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The hatters of Luton v the swans of Swansea, a game of football, eleven v eleven, game of two halves, different colour jerseys, one aim, victory.
Saturday March 13th 2021
The Championship
Kenilworth Road, Luton
Kick Off 12.15pm
Match Officials
DARREN BOND
Mark Russell and Robert Hyde
Fourth Official : Andy ‘Cooper’s mate’ Woolmer
Television and Wireless
SKY Sports LIVE
Swans TV
Flags, flags and more flags, it’s flag day
Luton manager Nathan Jones has been a bit of a problem for the swans over recent fixtures, he seems to save his best for this fixture. The swans won at the Liberty but it wasn’t pretty, in fact it wasn’t even ugly, it was worse than that. Coupled with the swans recent form, albeit seven points from nine, it’s still a worry if an out of form Swansea can get anything from this game. A change of form is needed. Quickly.
Nathan Jones has never made it easy for the swans - ever
Last time out
Luton lost at Norwich City 3-0, Swansea City drew at Blackburn Rovers.
Previously
Since 2004 the swans have won five out of the last fixtures in all competitions. Last season Swansea won 1-0 at Kenilworth Road, and Luton won 1-0 at the Liberty.
Swansea City v Luton Town
Games won: 20
Games drawn: 11
Games lost: 22
Luton Facts
The club was founded in 1885 and became the first professional team in southern England in 1891. Back then it was over a hundred years ago. The side was promoted to the top-flight in 1981—82 and won the 1987—88 League Cup Final with a 3—2 victory over Arsenal. The club stayed in the top division until 1992. Then they left. They have never played in the premier league.
Charles Arthur Salvador (formerly Charles Ali Ahmed; Bronson, born Michael Gordon Peterson
The man known as Charlie Bronson, Britain’s longest serving inmate ( 47 years currently )is from Luton, he is quite old now, 69 next birthday, but would still give a few millennials a right good kicking as long as there wasn’t more than five of them at a time. Bronson wrote the foreword to Tommy Robinson’s book about his hooligan endeavours. A bit like Cardiff City it should have been a three page pamphlet, the front and back Included. The middle page for a picture of Walter Mitty.
Charles Bronson amongst other names is as hard as a hard thing from hardshire
Luton’s Star Man
A Manchester United academy graduate, the 26-year-old brings a huge amount of Championship experience to Kenilworth Road, having spent a majority of his career in the second tier. After he made two appearances in the League Cup, Tunnicliffe left Old Trafford in 2014, having spent time on loan at Peterborough United, Barnsley and Ipswich Town, joining Fulham for an undisclosed fee in 2014. He spent three-and-a-half years there, again, heading out on loan, this time to Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic. He joined Millwall in 2017, spending two-years there, before joining the Hatters in the summer. Tunnicliffe made 40 appearances during his first season at Kenilworth Road, scoring his one and only goal in the 1-0 away victory against Middlesborough. At nine years old, Ryan was playing for Manchester United’s youth teams, and his dad managed to get odds on 100-1 on his son featuring for the first team, which earned him £10,000 in 2012.
Running to the cliff, that’s Ryan
 Luton Town v Swansea City : Pre Match and Teams 13th Mar 2021 11:20It’s coming round every three to four days and that’s another fixture in the EFL Championship. The early kick off is Luton Town v Swansea City ( LIVE on SKY Sports kick off 12.15pm) The hatters are looking secure points to stave off a very unlikely relegation, whilst the swans, in the box seats for the automatics to the premier league are scrapping for points to aid their cause.  0
Luton Town: Simon Sluga, Dan Potts, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Matty Pearson (captain), Harry Cornick, Pelly Mpanzu, Jordan Clark, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kai Naismith, James Bree, Elijah Adebayo.
Substitutes: James Shea, Martin Cranie, Luke Berry, Glen Rea, James Collins, Kazenga Lualua, Sam Nombe, Joe Morrell, Tom Ince.
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ryan Bennett, Joel Latibeaudiere; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Matt Grimes (captain), Conor Hourihane, Ryan Manning; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Jay Fulton, Jamal Lowe, Wayne Routledge, Morgan Whittaker, Jake Bidwell, Kieron Freeman, Brandon Cooper, Ben Cabango.
A win !
Nothing to follow
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 10:31 - Mar 13 with 1100 views | Fireboy2 |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 10:29 - Mar 13 by KeithHaynes |
A bit of magic required today, a return to form for Lowe, Ayew up to his old tricks will be enough.
Hourihane is due a goal. |
I like your positivity Keith, wish I was as confident. |  | | |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 11:03 - Mar 13 with 1071 views | max936 |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 10:29 - Mar 13 by KeithHaynes |
A bit of magic required today, a return to form for Lowe, Ayew up to his old tricks will be enough.
