“A realistic chance”: Huddersfield Town fan pundit issues play-off statement as Nott’m Forest and Sheffield United close in

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Huddersfield Town continue to silence the doubters and compete for the Championship play-offs in 2021/22. 

It’s quite the turnaround Carlos Corberan has overseen, with Town battling relegation last term after an awful start to 2021.

As it is, Huddersfield sit fifth in table heading into this weekend’s clash with Fulham and are also 14 games unbeaten across all competitions, not just challenging the top-six, but also reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Despite that, though, there’s plenty predicting that Huddersfield will eventually fall away as the Championship’s promotion race gathers pace.

Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and West Brom are amongst the chasing pack, all with games in-hand on the Terriers.

Despite that, FLW’s Huddersfield Town fan pundit, Graeme Rayner, feels you’d rather have points on the board at this stage, and that if Huddersfield can continue to show consistency, they will be there or thereabouts in the play-off race come May.

“If you asked me this two months ago I would have said you had more chance of plaiting fog,” Graeme told FLW when quizzed on whether Huddersfield would finish in the play-offs.

“We do have a realistic chance, albeit a relatively slim one. The league table is yet to settle after postponed fixtures, and there are a couple of sides in-and-around us that could overtake us if they win their games in hand.

“The old cliché is that you’d rather have the points on the board, and we saw that this week with results going our way.

“We are definitely in the mix, but