Edwards doesn’t think Luton’s poor start in the Championship is the ‘end of the world’
Luton chief Rob Edwards doesn’t think Town’s poor start to the season which sees them languishing at the wrong end of the table is the ‘end of the world’ just yet.
Having dropped out of the Premier League last term, putting up a real fight until injuries decimated their realistic chances of survival, hopes were raised that Town would be fighting to get back to the highest tier of English football once more this year. Those hopes haven’t materialised as of yet though, Luton only winning twice from their opening nine games, beating Millwall and Sheffield Wednesday.
With just a further two draws, it means the Hatters sit on a paltry total of eight points, just one away from the bottom three and with the small matter of facing arch-enemies Watford at Kenilworth Road this afternoon. Town’s sticky patch saw Edwards come under pressure from visiting supporters after the insipid nature of the 2-0 defeat at Sheffield United ahead of the international break, as he vowed in his post match interviews that it was on him to turn things around.
Having had just under a fortnight or so to reflect on things, then on the predicament Town find themselves in, the Luton chief said: “It’s not going swimmingly at the moment, but I don’t think it’s the end of the world either. We’re nine games in, we’re not where we want to be right now, performances or results, I’m not hiding away from that, but it’s also not the end of the world.
“People are taking responsibility, the lads have spoken and we’ve been doing that constantly anyway. There’s been times this year where we know we can be better and there can be any number of reasons for that. If I knew straight away, or if any manager or their football club is going through a difficult period, knew straight away, could go ‘that’s it, done,’ and it’s all right for next week, but it’s not that simple.
“In a world now where everyone’s got an opinion or everyone knows the answer, it’s probably even more challenging as I can hide away from it but it’s even more difficult for the lads as there’ll be loads going on in their heads as well. So I think it’s keep it very, very simple, let’s all commit to this right now, back each other and that’s the best way to go about it.
“We’ve been lucky enough to have successful periods and enjoy some fair weather and now you get questions asked of you, that’s understandable. I’m not sitting here saying we’ve been brilliant as we haven’t, so you can take the positives and the plaudits when they come, but then you’ve got to be able to stand up and take the criticism and the questions when they arrive.
