*~*~* Luton v Sunderland match thread *~*~*

[safc9450]

Now,don't 4uk it up Saturday lads. Chill,play football and win. Ta !

 

[Georgewhitt]

It's a good sign we can grind a win out of these tough games though, I was dubious if we could. You need to do it to have any chance of automatic promotion

What I loved about tonight was that we stuck to our guns. Kept trying to play.
And fuck, did it pay off, with two wonderful pure quality goals.

Hats off to RLB.

I BELIEVE.

 

[RokerRoarer]

Connolly done well when he come on.

Should have scored. Hopefully gets a bit sharper when his fitness improves.

 

[Sallycinamon]

Even though the name CHRIS IWELUMO has been typed literally 30+ times on this very thread, there’s still people asking who the co-commentator was

 

[rab]

Will Oxford park their bus on Saturday? Their last 5 games have been draws.

 

[hank williams]

I found that bizarre

ref gave them every little decision but disallowed them the goal that shood have stood.

Strange watching patto do what every keeper does at the SOL.

Mad that RLB let our staring 11 last over an hour...but we still won.

Fk knows!

Goal was offside

 

[Scotty 1978]

Fckin hell I’ve got to ratch around through me bin now! Didn’t realise how many players the ref booked at the end!
I think I backed 09 to get a yellow

Don’t think they count after the final whistle for betting purposes

 

[Exapno Mapcase]

A nerve wracker. The idea that their 'goal' should have stood is nonsense. The lad in the middle nearly connected, Patterson could hardly ignore him. Two classy goals, a lovely cameo from Connolly who might have scored if he'd got into the game. We invited trouble, some sloppy play, switched off for their goal and I am not sure why we kept passing back to Patterson under pressure when he was struggling. Still, some gritty performances and a brilliant win.

 

[nowtgoodeverhappens]

I agree it’s shit football. It put us under as much pressure as we’ve been under all season, though.

In fairness all the shit football came from us first half (barring first 5 mins)

 

[MurtonMark]

We would have buckled under all that physical pressure in the past. That wasn't a pretty game but we past the test, a massive massive win for the lads.

It’ll be as important for future games as it is for the three points.

Important that this team believe/see that they can stand up to that kind of physical pressure, soak it up and still find a way to win.

There’ll be more grinding games like this through the winter months. Especially away from home. Hopefully they can draw on the performance tonight when they need to.

 

[Wayne The Punk]

Once a football match broke out after all the hoofball and shithousing, there was only one winner

^^^ This all day, and they even had the shite ref helping them

 

[Happy_Layabout]

Aye. Though they did hit the bar twice and had a goal chalked off (I think wrongly, but can see the opposite side of the argument - the rule is really subjective as was seen the other day with City). Whilst we restricted them, we also gave them a lot of their openings with some really panicked and headless chicken play in the first half.

But they ground the points out. Give me that any day of the week than dominating the ball and coming away with zip

Their style largely depends on getting the bounce of the ball and getting a lenient ref. They push and shove and kick in the middle to stop anyone playing round them and they rely on the shells into the box.

They played that system well today, I thought the ref let them away with a lot but in the end they dont have quality like Rigg and Mundle.

 

[MurtonMark]

In fairness all the shit football came from us first half (barring first 5 mins)

Not the first time Le Bris has spotted problems and sorted them out at half time.

 

[Wayne The Punk]

Chris Iwelumo​

Who the fuck is he? Can I get a job on Skysports?

 

[myleftfoot1978]

Should have scored. Hopefully gets a bit sharper when his fitness improves.

That's what I said to my lad, ain't match fit and he will get a shot off from that position in 6 weeks time, looks a clever player to bring on even though he is not fully upto speed

 

[jcrossan]

Lap of honour for Luton in their cup final. Sad fuckers….

probably looking for loose change in the grass

 

[ontap]

To be fair, he didn't at first, he said we got away with one.

After the match QUOTE:
“People are talking about their player standing in front of Patto then trying to head the ball , am not having that, we got away with one”
His exact words even when watching the replay in slow motion

 

[DannyFTM]

Goal was offside

Maybe I need to see it again, on sky+ it looked onside and the lad that was offside wasn't interfering.

 

[Cockney Mackem]

They're taking it well on Twitter

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[Keith S30S]

and the last couple of minutes over overtime along with lack of card for the keeper, less than 5 yards away from him. Not great

To be fair Patto went down injured in added on time and we and they made a sub on 90 minutes.

I was thinking there's going to be a couple of minutes extra.