'I'm nervous as our defensive injury list keeps growing'

Ollie Kay, We Are Luton Town

The loss against Brentford was unfortunate. This packed Christmas period of football has not got off to the stellar start all Hatters were looking for.

The game was fine until the end of the first half as we were keeping Brentford at bay. Sure we did not have any shots at goal, but we held firm, and our defence - marshalled spectacularly by Tom Lockyer - doing what it is there for.

However when he went off the wheels began to come off. 1-0 down just five minutes after the restart and then 2-0 down after 10. From the 75th minute we showed what we were about, scoring and then creating plenty of chances, which begs the question, why didn’t we go for it before then?

Nevertheless, we keep moving forward, albeit with a depleted defence, with Teden Mengi also joining Lockyer being substituted with an injury.

With just two fit centre-halves we now move onto the small matter of welcoming Arsenal and then Manchester City to Kenilworth Road.

I will always keep the faith, but with our defensive injury list continually growing and the packed festive period having only just kicked off, I guess I’ll say it: I’m pretty nervous about how this is going to go.

Right now, it’s about powering through, keeping our heads up, and focusing on the Bournemouth, Sheffield United and Burnley games dispersed between the minefield of Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle and Chelsea.

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