Hourihane is due a goal. |
Hourihane actually moving would be a start  |  | | |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 11:16 - Mar 13 with 1057 views | KeithHaynes |
Luton Town: Simon Sluga, Dan Potts, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Matty Pearson (captain), Harry Cornick, Pelly Mpanzu, Jordan Clark, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kai Naismith, James Bree, Elijah Adebayo.
Substitutes: James Shea, Martin Cranie, Luke Berry, Glen Rea, James Collins, Kazenga Lualua, Sam Nombe, Joe Morrell, Tom Ince.
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ryan Bennett, Joel Latibeaudiere; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Matt Grimes (captain), Conor Hourihane, Ryan Manning; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Jay Fulton, Jamal Lowe, Wayne Routledge, Morgan Whittaker, Jake Bidwell, Kieron Freeman, Brandon Cooper, Ben Cabango. |  |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:18 - Mar 13 with 1048 views | KeithHaynes |
Some brave selections there. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:20 - Mar 13 with 1045 views | Brynmill_Jack |
A refreshed team with 5 changes though with Hourihane and Dhanda playing it may be we're playing with 9 men for long periods. Or the creativity will burst through and we’ll smash them. Or a nil nil. I’ve got three fences to sit on here |  |
| Each time I go to Bedd - au........................ |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 11:21 - Mar 13 with 1037 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread FRIDAY UPDATE on 11:16 - Mar 13 by KeithHaynes |
Luton Town: Simon Sluga, Dan Potts, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Matty Pearson (captain), Harry Cornick, Pelly Mpanzu, Jordan Clark, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kai Naismith, James Bree, Elijah Adebayo.
Substitutes: James Shea, Martin Cranie, Luke Berry, Glen Rea, James Collins, Kazenga Lualua, Sam Nombe, Joe Morrell, Tom Ince.
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ryan Bennett, Joel Latibeaudiere; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Matt Grimes (captain), Conor Hourihane, Ryan Manning; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Jay Fulton, Jamal Lowe, Wayne Routledge, Morgan Whittaker, Jake Bidwell, Kieron Freeman, Brandon Cooper, Ben Cabango. |
Strong bench though in fairness | |
| Each time I go to Bedd - au........................ |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:22 - Mar 13 with 1037 views | Chief |
Well 5 changes for a manager who doesn't rotate. What will be the stick to beat Cooper with if we don't win today then? |  |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:30 - Mar 13 with 1009 views | Joe_bradshaw |
With Andre up top on his own we know he"ll come deep for the ball and drag defenders with him. We need midfield players prepared to run beyond Andre to occupy the space he's created. |  |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:43 - Mar 13 with 963 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Yep some clear rotation here, although for me it clearly weakens us.
Dhanda and Hourihane seem a little light weight against a scrappy team on their own patch.
Time will tell. |  |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:47 - Mar 13 with 941 views | Treforys_Jack |
Not confident at all. |  | | |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:47 - Mar 13 with 940 views | LittleEnglandJack |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:22 - Mar 13 by Chief |
Well 5 changes for a manager who doesn't rotate. What will be the stick to beat Cooper with if we don't win today then? |
In fairness, and I am genuinely curious, can you point me to the last time he made 5 changes for a league game?
Glad to see him mixing things up though, and I certainly wont blame Cooper if it backfires. We need to find a way to get back to playing well and winning, and I think it's become clear that using the same core of 8/9 players every game wasn't going to be able to get us back to that- at least not quickly enough to keep up our tilt for the automatics. |  | | |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:53 - Mar 13 with 911 views | Chief |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:47 - Mar 13 by LittleEnglandJack |
In fairness, and I am genuinely curious, can you point me to the last time he made 5 changes for a league game?
Glad to see him mixing things up though, and I certainly wont blame Cooper if it backfires. We need to find a way to get back to playing well and winning, and I think it's become clear that using the same core of 8/9 players every game wasn't going to be able to get us back to that- at least not quickly enough to keep up our tilt for the automatics. |
Well its 4 really coz guehi enforced, but no i can't remember 4 changes. We'll see if its works. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:54 - Mar 13 with 904 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:22 - Mar 13 by Chief |
Well 5 changes for a manager who doesn't rotate. What will be the stick to beat Cooper with if we don't win today then? |
Rotation is designed to keep players fresh and focussed. It is not designed to rest players that are knackered from being overplayed. Cooper had to rotate before unexpected bad results and bad performances became apparent.
