Match Day Luton Town v Grimsby Town 10/9

[Kenneth E End]

Finally, both teams get a week off after such a busy start to the season. Don't think we've had one busier since we got promoted back in the Football League. Not sure how they expected clubs to play at the same intensity and level of performance at the start of the season, where fitness can be an issue after a busy summer and teams still gelling.

Grimsby have had a very decent start to the season on the goalscoring front, thrashing Stevenage 5-2 last weekend. In Omar Bogle, they have a big strong striker currently joint top of the goalscoring charts. They should be pushing towards the top 10, if not the play offs come early May.

Luton could conceivably be 18/18 from their six games, having been in winning positions in the two games where points were dropped. The club is on a high with a successful development side beating a strong Gillingham side last midweek in the EFL Trophy, plans for a new stadium well on course to being delivered and a togetherness between the supporters at the team. They undoubtedly put in their best league performance since returning to League football yesterday v Wycombe. They'll be hoping to extend their slender lead at the top of the division going into Autumn.

 

[PaulHaddock]

Cheers Geoff.


This'll end something like 4-2. Our defence is pretty woeful but our attack is very good also.

 

[Bosox]

Alan Sheehan said on Twitter yesterday that he should be fit for selection for this game. I'm intrigued to see who Jones goes for in defence when everyone is back. He was going to start the season with Sheehan and Mullins before Sheehan's injury so will Cuthbert miss out despite performing well so far? Does Rea go back into the holding role after missing out with international duty? Will Jack Senior get a look in at left back ahead of Potts?

 

[Kenneth E End]

I'm not sure you can really change the team from yesterday. It was pretty much a perfect performance.

 

[GTFCfish]

Both teams to score banker, which I've a feeling ill be repeating a lot this season with us!

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Grimsby is always a tough game, being a bit of a pessimist it's normally one of those games at the start of the season when I look at the fixtures I'll mentally put it down as at best 0-0 or a narrow defeat.

Difficult to see how you can change it after winning 4-1 but I think Jones will do what he thinks necessary to beat Grimsby than to rely on platitudes about how you can't change a winning team so it wouldnt greatly surprise me if he did change it. Maybe Rea (who by his own admission he loves!) will come back in to provide a bit of a helpful screen for the defence, given Grimsbys high scoring attack, in place of Lee (although by all accounts he was superb against Wycombe). The good thing is if he does want to tinker with things I really think we have strong options to do so.

Sheehan has missed a fairly significant chunk of time so id be a little surprised if he came straight back, especially as Mullins and Cuthbert have been pretty good so far.

Having missed the Wycombe game I hope they have saved a bit of that performance for me to witness in person!

 

[Gladders]

We will have to score 4 or 5 to win this so will be happy with a boring 0-0 for a change! Or better yet one of Hursts smash and grab 1-0 away wins we haven't had in a while.

 

[GTFCfish]

Usually a draw this one if I remember right from our Conference days.
Pretty sure Andre Gray scored in this fixture on his debut before we equalised late on, remember a 0 - 0 bore draw after Rob Scott had been sacked and it was Hurst's first sole game and pretty sure I can remember another 1 - 1 where we scored a deflected opener before Luton equalised late on.
I can't remember what I ate for tea yesterday but when it comes to football I've the memory of an elephant!

 

[Vanni]

Did you lot know that Luton could conceivably be 18/18 from their six games? And did you hear about their highly successful development side?

And why do you refer to YOUR side as 'THEY' Kenny. It's 'we' ffs, unless you're only doing a copy and paste job off some match review.

 

[Gladders]

Did you lot know that Luton could conceivably be 18/18 from their six games? And did you hear about their highly successful development side?

And why do you refer to YOUR side as 'THEY' Kenny. It's 'we' ffs, unless you're only doing a copy and paste job off some match review.

Stop questioning Kenny, did you not hear that their kids beat Gillingham in the highly popular checkatrade trophy ffs?

 

[Vanni]

Stop questioning Kenny, did you not hear that their kids beat Gillingham in the highly popular checkatrade trophy ffs?

He's forgetting that Gillingham, just like a lot of other sides including his beloved Luton, don't take this competition too seriously. So it's hardly a surprise their dev squad won the game as they were more up for it than Gilly's players.

 

[Gladders]

He's forgetting that Gillingham, just like a lot of other sides including his beloved Luton, don't take this competition too seriously. So it's hardly a surprise their dev squad won the game as they were more up for it than Gilly's players.

It's Luton Town kids/youth/development/massive squad, stop being so jealous and give them some credit, they will end up selling them to the prem league for several thousands despite not being good enough for a contract to the Luton first team which will help to keep them out of admin for a few more years.

 

[Clarkey_GTFC]

I think we'll get smashed to be honest. I've got Luton down for top 3 and I think they'll have more than enough for us. 3-1 home win.

