Luton Town away match thread

[Denbury Red]

Typical Bristol City media team … we won 1-0

[redapple]

53 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Dasilva’s having a mare as well. 

I couldn’t be arsed with the criticism that comes with spelling his name incorrectly! 

[AppyDAZE]

2 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

If your socks don’t match your shirt, you deserve to lose.

Explains why Chelsea have never won anything..

Oh, hang on

[James54De]

Just now, Denbury Red said:

Typical Bristol City media team … we won 1-0

They’re the home team. 

[GrahamC]

7 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

I've seen more grappling by Luton players than a Saturday Afternoon in the 80's on World of Sport 

Morris was repeatedly pulling, kicking the ball away but after booking him the ref was never giving him a second yellow.

They wasted time for most of the second half without any attempt to stop them & why that gas *** Lockyer was twice allowed to play the man not the ball to allow it to go out of play I have no idea.

Much better second half, hopefully Tanner will be well enough to start & James will be back.

[ciderwithtommy]

Scary how naive we are. One if the reasons we went 500 games without a pen, we make the refs life so easy. There two in CM must’ve committed 5+ fouls each, including one of them jumping on max, and we don’t seem to know how to get yeh ref to help us. 
 

Got to say I really think Luton are a vile side, nothing fairytale about them. Tight pitch,  aggressive,  play acting, it’s just frustrating we can’t square up to that and win. 

[Northern Red]

2 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

The last 15 minutes pretty much puts the argument to bed that we couldn’t compete due to missing players. Much better energy, quicker with the ball, urgency to win it back etc.  

 

Not really.

[cityexile]

1 minute ago, Denbury Red said:

Typical Bristol City media team … we won 1-0

Home score first as usual?

[Rudolf Hucker]

2 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

I hate everything about that poxy shithole town club.

The only plus for City fans tonight is that they can leave that slum of a town behind them whereas Luton supporters have to wake up there again in the morning. 
 

Travel home safely travelling reds. 

[Slippin cider]

11 minutes ago, Woofyourkipper said:

Really?

I’ve watched most games this season,how about you?

All of em, and I have to say that was pretty bad, but early on this season we were possibly worse. 

[ChippenhamRed]

2 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Old Chinese proverb?

Yep, Confucius.

[Dan Robin]

Losing by one goal away to a high-flying team is OK. Good effort from Nigel & the players, considering all the problems we are having. 

Edited March 15, 2023 by Dan Robin

[Jerseybean]

Immediate thoughts…..

Despite Luton’s first half dominance it was our sloppy defending that decided the game.

We at least showed some character in the second half, although never looked like scoring.

Scotty (who avoided a booking) and Max emerge with credit.

Feel for the traveling fans who endured a poor City performance in awful weather.

The better side won and could easily have done so by a more comfortable margin.

 

 

[cidered abroad]

Just now, Gazred said:

2nd best tonight in pretty much every department. Credit Luton, nothing fancy but they totally disrupt your play with their high work rate and intensity.

On to Sunday.

And all their cheating. How is a "shoulder" charge in the back on Sam Bell not a foul? 

[shelts]

3 minutes ago, Son of Fred said:

I wonder if Nigel feels the same way

Always rated him when he was at Luton 

[Major Isewater]

Well with so many injuries and a small squad we did well to keep fighting until the end.

One nil is not a bad result all things considered. There were too many below par performances from the boys in the first half but they kept plugging away and were only a goal away from getting something out of the game. 
 

A night to forget and we move on. 

[ChippenhamRed]

2 minutes ago, Denbury Red said:

Typical Bristol City media team … we won 1-0

You’ve had a shocker there.

[ralphindevon]

We showed a decent attitude in that second half. After they scored so early It looked like our weakened team could well take a good beating but in the end we could have nicked a draw.

Not a brilliant night but I’ve seen many worse in recent years.

[bexhill reds]

Perhaps not the best thread to post this on, but as a proud owner of a yellow Hirerite 90’s away shirt, I don’t like this one. Happy never to see this kit again

[Northern Red]

2 minutes ago, The Journalist said:

They’re a good side. Not sure we’ve been given a tougher game by anyone this season (just for balance rather than it being all about us being poor).

They're a pain in the arse to play against, especially the 2 up front. Very effective at what they do.

[Rossi the Robin]

Still got a + GD I suppose 

[Ivorguy]

I think we showed spirit in second half and as game went on we got stronger.

Sad not to get a point for effort, but a bridge too far with so many injuries and players playing out of position.  Hopefully we will have Tanner back on Saturday and Sykes can revert to his normal role.  Weimann also looked slightly wasted tonight, but understand NP had little choice.  Hopefully we will have larger, stronger squad over next 4 transfer windows 

[Open End Numb Legs]

Haven't read the rest of the thread and don't want to sound like a sore loser but how do Luton fans watch that pile of crap all season? The conditions were bad but they were just a very physical team that will get carded out of games if they ever got promoted. Better referees won't stand for that.

On a night when we needed our biggest defenders we didn't have them. 

[Super]

Shame the international break isn't now so we can get some players back.

 

 

[Gazred]

1 minute ago, cidered abroad said:

And all their cheating. How is a "shoulder" charge in the back on Sam Bell not a foul? 

That's on the ref who I felt was a little quiet tonight.

[Spoonbed]

Sh*t kit  

Sh*t result  

Dreadfully sh*t Robins TV commentary and punditry  

[Northern Red]

What's frustrating is that, for all that Luton dominated for long periods, the goal we conceded was down to our own defensive carelessness.

[TV Tom]

1 minute ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

Haven't read the rest of the thread and don't want to sound like a sore loser but how do Luton fans watch that pile of crap all season? The conditions were bad but they were just a very physical team that will get carded out of games if they ever got promoted. Better referees won't stand for that.

On a night when we needed our biggest defenders we didn't have them. 

We needed their centre half’s to mark their centre forwards, we could do with someone vile like Lockyer and Morris

[Artcliffe exile]

Not going up not going down better second half young lads did well against a difficult opponent difficult conditions 

without our injuries may ? Have been different 

final comment what a absolute belter Lockyer is

[Rudolf Hucker]

4 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

If your socks don’t match your shirt, you deserve to lose.

Been with ladies in the past whose, metaphorically speaking, socks never matched their shirts.