Five conclusions on Huddersfield Town's 3-1 defeat to Barnsley

Three goals conceded and a red card spelled derby trouble for the Terriers in South Yorkshire

1. That wasn’t very good, man…

There’s nowhere else to start but with the game’s defining character. Owen Goodman’s 36 minutes on the pitch were quite the ride.

First: the good. His early double save, a brilliantly instinctive dive to deny Luca Connell’s strike, then a great adjustment to keep out Davis Keillor-Dunn’s follow-up, was genuinely outstanding for a League One goalkeeper. That’s the talent Town have for the season, and why people in the game are so excited about him.

Then, the bad. The goal is one of those that looks worse the more you see it. The cross is an easy one to deal with if you position yourself correctly for the bounce. Goodman’s weight is distributed too far forward. He’s crouching for a ball he could have caught standing up. He gets it wrong; it then falls at the feet of Keillor-Dunn, who isn’t going to miss from there. That’s the inexperience Town have for the season, and why people in the game believe he needs time on the pitch to reach his potential.

Finally, the ugly. The sending off was a classic case of a player desperately trying to atone for a mistake and making a hash of it. There was no malice in the challenge. It was ill-judged, too high, dangerous, and a definite red card. The decision to charge out for a channel ball with a defender covering was silly. To jump in like that… Well, you’re asking to be sent off. That is the youth Town have for the season, and why people in the game think he needs to mature.

You take the rough with the smooth with young goalkeepers. So far, it’s been clear that Town have a very good one who is at a point in his career when his ability and his growing tally of appearances go hand in hand. I chatted with Matt Glennon at half-time and he rightly pointed out that Goodman was looking for extra work with the sending off rather than concentrating on his job. At 22, he’s a baby in goalkeeping terms. Today it showed. There will be plenty of matches ahead where it doesn’t.

2. … and neither was that

If you’re going to have a goalkeeper sent off in the first half, it helps to have Lee Nicholls on your bench. Still among the better goalkeepers in League One, no one felt too upset or worried about Goodman’s replacement as he jogged onto the pitch.