Luton Town striker Nahki Wells believes reaching Wembley could “galvanise” the club as the Hatters look to move on from their faltering league form and reignite their season in tomorrow night’s Vertu Trophy semi-final against Northampton Town.
Victory could offer a welcome lift for players and supporters alike during a challenging league campaign, where they’re currently on a run of four winless games, plus an even more troubling nine games without victory on the road, which has seen the Hatters slip five points off the play-off pack.
For Wells, tomorrow night’s occasion presents an opportunity not just to reach a final but also to give the club a collective boost after frustration around their faltering promotion push.
“It’s exactly what can bring us together,” he told LTFC+, adding: “We spoke about what we want at the end of the season [play-offs] but we have to be really short-minded about what’s at stake.
“Let’s go and give the fans something to be proud of and let’s make sure we give ourselves something to build from, because that could really galvanise us and really help get us to where we need to get to come the end of May.”
The Bermuda international described the tie as a huge moment for the Hatters, with a trip to Wembley on the line, against a Cobblers team that Town have already beaten in the league this season.
“[It’s a] huge game on Wednesday for us as a football club, for us as a team, with what’s at stake – getting to Wembley for a domestic cup final,” Wells said.
“So, we just have to be as present as we can. I think that’s something for us as a whole, as a football club, as a team, we haven’t done well enough.
“We’ve always been looking to May [and the play-offs], we’ve always been looking at where we should be come the end of the season.”
Instead, Wells says the focus must now shift firmly onto each immediate task in front of them, despite a huge league game on the horizon on Saturday against a Reading side that also have ambitions of reaching the play-offs, where they’re just one point off the pace with a game in hand on sixth-placed Huddersfield.
“We now have to take it one game at a time,” the striker said. “The most important thing is turning up Wednesday at the Kenny, putting on a good performance and trying to get to Wembley. Then we can worry about Reading, but Reading is after Northampton.
“With what’s at stake we have to really show up and apply ourselves and find a way to get to Wembley, and try to win another cup.”
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