Luton Town – The Fat Lady Is Far From Singing As The Hatters Continue To Struggle
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It was one of those nights, a night where the emotion range went from one end of the scale to the other.
Everything looked to be going in Luton’s favour, a fantastic reception for Tom Lockyer, after his medical trauma, and a first half in which we took the chances that fell our way and went into the break leading AFC Bournemouth, 3-0.
But it seems that ‘Lady Luck’ left for home during the break, with the walls coming tumbling down in the second half in spectacular fashion.
At 3-0 up I, like many others, couldn’t see anything other than a win, I never dreamed that we’d be chasing a draw with our hosts scoring 4 goals without reply.
It was just unbelievable and only Luton, along with all their other achievements, would become the first Premier League side to collapse in such dramatic fashion.
The draw leaves the Hatters with just 1 point earned from the last 18 available, it doesn’t take a genius to point out the seriousness of such a run of form.
But, viewing social media the reactions are from a wide spectrum of the scale with some inferring that our Premier League dream is over and that our chances of staving off relegation have come unstuck thanks to a colossal injury list stripping the squad down to its bare bones.
Others are pointing out that we are still the masters of our own destiny and that we have 10 games to save our Premier League status.
Me, I’m firmly in the latter camp and wouldn’t like to have served in the trenches with any of the first group.
In times like these we need to stand together, we need to have the same grit the team will, undoubtedly, show in those last 10 fixtures, nobody from within the Hatters camp is going to throw the towel in.
We’ve faced adversity numerous times, including coming back from financial ruin on several occasions, we’ve climbed back into top-flight football from the utter despair of dropping into non-league football, courtesy of that draconian points deduction, and I’m sure the word adversity will be connected with the Hatters many times in the future, it’s in our DNA, its in our blood, it’s in the very fabric of our club to never write us off.
Kenilworth Road needs to be a cacophony of news on Saturday as we prepare to take on the side directly above us in the table, Nottingham Forest.
And as for those who are of the belie the ‘Fat Lady’ is getting ready to sing, take it from me, she hasn’t even cleared her throat yet and don’t bank on her having to do so!
COYH
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