Edwards on Adebayo set-back and Bournemouth defeat

Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Nottingham Forest.

Here are the key lines from the Luton boss:

• Midfielder Tahith Chong, who took a knock against Bournemouth in the week, "will be fine" and is fit to feature against Forest.

• Elijah Adebayo has suffered a set-back with his hamstring injury and "it’s worse than expected." Edwards added: "We have to be really careful with it now."

• On the disappointing defeat to the Cherries: "We feel ready to go. There’s no other way but get it out of your system. We have to learn from the bits we got wrong and work on the things we did well."

• He said his players don't have a mentality issue and "it was just a bad half of football and that can happen at this level".

• On the game against Forest now being 'a six-pointer': "Yes I think you can say that, but they all are at this point. It’s 10 finals and this is the first of those games so of course it’s a huge game for us."

• He said Ross Barkley's nose "is starting to repair" and joked that it would be good for him to have a game "where he doesn't take a knock to the face".

• On fan support at full-time at the Vitality Stadium: "I think they were trying to pick me up! We’ve got special supporters and they’re amazing."

• He said Carlton Morris "leads by example" as stand-in captain to the absent Tom Lockyer and added "he's been consistently good for us".