Luton boss might have to sacrifice continuity for a victory at Elland Road

Luton boss Nathan Jones admitted he might have to sacrifice continuity of selection in his bid to keep the Hatters up this term.

Town turned in a superb away performance at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday to beat Swansea City 1-0, James Collins’ 72nd minute goal deciding the contest.

There were plenty of tired bodies on the pitch at the end though, Dan Potts for one going down with cramp and needing to be replaced by Martin Cranie in stoppage time.

On whether he can ask the same 11 to go out and perform again at Elland Road tonight, Jones said: “Every game is individual, it’s different tests, so all we’re doing at the moment is picking teams to win games, individual games, it’s not like a season.

“We’ve got to go from game to game and be right at it in that game, as there’s no margin for error now.

"We’ve got to make sure we can pick a side that can go for 90 minutes against the best team in the league, we need to be defensively sound, we need to have threats going forward, and that’s what we’ve got to think about.

"You’ve seen the importance of the squad, the game changers on the bench, they improved us again the other day with Izzy (Brown) creating the chance, James Bree coming on and doing well, Hylts (Danny Hylton) and Cranie coming on as well.

"It’s so important the squad, so we want to keep continuity, but more important than keeping continuity, you want to win games.”

Kazenga LuaLua is the only confirmed absentee, as he still recovers from a knee injury, but Jones also confirmed he will work closely with his sports science team to ensure none of his players are put at risk.

He continued: “He’s (LuaLua) the only one that’s still struggling a little, everyone else is ready to go.

"We have a very strong squad to choose from, we’re really pleased with, so we go there in good form.

“They (sports science team) pretty much run the environment in terms of reporting back and if you want to go against the grain of that, then you’ll be picking up injuries.

"In the environments that I’ve taken control of, we have 90 per cent plus availability, so we always look at that.

"We’re sensible and we adjust our training accordingly, but we always demand from them in training, so that the demands of a game and the physicality of a game doesn’t shock them when they come up against that,.

"It’s a real scientific thing.”