Luton – That Worrying Trend Is Continuing
It wouldn’t be Luton Town FC if we didn’t have to suffer the occasional blip, would it?
Before the fixture against Derby County last night, Nathan Jones correctly warned that, although the opposition were bottom, we should not treat them as a struggling team.
Watching that first half an hour of the game, I’m not sure the majority of those wearing the Hatters shirts had listened.
To sum it up in one word, it was appalling.
It came as no surprise that after going a goal down, courtesy of a strike from Tom Lawrence in the 20th minute, that Nathan Jones decided to mix things up and bring on Fred Onyedimna and Admiral Muskwe in place of Kal Naismith and Jordan Clark, but did the gaffer hook the right players?
In my view Glen Rea and Pelly Ruddock-Mpanzu were found to be far more wanting.
During his post-match interview, as reported by The BBC, Nathan summed it up perfectly, remarking:
“The performance levels were nowhere near and we looked energy-less for lots of the first half.”
But why are poor first-half performances continuing to blight our season?
Although Luton came back to take a share of the spoils, with Elijah Adebayo making it 2-2, in the 83rd minute, these poor starts need eliminating.
Strangely enough, Nathan chose the same starting XI he had gone with for the win at Millwall just 3 days earlier, were Luton fatigued, should he have shuffled the pack?
I would certainly be interested to hear your views on the subject matter.
The draw may have extended our unbeaten run but, for some reason, the Hatters made it a lot harder for themselves than it should have been!
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