RESULT: 1:0 - three wins on the spin

Another must win game! And another win, but this time it was courtesy of lady luck providing us with the benefit of some calamitous defending to gift us a winner in the last minute.  I wish I had been there to hear the noise, probably one of the loudest roars the stadium has experienced!  The proverbial roof-lifter!

With Coventry reduced to 10 men early on (possibly harshly), it felt like it could be a repeat of the Blackburn game - with the Hatters struggling to break a resolute Coventry defence down.  And despite over 2/3rds of the possession, and hitting the bar and post, it looked like it wasn't going to be our day.  And when Liam Walsh was 2nd yellowed for a petulant push that also won best Oscar for the over acting from the Coventry player, it felt like some of the demons of past months would come back to haunt us.  He still has much to learn that boy. 

However over the last 8 games, since the Burnley defeat, we have become miserly - teams struggling to break us down.  Such was the strength in defence, that the brave Thomas Kaminski had little to do in goal.  Having lost his father earlier in the week, it showed the commitment to the cause to play - and as he said himself, that's what he dad would have wanted - he just didn't get a post match message from him this time.  Gulp. No you're crying.    

Kudos to Matt Bloomfield for travelling to Brussels to meet the family and accompany his keeper home. Right out of the Rob Edwards "doing the right thing" handbook. 

So the permutations for next Saturday are simple.  Match (or better) whatever Hull do.  It would be so nice if we could hear that they were 4 nil down to Portsmouth at half time, but football, as we know, is a funny old game.  We have to be going for 3 points and not worry about what anyone else does.  That said, whilst West Brom have really poor form, and have fallen out of the Play-off race, sacking their manager in the process, it is still a game of football and we can't afford to lose focus at this stage of the season.  

Since losing to QPR and falling into the bottom 3 on 6th January, the Hatters are now occupying a safe place for the first time in 20 or so games. Please Luton, please don't mess it up now!