“This is also a big problem in the team for the whole season I think, but for sure for the time I am here.”

Breitenreiter also made it plain that some players had only been selected because others were injured.

He said: “I’m not here to find excuses, for me as a person I am strong enough.

“We all make mistakes, and me too. I think I made mistakes that I waited too long to suspend some players, maybe, or to find the right players to play with heart and passion but we had a lot of injuries, we had not many options.”

Breitenreiter was happy with his team’s performance against Birmingham and singled out two players for showing the right attitude.

He said: “We played high risk, Ollie Turton played injured for a long time, that cannot play normally as a starter he is ready for 20 minutes, like Rhys Healey.

“They showed us all that it’s possible when you play with heart and passion – they’re totally dead at the end of the game and I’m sure after 60 minutes but they did it for Huddersfield Town and this is what the club needs, the culture, the right players, showing the best in every game for Huddersfield and don’t want to shine individually.”

When asked about the future, he said: “We have to analyse the whole season, we have to speak about the future then we decide what happens after the season.

“Now it’s really too early. There were too many mistakes across the whole season, also in my time when I arrived.”