Huddersfield Town already know what they need do to reignite Championship promotion push

A football team is not only as good as its last result. That would be a ridiculous way to decide things. “Sorry, Manchester City, but that draw with Crystal Palace means you’re a mid-table side now. No Europe for you next season.”

But it feels true, doesn’t it, when it’s your own team? The American comedian Stephen Colbert would refer to this as truthiness – ‘the idea of passion and emotion and certainty over information’. And all the information we have gathered on Huddersfield Town, lovingly enshrined in spreadsheets and newsprint over the course of the past eight months, suggests they are in fact a very good football team. The 23rd-best in the country, to be precise.

But after a defeat to Millwall on Wednesday night, those preceding 17 league games without defeat suddenly feel irrelevant in your gut. There are times when those instincts should be listened to, but this is not one of them for Huddersfield Town or their players.

Carlos Corberan would tell you that not only is the loss at Millwall irrelevant to Saturday’s game against Bournemouth, but so are all of the other games that came before it – good, bad or indifferent. Usually, we would agree with him. But this might be one occasion where Town would be well served to remember what they are capable of.

This is the side that resisted West Brom for 84 minutes after taking the lead at the John Smith’s Stadium in November, back when the Baggies were themselves the third-best side in the Championship. This is the side that has come from behind to beat Bristol City, Blackpool, Reading and Cardiff over the past four month. This is the side that came from behind to beat Premier League opposition in the FA Cup third round away to Burnley in January. This is the side that