Rob Edwards, the under-fire Luton manager, acknowledged that he was furious at the way the Hatters fell to Norwich City 4–2 at Carrow Road.
At the final whistle, some members of the travelling crowd scolded Edwards, who said that he felt the same way about some of his players as Luton’s miserable away performance persisted.
Jacob Brown equalised early in the second half after Elijah Adebayo had placed them ahead, but Edwards attributed the Canaries’ goals to individual errors.
The Luton manager, who has had to face doubts about his own future this season as the Hatters have picked up 18 points from their first 18 games after being relegated from the Premier League, declared, “It’s absolutely ridiculous, I’m raging about it, supporters should be as well.”
“We have lost because of individual mistakes. Since individual mistakes have cost us four goals in this game, I didn’t go over there and apologise.
“If they don’t repair it right away, they won’t play. It has happened far too often, but this time it was very clear.
(How did the fans respond to you at the end?) The response was positive; most of the fans support us, but those that are upset are okay; they have every right to be upset, and I’m furious too. What are we anticipating? The response was positive, as anticipated, given that we just lost the game 4-2.
“Those who are upset have good reason to be so. Thank you to those who are there applauding and supporting, but they won’t be pleased either. As usual, I will go over there and thank them, but I refuse to accept all of it. Since some of the people there have cost us money, I won’t go over there and take that.
“The performance there was good, and the idea was good. We should have won the game, but each of us made four terrible mistakes that cost us another football match.
It’s really mind-boggling stuff. The two goals (before halftime) are absolutely preventable. We had numerous opportunities to clear it for the first goal, and we had a clear opportunity to clear it for the second goal as well. As you can see, we gave up the goals; it wasn’t a team effort; rather, it was an individual one.
