What i took away from Luton v Peterborough

Jack Marriots's return

Posh striker Jack Marriot made his first appearance at Kenilworth Road since his move from Luton Town in the summer. He cut a frustrated figure throughout the first half and only managed two feeble attempts which didn't trouble Shea in the Luton net.

Marriot's frustrations grew in the second half with wayward effort after wayward effort.  He did however, link play up better and at times showed glimpses of the player that once graced the pitch at Kenilworth Road. Overall, Marriot had a very frustrating evening and will look to forget his return as quickly as possible.



Luton matched Peterborough pound for pound

Given how strong Luton's promotion chances look going into the New Year, their second string 11 more than matched Peterborough in every department. At times, the Hatters played excellent free flowing football and had the Posh defence all over the show.

What Luton lacked was a killer instinct in front of the net as a majority of their attempts went straight down the throat of keeper Jonathan Bond. Maybe Danny Hylton would've done better.


Luke Gambin's struggling season

Gambin had to go off the field after just 25 minutes to add to his woes this campaign. Gambin has
only seen through 90 minutes once in the league this season and only over 75 twice. The Maltese wingers best chances to shine are in these Checkatrade Trophy matches. Gambin played the full 90 in 3 of the 4 matches Luton have played this season. The extent of his injury isn't known, however this is yet another setback for the tricky winger.



Ruddock Mpanzu bossed the midfield

Mpanzu played at the heart of the Luton midfield this evening and was sensational throughout, his raw strength and power was in full effect. His ball rentention was brilliant given how much pressure
he was put under by Peterborough. The only thing lacking in his game tonight was that killer through ball to cut open the Posh defence. Will Luton have to fend off potential suitors for a player who doesn't get enough game time for a player of his ability.




Peterborough's start to the New Year

The Posh have started 2018 rather well with a New Year's day draw to Doncaster, followed up excellently with the scalp of Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday.

Peterborough struggled tonight against a resilient Luton side who look to have been pushing on two fronts this season. The sides could only be separated by a penalty shoot out. Posh won it in the end to continue their solid 2018 start.

5 Talking points from Spurs v AFC Wimbledon

We see this every week

It seems to be a common theme, when lower sides come to Wembley, they seemingly park the bus. It
was more understandable in this instance as Wimbledon, don't have the same level of players as Spurs do. This style of play has worked for Burnley, West Brom and most recently West Ham. Spurs seem to struggle to break the wall down and the side to side passing seems to frustrate the fans within the ground.What happens when sides do this is that we pass from side to side and add build up play to build up play which is so frustrating to watch. Pochettino needs to find his effective plan B as Son is now a starter.



Sissoko had one of his better games

Moussa Sissoko has had a rough year and half at Spurs but Aurier's arrival makes him more competent on the ball. Today, was the first time i have seen him threaten going forward without Aurier there to back him up. In the first half, Spurs struggled to break through the resolute Wimbledon defence but the likes of Sissoko actually attacked them with some ferocity. He was rewarded with the assist for the opening goal of the game. He obviously saw this as his opportunity to prove to both Poch and fans that he can do a job without Serge to back him up.

Vorm looked timid in net

Vorm came in today for his start since the Carabao Cup defeat to West Ham back in October.
Gazzaniga will feel a little hard done by as he was excellent in his only appearance against Palace. Vorm was too cautious for the type of keeper, Spurs fans are used to. Whenever a loose ball came towards goal barring one situation, he stayed put on his line. This is worrying as if Lloris gets injured again then will Vorm get caught out by more high quality attackers.


How long has it been Super Jan

Jan Vertonghen scored his first goal since October 2013, which was against lowly Sheriff Tiraspol. Vertonghen has been one of Spurs' most consistent performers alongside Kane this season and it was a great sight to see him break that massive goal drought and it was brilliant to see him break out his trademark Superman celebration as well. He took his goal excellently and deserved the slice of luck of the deflection to put it into the Wimbledon net. It was obvious that the whole team were happy for Super Jan as they all tried to grab a piece of the Belgian.

Son's introduction was the difference 

Heung Min Son is proving that he is one of Spurs' players of the season. As i mentioned previously mentioned Spurs struggled to break down Wimbledon. This was when we played two up front but Llorente was well of the pace today and the side needed that spark. Son, 100% provided this and helped create more space for others, which led to us getting through the stubborn Wimbledon defence. Son is now a guaranteed name on the team sheet for Poch now which is a fantastic achievement for the South Korean.