Manning Latibeaudire should have already both played 15+ times . Both are clearly good enough. Roberts and Ayew have not been rotated. it all very well calling the 'freaks of nature' but no good at all if there is a listless performances at Wembley or play off semis with fans to witness it. |  |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:02 - Mar 13 with 874 views | Chief |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:54 - Mar 13 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Rotation is designed to keep players fresh and focussed. It is not designed to rest players that are knackered from being overplayed. Cooper had to rotate before unexpected bad results and bad performances became apparent.
Manning Latibeaudire should have already both played 15+ times . Both are clearly good enough. Roberts and Ayew have not been rotated. it all very well calling the 'freaks of nature' but no good at all if there is a listless performances at Wembley or play off semis with fans to witness it. |
Yes thank you I'm aware of the benefits of rotation.
The squad has to be good enough to cope with it en masse though. We're not the type of team who wins games comfortably, so i don't think we'd have as many points as we do now if Cooper had made the changes people call for.
Latibeaudiere has played just the right amount, he's young learning and thankfully his clangers haven't been too detrimental. Could be different if he'd played more. We rotate Ayew out, how many points do we pick up over the last week?
People think swapping players will make everything fine doesn't work like that. [Post edited 13 Mar 2021 12:04]
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:04 - Mar 13 with 866 views | Catullus |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:22 - Mar 13 by Chief |
Well 5 changes for a manager who doesn't rotate. What will be the stick to beat Cooper with if we don't win today then? |
It's about time Lowe got a break. I still don't think Dhanda and Hourihane can start together. Lets hope they shove those words down my throat.
We needed the changes and now we need a performance.
The stick to beat Cooper with, that depends on what happens surely? If we play well and we win there is no stick, if we are rubbish and we win there is a smaller stick. If we play well and we lose....who knows. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:09 - Mar 13 with 847 views | Fireboy2 |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:43 - Mar 13 by Dr_Parnassus |
Yep some clear rotation here, although for me it clearly weakens us.
Dhanda and Hourihane seem a little light weight against a scrappy team on their own patch.
Time will tell. |
We have been too defensive lately and this is having a negative pull on the team, we are sitting back inviting the opposition onto us, this is making us defend more which is tiring, its a vicious circle.
We need to start taking the game to the opposition and today's team will do this, smith and grimes will be busy helping out the back 3 though as hourihane and dhanda are not defensive players. | | | |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:09 - Mar 13 with 843 views | Chief |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:04 - Mar 13 by Catullus |
It's about time Lowe got a break. I still don't think Dhanda and Hourihane can start together. Lets hope they shove those words down my throat.
We needed the changes and now we need a performance.
The stick to beat Cooper with, that depends on what happens surely? If we play well and we win there is no stick, if we are rubbish and we win there is a smaller stick. If we play well and we lose....who knows. |
I totally agree about dhanda and Hourihane. Goes back to my point about rotation potentially being effective if you've got the players to do it. He's rotated the midfield, but is this suited to Luton away? We'll see. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:19 - Mar 13 with 810 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Hourihane!!!!!
Set up by Dhanda.
What do we know eh? [Post edited 13 Mar 2021 12:20]
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:21 - Mar 13 with 805 views | Catullus |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:09 - Mar 13 by Chief |
I totally agree about dhanda and Hourihane. Goes back to my point about rotation potentially being effective if you've got the players to do it. He's rotated the midfield, but is this suited to Luton away? We'll see. |
Great start and Grimes was magnificent, preventing a goal at one end then we break and Dhanda and Houri combine, I'll shut my mouth!
We need to go for them now, no sitting back. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:21 - Mar 13 with 803 views | Chief |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:09 - Mar 13 by Chief |
I totally agree about dhanda and Hourihane. Goes back to my point about rotation potentially being effective if you've got the players to do it. He's rotated the midfield, but is this suited to Luton away? We'll see. |
Can i down arrow myself!?
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:21 - Mar 13 with 797 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Anyone else feeling sea sick?
Worst camera operators on the planet, surely. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:22 - Mar 13 with 794 views | LittleEnglandJack |
I'll take that. | | | |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:24 - Mar 13 with 767 views | theloneranger |
NOW that's a Swansea goal. |  |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:27 - Mar 13 with 746 views | thornabyswan |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:21 - Mar 13 by Catullus |
Great start and Grimes was magnificent, preventing a goal at one end then we break and Dhanda and Houri combine, I'll shut my mouth!
We need to go for them now, no sitting back. |
Yes great start conditions look bad need to give away as few set pieces as possible 3 corners already. | |
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| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 12:27 - Mar 13 with 746 views | angryjack |
| Luton Town v Swansea City : Matchday Thread Saturday TEAMS on 11:43 - Mar 13 by Dr_Parnassus |
Yep some clear rotation here, although for me it clearly weakens us.
Dhanda and Hourihane seem a little light weight against a scrappy team on their own patch.
Time will tell. |
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