Luton ease pressure on Edwards by beating Watford

Luton boss Rob Edwards told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“It’s been a tough start to the season, a tough start for all of us, we’ve taken a few hits – we’ve even taken hits during the game today, we lost two more centre-halves.

“People don’t realise how hard this is at the moment, we finished off with two wing-backs at centre-back, who were incredible.

“I don’t know where we’ll be at for Wednesday but in the here and now, I’ll enjoy it for 20 minutes and everyone else can enjoy it for the weekend.

“I care about this football club, I’m a fan as well as the manager. I don’t like disappointing people and I’ve felt that this year – but today I felt the love and the passion (from the fans) around the stadium.”

Watford head coach Tom Cleverley told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“We’re all going to have to take what criticism comes our way on the chin, no one more so than me.

“We didn’t compete well enough, we didn’t do the dark arts well enough – they (Luton) try and pick out your weaknesses, they’re on second balls and they’re in the referee’s ear and managing the time in the game.

“Quality-wise, it wasn’t there for us, we didn’t commit to playing our football, we showed little bits of fear.

“We made technical mistakes and that came from a lack of belief. Even when we do play out (from the back) with a little of risk, if one or two people don’t really commit to it, then the whole thing breaks down.”