Luton v Charlton - Post Match Views

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If you're going to draw, then last minute high Drama with an equaliser from a Charlton legend is the way to do it.
One for the connoisseurs here, but there was a midweek away game in a freezing Burslem some years ago, when Gritty walloped in a late equaliser, it felt like that. turned the long dreary night time coach home from Port Vale into a much happier place, and Solly today, like Gritty then, has made the return journey for the travelling faithful a good one.
I thought it was actually a pretty high class game all round. Luton capitalised on the home team kicking the right way second half thing pretty well, but we got battered late on as general exhaustion and Sarr's vulnerability was exposed, but then fought back brilliantly. Make no bones about it, the late equaliser today is defining the Bowyer era better than a lot of other things.
It started to go right for Luton around the time Page was injured and treated, we lost our shape and composure a bit, and a very decent and competitive Luton did well to force themselves ahead. There was even a kind of inevitability about it just at that time in the match I am sorry to say.
Earlier, Reeves in the first half, and Taylor in the second could and should have given us a two goal cushion, but to an extent there was a kind of Charlton double edged thing going on. Igor twice in a couple of minutes, shortly before Luton scored, broke back very well to thwart a Luton attack, but it also signalled a bit of a break up in our formation generally. Some players were having in and out games as well which made us look weak in places and at times, Fosu and Reeves and Igor, but Cullen and very especially Aribo were rock solid and for the most part on their game throughout.
I have to give credit to Nathan Jones for finding a way to occupy Taylor, but also to Bowyer for getting our guys to confront every Luton player within half a second of them receiving the ball, maybe such sheer hard work contributed to a bit of tiredness and that second half dip.
Pearce is so competitive that to an extent his ethic bleeds into his team mates. However sheer hard work wasn't quite enough around the 75th minute mark.
The finale was high drama, with a series of set pieces, and interventions and woodwork kept us away, and like everybody I thought our luck was out, but our luck was in because we have a wonderful footballer called Chris Solly playing for us.
Bosh, good result, on to Tuesday.