 

[Kenneth E End]

He's forgetting that Gillingham, just like a lot of other sides including his beloved Luton, don't take this competition too seriously. So it's hardly a surprise their dev squad won the game as they were more up for it than Gilly's players.

Bringing Jamie O'Hara on at HT. Obviously not taking the competition seriously, whereas we broke all the rules.

 

[Kenneth E End]

It's Luton Town kids/youth/development/massive squad, stop being so jealous and give them some credit, they will end up selling them to the prem league for several thousands despite not being good enough for a contract to the Luton first team which will help to keep them out of admin for a few more years.

Well we did turn down £2m of offers supposedly in the run up to the deadline.

 

[Kenneth E End]

Usually a draw this one if I remember right from our Conference days.
Pretty sure Andre Gray scored in this fixture on his debut before we equalised late on, remember a 0 - 0 bore draw after Rob Scott had been sacked and it was Hurst's first sole game and pretty sure I can remember another 1 - 1 where we scored a deflected opener before Luton equalised late on.
I can't remember what I ate for tea yesterday but when it comes to football I've the memory of an elephant!

You mean the Andre Gray that's not as good as Liam Hearn?

 

[GTFCfish]

You mean the Andre Gray that's not as good as Liam Hearn?

Eh? When did i say that?

 

[Hatter86]

I'd say that this is the first time we have come up against a good attacking team in the league. Most of our games have been against sides that have been at best average going forward, so will be interesting to see how our defense fares. It will be difficult to change the team after the Wycombe game however Rea will be back and Sheehan has said he should be fit, and at the start of the season you would have put both in your first choice XI.

It may however not matter as we are scoring for fun and have only failed to score in the game against Leeds and even then we should have had at least two. Against a dodgy Grimsby defense we could end up scoring a lot, however our unsettled defense means we could concede a few also. So basically lump on a 0-0 bore draw.

In all seriousness, I think we'll win, probably 3-1. This is how I would line up, not how Jones will, because I think he may well keep the same team.

Walton
O'Donnell Cuthbert Mullins Sheehan
Rea
McGeehan Pelly
Cook
Hylton Marriott​

Subs: King, Potts, Famewo, Lee, Gray, Gilliead, Vassell

 

[GTFCfish]

Do you still have to walk through peoples back gardens to get to Luton's away end?

 

[Hatter86]

Certainly do, although now the Oak Road is split between home and away fans, you only get one set of stairs.

 

[GTFCfish]

I'm not greedy, I'll settle for a repeat of our 1996 FA Cup game:

 

[Gladders]

Against a dodgy Grimsby defense we could end up scoring a lot, however our unsettled defense means we could concede a few also. So basically lump on a 0-0 bore draw.

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As i said above we will need to score 4 or 5 to win which I don't see happening so don't expect much from this game, or as you say it will go against all form and be a dull 0-0.

 

[Hatter86]

Something that is worth mentioning is in 3 home league games we have had 4 penalties so far this season. One was stone wall, two were soft (one of which very soft) and the other, whilst a foul was probaby outside of the box. If Grimsby are worried about their defense, it's something to keep an eye on.

 

[Bosox]

the other, whilst a foul was probaby outside of the box..

You talking about the one on Cook yesterday? The foul may have started outside the box but it continued inside, it was a pen.

 

[oakroader]

the keeper is giving me the shits...whose coaching him ffs??

 

[Son of Cod]

You mean the Andre Gray that's not as good as Liam Hearn?

Is that the same one as the one who wants to burn all the gays?

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

the keeper is giving me the shits...whose coaching him ffs??

Kevin Dearden is the keeper coach. Although he can barely walk from the look of him so I'm not sure if he has help!

Walton is a weird one, makes some great saves, was superb at cambridge in that dodgy first 20 or so for the defence, and then he'll drop one with no pressure on him. Perhaps a bit of a concentration issue with him, but he's young and I'll think the experience will do him good.

 

[ProfessorGreen]

Walton was seriously dodgy when he signed for a few games for us last season. There's a decent keeper in there somewhere but it hadn't been brought out of him when on loan to us and from your similar descriptions that still seems to be the case.

First game of the season is now looking like it was a very good time to play us for Luton!

 

[Grecian O'Grecian]

First game of the season is now looking like it was a very good time to play us for Luton!

Makes no odds to them. They'd beat you any time they play you.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Walton was seriously dodgy when he signed for a few games for us last season. There's a decent keeper in there somewhere but it hadn't been brought out of him when on loan to us and from your similar descriptions that still seems to be the case.

First game of the season is now looking like it was a very good time to play us for Luton!

Don't get me wrong I think he has performed really well and bar the goal against Newport he hasn't cost us anything really, whilst making some really good saves, just had one or two "moments".