Any hopes the Hatters had of gate-crashing the upper echelons of the Championship table suffered a blow on Saturday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Middlesbrough.
After taking the lead, courtesy of a goal from Glen Rea, Luton were pegged back when Duncan Watmore equalised two minutes later for Middlesbrough.
In a game of few clear-cut chances for Luton, James Collins spurned the best chance for the Hatters to take all three points when his second-half penalty was saved by the Middlesbrough keeper, Jordan Archer.
Once again, the accusation could be levelled at the Hatters that it was a performance that belonged in that inconsistent category, we have spoken about so many times this season.
It is something that the gaffer, Nathan Jones, spoke about in his post-match interview with the local media, and as reported by The BBC, With Nathan remarking:
“We felt we were a little bit lacklustre. We just didn’t show enough quality really. We had a little strut about us instead of a hunger to go after the points.
“Middlesbrough have taken four points off us and if I’m honest it should be the other way.
“We should be joint-10th tonight and that’s a missed opportunity and a bit of a disappointment.”
Indeed, we should but let us not beat ourselves up too much over it as it has still, compared to last season, been a good one for the Hatters and, perhaps, the opposition manager, Neil Warnock summed it up perfectly when he remarked, as reported by the same source: The BBC
“You’ve got to take your hat off to Nathan, he’s got a really honest, hard-working side, and we had to work hard to get that result.”
It makes a change for an opposition manager to pay credit to their opponents, usually it is mostly a case of sour grapes.
Luton have two fixtures left in the 2020/2021 season can they resurrect their ambitions of a top-10 finish?
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good to hear neil warnock talk nicely about nathan and the team,such a difference from other bull—t that is usually said.was a good performance on saturday. what a shame those idiots in manchester got the game postponed. why is it that the poor old police always get battered. wonder how many so called fans will get barred???????C.O.Y.H.
No doubt if that had happened at Kenilworth Road the F.A. would hit us with a big fine and points deduction. But I bet nothing of the sort will be imposed on a Big Club.
what happened was disgraceful, someone needs to held to account