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The pressure on Luton manager Rob Edwards increased even further after Town fell to comprehensive 2-0 defeat at Sheffield United this afternoon.
Having gone into the game on the back of a disappointing 2-2 draw with Oxford in midweek, plus a 3-1 loss at Plymouth last Friday night, the visitors gave a performance lacking in desire, heart and character, as they barely laid a glove on their opponents throughout the 90 minutes. It showed in the possession stats too, at one point United having over 85 percent of the ball, with Chris Wilder’s side, who finished 10 points below Luton in the Premier League last term, already clearly having a far better chance of returning there, despite the season only just reaching October.
Town made one change to the side from midweek, Reuell Walters replacing Jacob Brown which meant recent signing Victor Moses pushed further forward in support of Elijah Adebayo. The Hatters initially lined up with a four man defence, Walters over at left back and Reece Burke on the right, but whatever Edwards was trying clearly didn’t work though as Luton’s players looked completely confused with what they had been asked to do.
It meant Walters found himself up against the game’s best player in Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, on his weaker foot, while where Burke was playing still remains a mystery, the centre half turning up in almost every single position as the game progressed, Alfie Doughty moved to the right and seemingly lost as to what was being asked of him.
Looking to keep their opponents out in the early stages and build into the game, those plans went out of the window on just 12 minutes when Luton didn’t even contest some high balls around their area, Mark McGuinness trying to leave one for Walters. The defender wasn’t close enough to him though, caught on his heels, allowing Rak-Sakyi, who had been linked with Luton in the summer, to burst through, beat McGuinness’s tackle and fire past the advancing Thomas Kaminski, as Town’s defence was breached with alarming ease once more.
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