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Edwards unhappy with Luton players for Bolton draw

Luton boss Rob Edwards admits he was unhappy with his players after their 0-0 draw with FA Cup opponents Bolton Wanderers.

Edwards felt they were flat for Sunday's tie.

He said: “We started the game, the first six or seven minutes very, very well and then we just dropped our intensity a bit in that first half. A few reminders at half time and I thought we upped it again. I thought there was a little bit of a lethargy in that first half, the message all week and what we wanted to try and do was play with the tempo and the intensity that we played in the second half against Chelsea.

"That was the idea, that was the plan, it didn't quite pan out that way and Bolton deserve credit for that as well, as we're still playing against 11 people who are trying to stop us doing what we're doing as well. They had real energy and they were able to match it in that first half. I thought we'd broken it in that second half, we started on the front foot, started aggressively and the game was pretty much in their half, but we couldn't find a way to get the ball over the line.

“The last action of game sort of summed it up as well, Cauley (Woodrow) goes up for a header, it drops down and Chieo and Eli almost leave it to each other and it's maybe a bit of an open goal there. It wasn't to be today, but the main thing is, I didn't want to go out and I want us to progress, so we're not out of the hat, not out of the draw. We've got to go and do it in a bit more of a difficult way and it will be a tough game at their place."

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