Carlton Palmer believes Luton Town should be standing by Rob Edwards, despite the Hatters’ poor start to the Championship season.
The Bedfordshire side have just one point from their opening four matches of the current campaign, and have scored just two league goals in that time period.
Town are back in the Football League after spending last season in the Premier League, where they recorded just six victories during their solitary campaign in the top flight.
And despite that wretched form spilling over into the start of their return to the second tier, Palmer believes Edwards has what it takes to turn things around in the weeks and months to come.
Luton Town’s poor start to the 24/25 Championship season
Hopes will have been high at Kenilworth Road at the start of last month, as Lutonreturned to the Championship with the expectancy of challenging back towards the top of the EFL.
But those dreams came crashing down just 90 minutes into the campaign, with a 4-1 defeat to Burnley setting the tone for the poor start to the season by the Hatters.
A 0-0 draw with newly-promoted Portsmouthfollowed, where Edwards’ side were forced to play an hour of the game after goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski was shown a red card early on.
Defeats to Preston North End and Queens Park Rangers have since followed, leaving Town with a single point as we headed into the international break, but despite those early showings, Palmer is confident things will soon turn around.
The ex-England international told Football League World: “Luton Town have had a terrible start, four defeats in their opening six games is not what we would have expected from Luton Town.
“I would have expected them to have been flying out the traps and challenging at the top end of the table, but they have only got one point and sit second from bottom in the table.
“It is worrying times for Luton, but they will be hoping they can get back to winning ways, they have a tough game coming up against Millwall.