ROB CAN’T KIP AFTER LUTON’S BIG ‘MARE

LUTON boss Rob Edwards admits that he is not sleeping as he battles to keep his team in the Premier League.

He revealed that he did not get a wink after Wednesday’s horror show at Bournemouth – and he was not expecting to get any shuteye ahead of today’s match against Nottingham Forest.

The Hatters collapsed against the Cherries and were beaten 4-3 after leading 3-0 at half-time (below, striker Cauley Woodrow reacts to the loss at full-time).

The defeat left Luton 18th in the table, three points from safety and one place behind Forest, who visit Kenilworth Road today.

Edwards said: “I never sleep well but I didn’t sleep at all after the Bournemouth match (Antoine Semenyo nets the winner, circle).

“Once I get to sleep I’m OK. I’m not sure how much sleep I manage to get. Sometimes it’s three hours, sometimes it’s five.”

Edwards (above) is also losing sleep over Luton’s leaky defence, which could sink their survival bid.

With 41 league goals to their name, the attack-minded

Hatters have outscored Manchester United, Fulham, Crystal Palace, Brentford, Everton and Forest – all above them in the table. But the injury-hit back line have conceded 27 times in their last eight league and FA Cup matches.

Edwards said: “We know we have conceded too many goals and if that continues we’re going to be in a difficult position.

“It’s an area we’re trying to focus on. We’re trying to find a balance between attacking, carrying a threat, going out to try and win games but trying to keep the back door shut as well.

“It’s difficult to get clean sheets for most teams in the Premier League, it’s a high-scoring year.

”But it’s probably harder for us to do it. If we only concede one, we’re in with a chance of getting something, as we did when we drew at Palace.

“We must defend as a team. We have five centre-backs out and there aren’t many teams in the Premier League that would be able to cope well with that, but we have to focus on the group we have and trust them to go and get a result.”

With 10 league games to play, Edwards agreed that today’s match is a six-pointer, but said: “If we win and we’re above that dotted line, it won’t mean that we’ve cracked it.

“There’s still a long way to go. If we don’t win, it doesn’t mean that we’re down.

“Of course there’s pressure on the game but it’s not do or die. It’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t go right.

“The Forest match is not last-throw-of-thedice stuff.

”Let’s do our job, do it well, work incredibly hard and do the things we got wrong at Bournemouth

better.”