Bradley hails returning Hatters boss Jones for his 'through the roof' energy levels

Town skipper Sonny Bradley has spoke of the added energy that manager Nathan Jones has injected into the squad since he returned to the club.

The Hatters chief returned to Kenilworth Road recently after Graeme Jones had left Kenilworth Road at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

It has led to Luton giving themselves a real chance of Championship survival, with two wins, four draws and just one defeat from their seven matches, to sit two points from safety with two games to go.

On what Jones has changed in such a short space of time, Bradley said: “It’s slightly different, I've worked with Nathan before, his energy levels on a match day are through the roof, which is what you want.

“He gets the players hyped up, gets the players up to his level and I think you can tell from the way we start games and the energy that we bring.

“Every manager’s different with the way they like to train, little specific things and it’s helped us.

“I’m sure Nathan’s looked at the four or five games before we broke off and probably seen that’s something we can build on as well.”

Bradley already knew what to expect from Jones ahead of his return, having been brought into the club by the manager from Plymouth Argyle in the summer of 2018.

Although admitting there has been changes, the defender felt the desire to stay up has been there all season.

Bradley continued: “He signed me, so I knew what he was going to be like.

“I know the energy that he brings, but if I’m being honest, before Nathan came and Graeme was in before the lockdown, the spirit amongst the boys was still there.

“We truly believed we could stay up.

“We had a good run of results before Graeme left, but what has changed, is things we do at training.

“Personnel too, Elliot Lee’s back in, would that have happened under Graeme Jones? Maybe not.

“So it’s probably a tactical thing, but when it comes to the spirit of the boys, that’s been there from the start of the season, up until now and that’s not changed.”

Luton’s 2-0 win at Huddersfield on Tuesday night means they are now unbeaten in four games on the road in the Championship, something they haven’t managed since the 2005-06 campaign.

Although three of them have come under Jones, with wins at Huddersfield and Swansea, plus a fine draw at Leeds United, Bradley felt there were signs the form had been turning.

He said: “If you look at the three or four games previous to the lockdown, we’ve performed in that way as well, so I don’t think you can say it’s just that.

“Before the lockdown, away from home, I think we found a way of playing, a way of getting results and we’ve kind of continued that.

“I think we’ve been better, I think we’ve improved, but we’ve certainly continued from where we left off.

“The next away game (Hull City), I’m not saying we’re going to play how we did today (against Huddersfield), as every team has a different style of play and we might set up a different way.

“But we certainly go there with a positive attitude, we’ll go there looking to keep a clean sheet and we need to win the game.”

To stay in the division despite having the lowest budget at this level would be something of an achievement for Town though, as Bradley added: “It would be good with us being the lowest budget in the division to stay in the division, it would be fantastic for the club.

“It would be fantastic to achieve and the way the club’s structured and how well organised, we think the club deserve it.

“From a players point of view, the financial side of it, we don’t even look at it at all, as at the end of the day it’s irrelevant to us.

"Every time we step out on the pitch, just because players are on maybe four or five times more than you in wages, it doesn’t matter.

"We’ve shown (against Huddersfield), I thought we were the better team for 95 minutes, so money doesn’t come into it.

"We’ve got a few games to go, let’s put everything into it, lets put 100 per cent into it and let’s see if we can do it."