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Simon Sluga makes a save against Charlton as Glen Rea looks on
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Opinion: Sluga turnaround shows players should not be written off so quickly

March 7, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Sluga turnaround shows players should not be written off so quickly

Back in October I wrote a column on this website suggesting that, in the interests of fairness, for everyone involved, it was only right that Simon Sluga was dropped from the Luton starting 11. This was after […]

Simon Sluga and boss Graeme Jones hug after the 3-1 win at Barnsley
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Opinion: Enough of this ‘Graeme Jones has lost the dressing room’ rubbish

February 22, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Enough of this ‘Graeme Jones has lost the dressing room’ rubbish

‘Graeme Jones has lost the dressing room’. If I had £1 for every time I have read that quote over the last three to four months, I could probably pay for Newlands’ Park myself, and still have […]

Glen Rea gives out instructions to his Luton team-mates
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Opinion: Brown, Rea and Hylton have the character to help Hatters pull off a great escape

February 15, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Brown, Rea and Hylton have the character to help Hatters pull off a great escape

Character. By dictionary definition it means ‘the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others,’ The other meaning of character is ‘the quality of being determined and able […]

Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu
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Opinion: Six years ago a Luton legend was born

November 29, 2019 Kevin Harper 1

As we embark on the short journey to Brentford on Saturday, it will be six years to the day of a date which is rapidly seeing its importance increase in the history of Luton Town. […]

Nathan Jones
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Opinion: Get Nathan Jones back? I’d rather have Tom Jones as Luton boss

November 19, 2019 Kevin Harper 11

I knew it would come in the end. I have to admit I didn’t see it coming this soon, but I get how football works and I knew it would come eventually – the calls […]

Izzy Brown
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Opinion: Izzy Brown, defend? Why on earth sacrifice Luton’s most creative player for that?

November 1, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Izzy Brown, defend? Why on earth sacrifice Luton’s most creative player for that?

A lot has happened in the two weeks since I last penned this column. The Town deservedly beat Bristol City, proving the decision regarding changing the goalkeeper to be the correct one, before competitive defeats at Fulham […]

Simon Sluga dives in vain after letting the ball run under his foot and into the net against Derby
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Opinion: Dropping Sluga for Bristol City clash is ‘fairest thing to do’ for everyone

October 18, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Dropping Sluga for Bristol City clash is ‘fairest thing to do’ for everyone

“Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That’s the nature of being a goalkeeper.” That is a quote from the late Wales manager Gary Speed, a reality that I am sure […]

An artist's impression of Luton's Power Court stadium
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Opinion: Last major hurdle for Luton’s new stadium is bigger than any football result

September 26, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Last major hurdle for Luton’s new stadium is bigger than any football result

As I found myself reflecting on the Carabao Cup defeat to Leicester City on Tuesday evening, I couldn’t bring myself to be too disappointed. Of course, no football fan likes to see their team lose […]

Gary Brabin
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Opinion: We can’t change the past – all I care about is what Brabin does now

September 21, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: We can’t change the past – all I care about is what Brabin does now

Towards the middle of last week, as I was doing some research for the latest recording of the Luton Town Supporters’ Trust podcast that evening, a notification flashed up about a video of Town assistant […]

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