Hatters striker Morris felt Luton fans deserved to witness Watford battering
Town forward up to three goals for the campaign now
Hatters captain Carlton Morris felt Town’s fans fully deserved to witness their side thump sworn enemies Watford 3-0 at Kenilworth Road on Saturday after what had been a tough start to the campaign.
Having gone into the fixture on the back of a disappointing sequence of results so far, Luton put the form book to one side, romping to their biggest derby day home triumph for over 40 years, Morris on target along with Jordan Clark and Jacob Brown. Speaking to the club's official website about the victory, which was just the Hatters’ fifth of the calendar year, the skipper said: "I love these games, so to get another win in it, especially at our place, in front of our fans, they deserve that. The lads give it 110 percent in training every day anyway, but the energy in the week was just a bit different this week.
"So for it to come to fruition like that, and a 3-0 win, is what dreams are made of really. I’m just delighted we gave ourselves, the staff and the fans something to cheer about. It is a cliched thing to say, but they really are a 12th man, it gives you extra energy. I can tell you from experience, when I feel like I’ve got nothing left and they get going, get behind you, it gives you that extra boost. So it’s important that we give it back as well.”
Morris himself was outstanding before and during the fixture, as back in the side following an injury, he was the cheerleader for the Kenilworth Road faithful ahead of the opening whistle, continuing to rile them up in a positive fashion when the hosts won a number of set-pieces too. The striker’s partnership with Elijah Adebayo was virtually unplayable at times as well, as he gave former Premier League defender Angelo Ogbonna a tough afternoon, using his physical presence to dominate the former West Ham and Juventus centre half.
With Adebayo superb as well, he continued: “It’s our game, me and the big fella. We’ve built up a lot of rapport over the last couple of years. We like to think there’s not many that can deal with us and I think that showed today, but it means nothing without the back-line being as solid as they were and the midfielders all over the seconds and thirds, so it just all came together.”
The Town striker also did find the net with a close range header from Alfie Doughty’s corner early in the second half as having scored twice in his last outing against Sheffield Wednesday, he is now up to three for the campaign. Discussing his return to the side after a spell out, he added: “It was massive. I’ve been sidelined with a slight injury for the past few weeks so it meant so much to come back in and make a positive impact for the boys.”