It’s been a tough start to the season for Huddersfield Town and the fans.

Losing Jacob Butterfield will feel like a huge blow at the moment.

But now is not the time to look at what you don’t have – we have to start working with what we do have and get on with it.

Over the past few years, the neutrals have viewed Town as a club who are a mid-division Championship side with potential to fight for the play-offs.

With the departure of Butterfield following on from that of Conor Coady earlier in the summer, that perspective will have changed in some quarters to Town being a Championship side who will be fighting for survival.

Fingers crossed, that won’t be the case, but the betting markets usually give you the correct flavour of how things stand and, at the moment, only Rotherham are a shorter price with the bookies to go down than Town.

So the work starts now to swing that viewpoint back again and, of course, Town can add to their squad in the loan window if they feel the right people are available.

Why Huddersfield Town fans should look at backing all our home nations to qualify for Euro 2016 by Skybet chief Dale Tempest

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match at the Firhill Stadium, Glasgow.
Scotland manager Gordon Strachan during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match at the Firhill Stadium, Glasgow.

Next summer could be amazing for British football.

At the moment, you will get only 6/4 against England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all qualifying for the European Championship finals.

That seems a ridiculously short price, but when you look at all the groups and the criteria for qualifying, it’s a huge possibility.

England are home and hosed and Wales are 1/16 to qualify ahead of their match against Cyprus.

Scotland are third in Group D and, while it looks like Germany and Poland will probably qualify from that section, Gordan Strachan’s side would more than likely go into the play-offs and still have a huge chance over two legs.

Northern Ireland have gone completely under the radar but find themselves second in Group F, behind Romania.

It’s a poor group, to be fair, in which Finland and Greece have massively under-performed, and that has opened the door for Northern Ireland.

While England remain fully focused and are winning every game, the major countries are cruising through by just doing enough.

Holland are third in Group A behind Iceland and the Czech Republic.

Spain are second in Group C behind Slovakia, and Germany are second in Group D behind Poland.

The one thing you can guarantee, however, is that Holland, Spain and Germany will all qualifying and they will turn up ready to be as competitive as ever in the championships themselves.