Defeats always trigger conversations - and a first League One loss for Stevenage certainly did that.

They trailed 1-0 at half-time at Huddersfield Town but it could have been more, such was the dominance of the Terriers.

Missed chances at the start of the second half cost Boro and they eventually lost 2-1.

But what can be taken from the match? Good bits or bad bits, was there anything that was worth noting and talking forward?

This is a few things I spotted.

Four things noted in Stevenage's 2-1 loss at Huddersfield Town

1. Lessons to be learned by the management team

It is perhaps worth noting straight off the bat that this is a new management team so they are learning as they go along as well.

And just as you want to see progression and development from players, so too will there need to be signs of positivity from the trio of Alex Revell, Neil Banfield and Scott Cuthbert.

They opted for a back five because they thought that would counteract Huddersfield's attacking threat. It didn't, and was quickly changed at half-time.

That showed growth but there will need to be much more in the future.

2. Preferred formation

Revs never really used a back five in pre-season, although it is not a formation that should be too strange to the squad, it was utilised on many occasions over the last couple of years.

So the question that needs answering by the boss is was it Boro's inadequacies that were to blame or were Huddersfield just that good?

One thing that was apparent immediately was that Stevenage looked so much more comfortable when playing in a 4-2-3-1, or a version of.

It just seemed to fit the squad and players available so much better and might be the way forward.

It also doesn't mean an abandoning of plans under plan A, there are plenty things you could ahead of a back four, plenty of options.

Maybe you can return to a back five when personnel have gained more fitness or practice.

3. Missed chances

Plenty was made afterwards about the missed chances early in the second half and Elliott List will still be having horrific flashbacks to his opportunity, hooked wide of the post.

Small moments do make massive differences in games, that's not rocket science or anything new, but even I put my hands on my head after that one and still wonder what might have been.

Louis Appere, excellent when he came on, desperately needs a goal too. Hold-up play was good, decision-making was generally spot on and got into some great positions, just lacked the confidence to sweep the ball into the net.

But it is worth mentioning that mere seconds after List's chance, Huddersfield should have scored too, an unmarked Danny Ward scooping the ball over from seven yards and in front a basically gaping goal.

Wasn't just Stevenage missing glorious chances.

4. End of the world as we know it

Well no, it isn't. Defeats often bring a more focused and concentrated reaction than a win does. There is always the temptation to really highlight the negatives.

There were negatives here, that is not up for discussion or debate. But sometimes you have to put things into perspective.

This is a very good Huddersfield team who dominated for the whole of the first half. And yet by the final whistle there was still only one goal in it.

That might be a very simplistic point of view but it does carry some weight.

I was expecting some response in the first half and it was worrying it never came, but I'd have been more worried had there been more of the same after the break.

There wasn't, they got a hold of them and at least stopped the bleeding. That will do for now and keep any need to panic far away.

5. Good teams are too good perhaps?

If there is one worry it is perhaps the sides with that extra bit quality can unpick Boro too easily. Against Norwich and Huddersfield, goals came from Stevenage errors or lapses, punished with ruthlessness.

Boro are not a side who look like they will do that to others so are going to need to be better in their defensive duties.

The plus thing is though that despite this being a tough division, I really don't see too many sides who are head and shoulders above Revell's men. They should be able to compete with the vast majority.

That though puts the ball firmly back in their own court, and perhaps harks back to point one above.

6. New signings still needed?

Maybe although I think the squad is close to capacity. I would imagine loans are the way forward and hopefully there is someone out there who can make a difference.

I'm not that expectant though to be honest, maybe one tops.