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Derby v Luton preview

Luton boss Kevin Blackwell is waiting till the last minute to assess the fitness of Matthew Spring, Sol Davis and Steve Robinson ahead of the match which could hammer in the final nail of Luton's championship coffin.

Ahmet Brkovic (eye), Dean Morgan (ankle) and Marlon Beresford (broken finger) will definitely miss the match.

Spring sustained a dead leg against Plymouth and looks the likeliest of the bunch of walking wounded to recover sufficuiently enough to play.

Blackwell said to lutontown.co.uk:

'He's (Spring)back training today so I'm hopeful he'll be in contention for tomorrow.'

'Sol's back in training so hopefully with another week under his belt he'll be fit for next Saturday.'

Robinson has been playing for some time with a back injury, which accounts for the fact that his form has been below par.

Blackwell said:

'He's having an epidural for a back problem that he's had for a considerable amount of time. He's tried to keep playing with it, but it's obviously a problem.'

On the subject of the match he said:

'They've got a chance to show not just me but the rest of the country that they are actually better than their results have shown.

'I would think it's a great opportunity for them to perform.'

Anything less than a win will relegate the Hatters while a win will give them a stay of execution at least until Saturday's results are known.

The manager continued:

'Both teams will go out under equal pressure. I'm sure Billy will be desperate to get automatic promotion because he hasn't had a lot of luck in the Play-Offs.

'Derby have invested heavily, but wisely, and they are now getting the rewards.'

On the return of Steve Howard to Kenilworth Road he said:

'I tried to sign him for Leeds. The lads must be aware of him - after all they have trained with him for the last three or four years, so hopefully that will be a bonus for us.'




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Date:Thursday April 19 2007

Time: 10:47PM

Your Comments

WELL THIS IS IT !!!! WILL WE OR WONT WE ,WILL STEVO DO A MICK HARFORD, WHEN WE HAD TO WIN AT THE OLE BASEBALL GROUND TO STAY UP ,MICK DID EVERYTHING BUT SCORE FOR LUTON , MICKS A LEGEND....YOU COULD BE ONE TO STEVO!!!!!
monty zumas
I Thought Mick DID score an own goal aginst Us keeping Luton up. Im sure it was when he was at Derby
LORD LUTON
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
WFG
We stayed up with last day wins against Derby in both the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons Lord Luton. The first was a 3-2 victory at the Baseball Ground (which I listened to on the radio as I was stuck on the M1 after my mates car broke down!!), the second was a 2-0 home win which Mick scored the OG in.
AWK
Bye Bye Luton...Bye Bye* (*Well, maybe see you next season in League One!!!)
LUFC1
LORD LUTON ,I WAS ON ABOUT THE AWAY WIN AT THE BASEBALL GROUND ,A SUPERB DAY OUT ,TOWN WEARING THEIR BLUE UMBRO SHIRTS ,MICKY H COULD HAVE SCORED SEVERAL TIMES FOR DERBY BUT AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT HE WENT "ALL LUTON" HE EVEN GAVE US THE THUMBS UP AFTER ONE GLARING MISS WHEN WE CHANTED HIS NAME , IT WAS JIM RYANS FINEST MOMENT AS LUTON MANAGER ,HE GET US OUT OF TROUBLE THEN HE'S SACKED ,STILL , MAN U'S SIR ALEX, THOUGHT HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO COACH THEM TO SILVERWARE AFTER US....SOMETIMES YOU WONDER IF OUR BOARDS' DOWN THE YEARS PREFER RELEGATION TO STABILITY.. ITS AS IF ,WHEN WE SNIFF ANY SORT OF SUCCESS THEY PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON .ON THE WAY BACK DOWN THE M1, TRAVELING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION SHEFFIELD UNITED FANS IN THOSE ILLUMINOUS GREEN/YELLOW SHIRTS WERE EVERYWHERE, AFTER THEY HAD WON PROMOTION....HAPPY DAYS ,THE TOWN HAD SURVIVED YET AGAIN.
monty zumas
Heads up Lads, get rested and charge your batteries. Next season The fans are on a Mission to help Blackwell and the lads gain Promotion. Ive a good warm Feeling about this One.........
LORD LUTON
You will be back lads. Sorry to see you down. Although a Claret, I live in Cambs and you are the nearest ground to me in our League. Will miss that short journey next season
turfmanphil
 

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