Huddersfield Town exposed, Josh Koroma woes and Tino Anjorin hope in five conclusions

Huddersfield Town’s new season got off to a poor start as they were deservedly beaten by a Burnley side whose one-goal victory flattered the Terriers, who could conceivably have been further behind before the break.

The second half offered some signs of improvement but Danny Schofield’s side still did not manage a shot on target or any clear-cut opportunities to speak of, leaving the new head coach plenty of work to do to get a better performance next time out.

Here are our first five conclusions of the 2022/23 season, including where the game was lost, what they need to fix and what it tells us about the state of play for the rest of the campaign.

In the interests of fairness, we need to say that Burnley were genuinely impressive in the first half. But while most games are won or lost because one team is really good or one team is really bad, this was one of those relatively rare occasions where both things were true.

The most obvious issue became apparent very quickly. Town played a straightforward 4-4-2 off the ball, which was not uncommon at all last season. But Schofield wants his side to press high, and as part of that he wants his midfield to push up much, much higher than we generally saw last season. Even Jonathan Hogg was pushing out to the edge of the final third to try and win the ball, which took us by surprise.

Even if we don’t agree with it, we can at least understand the logic of Schofield sticking with the players who had been in the squad last season – Rarmani Edmonds-Green aside – given that they have had such a short pre-season and the new signings have had so little time to get their feet under the table.

We swear we’re going to try not to invoke Carlos Corberan’s name too much when assessing