and Wednesday will be another game and another opponent but hopefully a better result for us.

“We have to accept what happened on Saturday (against Burton Albion) and move on from it.

“It’s in the past, you can only focus on the future and what you can do, which is against Norwich City on Wednesday evening.”

Burton Albion’s stoppage time winner meant Huddersfie­ld Town dropped off the pace in the pursuit of an automatic promotion spot with both Brighton and Newcastle extending their lead over the Terriers to nine and ten points respective­ly.

But Wagner was quick to refute claims the clash against Norwich City was now a ‘must-win’ game before insisting the play-offs are, and always were, the most realistic target.

“You can never ask for a mustwin in the Championsh­ip – all you can ask for is effort and attitude, every point is hard to fight for in this division,” said Wagner defiantly.

“There are 21 teams who would love to be in our position - this is what we have to realise.

“What the players have achieved so far is something special – it is incredible to be fighting for a play-off place.

“Making the play-offs would be an unbelievab­le achievemen­t for this football club – we have to be totally realistic about that.

“Anything else is so far away and unrealisti­c – if we achieve a

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