Perhaps Derby would finally rid themselves of the worst team in Premier League history tag after their haul of just 11 points in 07/08?
Well, Luton already have 15 points with another 57 points to play for.
After initially struggling with a sense of belonging at this level, Rob Edwards has
got his players believing that the Luton way can flourish in the Premier League. They are only getting better.
Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool all felt this at Kenilworth Road with Luton coming out of those three games with just a 5-7 aggregate score defeat.
Crystal Palace and Newcastle felt the Luton force and left with no points
whilst 15 of their last 17 games have been settled by a one-goal margin (W4 L8) or drawn (3) highlighting their competitive nature.
The most recent of those one-goal margin games was perhaps their most impressive performance of the season.
Falling 3-0 down to Chelsea at home would usually be enough for the cue to
be on the rack or the towel to be thrown in. Not Luton. This is a group that keep fighting no matter the circumstances.
Chelsea didn’t know what hit them in the final 20 minutes of that encounter as
Luton scored twice, had another ruled out and hit the woodwork twice in a spell
of domination that left an experienced manager in Mauricio Pochettino flummoxed and unable to stem the flow.
Chelsea were fortunate as the expected goals metrics of 2.53 vs 1.50 painted the picture of the quality of chances Luton spurned.
