Luton have already got their old spirit back under returning manger Nathan Jones, says striker Danny Hylton.
The Welshman last month returned for a second spell in charge in a shock reappointment after he left for Stoke City in controversial circumstances in January.
Even after he’d left, Town players went to Jones’ wedding and kept in touch, but according to Hylton, the working relationship has now also picked up where it left off.
He said: “I got on really well with him, the whole squad got on really with him, it was an atmosphere, a team environment that you don’t get in many places.
“It was manager, staff, players, we were all together, it wasn’t staff and manager and players, we were in together. We were a tightknit group and we loved it.
“I’m not saying anything bad about anyone and I don’t want to go into previous managers, but I think we lost our way a little bit.
“The things that we built, we lost them. It’s back already, to be honest, it’s like he’s never been away, it’s like the old times again, so I’m sure that will benefit us and we look forward to playing the games.”
Town have nine games to engineer a great escape from their position second-from-bottom in the Championship and six points from safety.
Hylton, who is out of contract at the end of the month, but hopes he can get more game time after featuring in just two brief substitute’s cameos under the former manager.
But, as he was signed by Nathan Jones in 2016, he’s hoping he can get rekindle the magic that saw him hit 58 goals to become the club’s most prolific marksman of the last decade.
“It was definitely the best few years of my career,” said Hylton, adding: “(He was) a manager that I will forever have respect for because he gave the opportunity to play and he gave me the platform to do that.
“He improved me massively through hard work with me, as he has with a lot of the lads. I’m sure a lot of the lads would say the same thing and it will be good for the team.
“We know him, we know the way he plays, we know what he wants and what he expects, and it gives us a great, great chance of staying up.”
