Blackburn Rovers' lack of confidence was evident with chances at a premium against Huddersfield Town.

Jon Dahl Tomasson's side were improved after their 4-1 drubbing at West Brom but failed to secure the win everyone craved. Considering the opposition, many will see this as another poor result and they didn't do enough for the three points.

Rovers started well enough, taking the lead through Adam Wharton but allowed their momentum to fizzle out. After Michal Helik equalised, their confidence dipped as did the intensity in a bitty match.

On the balance of play, you could argue Rovers deserved to win. They had 67 per cent of possession and dominated territory.

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But football isn't won on the percentages or possession. It's what you do with the ball that counts and Huddersfield had, far and away, the best chances to win the match.

So in one regard, Rovers did a fair bit right. On the other, they should've lost, based on clear-cut chances. Neither a step forward nor a backwards one either, in summation.

The truth is it was two poor teams going at each other. Huddersfield are entrenched in a relegation battle and Rovers are low on confidence. A frustrating draw was not the morale-booster that both teams craved.

Last week, we called for Tomasson to freshen things up, make a change, try something different. To his credit, he did that with a shift to 3-5-2, or what played out as more of a 3-4-3 in-game.

The shift to a three-man defence was a bid to try and give Rovers an extra body at the back whilst creating overloads in wide areas.

It worked to some effect, more so on the left than the right. In the first half, there were some nice combinations between Harry Pickering, Ben Chrisene and Sam Szmodics down that side.

Pickering, in particular, did a good job at driving with the ball as you need one of your outside defenders to do in order to make the system work. Chrisene was solid on debut though I'd like to see more confidence in the final third once he's more acclimatised to his surroundings and Championship football.

The main issue with the setup was how wide Jake Garrett and Szmodics pulled to try and link play. That, at times, left Sam Gallagher isolated and the team short of bodies in the box. Having him back was a good boost, he runs the channels really well.

Rovers started far brighter than at West Brom and even got the early goal they'd have craved. Adam Wharton showed great anticipation to spot the potential for a loose pass and his first touch was excellent to take full advantage. His finish was clinical and exactly the start Tomasson would have hoped for.

Given their defensive record, it's impossible to feel too secure at 1-0. Tomasson was right in his post-match assessment; Hayden Carter's injury punctured their momentum and they were too slow on the ball afterwards.

It gave Huddersfield some confidence to get back into the match and they took full advantage, in a very similar way to Rotherham United on New Year's Day. 

Again, we're talking about a set-piece goal, though this was at least better worked than most of their recent concessions. Michal Helik already had seven for the season and it was good movement to get the run on Gallagher and head in.

From that point onwards, the pattern of the match was set. Rovers had all the ball but not the clinical edge to break Huddersfield down. Bar a few routine saves, Lee Nicholls barely got his shirt mucky.

At the opposite end, Huddersfield had big chances. Jack Rudoni's was perhaps the biggest let-off as he somehow skewed wide from six yards out after Josh Koroma had seized on Sondre Tronstad's loose pass. 

Aynsley Pears made a great save to deny Bojan Radulovic in the second half and David Kasumu fired wide after racing clear. Huddersfield set up to hurt Rovers on the counter-attack and it worked perfectly, apart from the finishing touch.

In footballing terms, Rovers were the better sides. But that's not how matches are won and lost and so it would be fair for Huddersfield to be the most disappointed considering the quality of chances they fashioned.

Pears' performance was a positive for Blackburn fans, who have felt uneasy about the goalkeeping position in recent weeks. To say he'd not played competitively for three and a half months, he was confident, proactive and tidy in his work. That should help settle a few nerves in the fan base.

The biggest blow was perhaps the injuries to Carter and then Pickering. Considering Rovers have only just turfed three out of the treatment room, it's a real loss for two more to be heading in.

It would be wrong to speculate on the severity of the injuries but hamstring issues are never straightforward. It was clear Pickering was in a lot of pain as he clutched the back of his leg running for a loose ball.

It further reinforced the need for Rovers to dip into the January transfer market at the back. Tomasson again didn't comment too much on the window, only that the club knows what he wants.

Two centre-backs were the aim even before Carter trudged off. It leaves them with only Dom Hyam and Scott Wharton, with Joe Rankin-Costello playing as an emergency right-sided centre-back in the second half.

It's a big 10 days for the recruitment team, with deals still anticipated to bolster Tomasson's squad for the second half of the season.

The shift in mood from the head coach has been more positive this week and, had confidence been a touch higher, you feel this is a game they'd have won. That's football and a reflection of the run they are in.

Attention will now turn to the FA Cup and the pantomime of Wrexham coming to Ewood. It's a chance for the players to switch their brains off the Championship and hopefully, let loose a little bit.