'Survival would be Luton's greatest escape yet'

There may be four games to go but, in truth, the inquest is already under way for many Luton fans.

After a slow start since replacing Rob Edwards, manager Matt Bloomfield had put together a decent run of results and Saturday's defeat at home by Blackburn was supposed to be the game they would win to get back into contention to stay up.

But it was a real disappointment.

No disrespect to Blackburn, but they were out of form and still managed to win despite playing nearly half the game with 10 men.

So, with the remaining home games being against play-off chasing Bristol City and Coventry, there is not a lot of optimism around.

Coventry sending them down would of course be very ironic given Luton's Wembley shootout victory over the Sky Blues to win promotion to the Premier League in 2023.

The two away games are at fellow strugglers Derby on Good Friday, with a final day trip - if it comes to that - to play-off chasing West Bromwich Albion.

They will be without two of the stand-out players from the Premier League season – Elijah Adebayo and Alfie Doughty – who have suffered recent injuries, so it will be up to January recruits like Thelo Aasgaard and Milli Alli to step up.

Supporters are already questioning why there wasn't more recruitment last summer and whether the club kept faith with Edwards for too long.

Luton stayed in the Championship on the last day in 2020. To do so again would be a greater escape.