Rob Edwards opted against labelling Kenilworth Road as a ‘scary’ venue in order to avoid angering Tuesday’s opponents Arsenal.
Luton have leaned on their raucous atmosphere in all their home games this season, most notably against Liverpool, when Jurgen Klopp’s men narrowly avoided defeat after being bailed out by a last-minute Luis Diaz equaliser.
While Edwards wasn’t willing to instil fear into Arsenal and Mikel Arteta ahead of their trip up north to Bedfordshire, he did speak about how alien Kenilworth Road can be for elite-minded players who are more accustomed to playing in more state-of-the-art complexes.
“I think scared would be the wrong word and I definitely don’t want to be quoted on that one because I don’t want to make them angry as well”, Edwards said when asked about how Arsenal will be feeling upon arrival at Kenilworth Road.
“It’s just different for them, it just is. It’s [Kenilworth Road] is obviously very, very old school and the level these players and where they’ve been playing consistently for a long time they’re just used to these huge stadiums now- Kenilworth Road is just not that.
“In terms of noise, we may not be as loud because you can’t make the same noise as a ground with 60, 70, 80 thousand. It’s just intense and it’s on top of you so it is different and it’s quite unique.”
“But just to be here is amazing and there’s a lot of people who deserve a lot of credit for that so we’re determined to enjoy it but of course our job is to try and be competitive in these games as well and I really believe we will be.”
