GIVEN Huddersfield Town's array of attacking talent, goals certainly do not look like being a problem in 2026-27 - should injuries not come into the equation.

Improving the goals against column could well be key. Last season, Town conceded 64 goals - the highest in League One's top 12 - although in fairness, there were some improvements from the time when Liam Manning come in, alongside Martin Drury and Jon Stead.

Now in situ as permanent head coach after Manning's departure, Drury is conscious of striking the right balance.

Drury, whose side visit Mansfield Town on Saturday, said: "I do remember when I came in with Liam, there was a period of time from then (January) to the end of the season that we were actually second (best) in the country for goals conceded in open play, but we were very poor at set-play goals.

Huddersfield Town head coach Martin Drury pictured on the touchline in the recent game against Oxford United. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

placeholder image — Huddersfield Town head coach Martin Drury pictured on the touchline in the recent game against Oxford United. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

"So we needed to tighten up on set plays.

"We needed to be better from first and second contact from set plays, which is something that we spoke about in the summer around recruitment and how we work on the grass and how we analyse things afterwards.

"Towards the back end of the season, in the last five or six games, we did concede more open play goals than we'd have liked because we were attacking a little bit more and games became a little bit more open and we scored so many goals.

"But it was at the detriment of conceding some at the other end.

Huddersfield Town's Radinio Balker (Image: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

"Of course, it's something that we're mindful of and we'll look to improve this season in that we still want to attack and score as many goals as we can. But we'll do it in a way that we're still solid."