Luton Town v Aston Villa EFL Cup R1 Pre Match Thread

[eamonn]

The new Forest manager is targeting this competition as a route into Europe

[brian green]

The New Forest manager isn't pulling up any trees.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Have Luton still got that centre-back who is grey-haired and really fat?

[in exile]

Have Luton still got that centre-back who is grey-haired and really fat?

No, I stopped playing some time ago

[Tayls_7]

The New Forest manager isn't pulling up any trees.

 

[ADVILLAFAN]

Have Luton still got that centre-back who is grey-haired and really fat?

Looked him up; Steve McNulty. He now plays for Tranmere Rovers and whilst he looks like a 45 year old pub player, I notice he's actually younger than I am.

[pbavfckuwait]

Shame McNulty may have made Justhead look mobile.

[UK Redsox]

Have Luton still got that centre-back who is grey-haired and really fat?

Looked him up; Steve McNulty. He now plays for Tranmere Rovers and whilst he looks like a 45 year old pub player, I notice he's actually younger than I am.

So he's "not in the game, yo"

[LeeS]

We need a win. There are no circumstances where losing to Luton is a positive. We need to get out of this unbelievable habit of losing games and become habitual winners.

[Damo70]

We need a win. There are no circumstances where losing to Luton is a positive. We need to get out of this unbelievable habit of losing games and become habitual winners.

I totally agree. I accept that two long cup runs in two competitions we are unlikely to win may add to the difficulty of trying to get out of a tough league with a tough fixture schedule but we need the winning mentality. Obviously 1980/1981 was an exception but we only took two early cup exits as a positive after the event. It is easy to be rational when you have won the league. I doubt if some Leicester fans can even remember who they lost to in the cups last season and they probably don't care. But you hit the nail on the head when you say we need a winning habit. I remember beating Spurs in the league cup in SGT's promotion season and it gave us a morale boost.

[Tony Erdington]

to see the other side of this situation, yes we must beat Luton, because otherwise we will be on a right downer, and that will disrupt my scenario of PROMOTION IS EVERYTHING!

so just this once mind,

Lets do the little shits

[paul richard]

We've lost -what is it? - 13 of the last 14 competitive matches.  We haven't won a competitive fixture since February.  We simply have to stop losing as something somehow normal and inevitable and routine.   This game matters.  We have to recover a winning mentality and Luton away is a good place to start.  It will set us up for a winnable double header of home games v Rotherham and Huddersfield. 

[cheltenhamlion]

Have Luton still got that centre-back who is grey-haired and really fat?

Looked him up; Steve McNulty. He now plays for Tranmere Rovers and whilst he looks like a 45 year old pub player, I notice he's actually younger than I am.

So he's "not in the game, yo"

See, I cant look at the name McNulty without thinking of Graham.

[robbo1874]

We need a win. There are no circumstances where losing to Luton is a positive. We need to get out of this unbelievable habit of losing games and become habitual winners.

I totally agree. I accept that two long cup runs in two competitions we are unlikely to win may add to the difficulty of trying to get out of a tough league with a tough fixture schedule but we need the winning mentality. Obviously 1980/1981 was an exception but we only took two early cup exits as a positive after the event. It is easy to be rational when you have won the league. I doubt if some Leicester fans can even remember who they lost to in the cups last season and they probably don't care. But you hit the nail on the head when you say we need a winning habit. I remember beating Spurs in the league cup in SGT's promotion season and it gave us a morale boost.

we always seemed to beat Spurs back then Damo.

[Clark W Griswold]

I think after tonight we'll be left to 'concentrate on the league'.