Edwards accepts criticism as Luton boss knows he faces his toughest challenge yet
Luton manager Rob Edwards is fully accepting of the criticism that has come his way in recent weeks as he admitted trying to turn around the Hatters’ poor start to the Championship is without doubt his biggest challenge yet.
The Town chief set his stall out to win an immediate promotion back to the Premier League during the summer, but unlike the other relegated duo in Sheffield United and Burnley, who have lost just one game between them, Town already defeated four times, look anything but capable of doing so at the moment.
“It’s been a really challenging year never mind the last few months. Trying to pit our wits last year against the best, managing a relegation and then at the moment now, when there is a lot more expectancy and rightly so, and I accept that, we’ve got to find better performances and results off the back of it as well. So a big, big challenge and believe me, I’m hurting with it as much as anybody, I suffer as much as anybody with it.
“I’m a fan of the club as much as an employee and I don’t want us to suffer at all, so it hurts, but we’re working really hard to try and make improvements. People care, we’ve had loads of praise and we’re going to get criticism because the fans care, they expect more, we expect more and it hurts, it’s not nice. It’s probably the lowest I’ve felt, it’s not nice, but I promise people that we’re working really hard and we care as well to try and make sure we get the good performances back. Obviously people care about winning, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”
On just how he deals with such criticism, as having had his name sung with real gusto at all 19 Premier League grounds last term, even after the Hatters had suffered another heavy defeat on the road, it hasn’t been the case as much in recent weeks, Luton fans growing increasingly frustrated with what they are witnessing, Edwards continued: “It’s hard, you just get on with it, try and work hard.
