Luton Town manager Rob Edwards admits that giving younger players game time has been a silver lining this season.

The newly promoted club are in danger of going straight back down to the Championship.

Edwards has bemoaned the injury crisis that has seen his team lose many important players for weeks or months at a time.

With 12 players out against Manchester City last time, youngsters such as Joe Johnson, Zack Nelson, Axel Piesold, Taylan Harris, and Christian Chigozie were on the bench for Luton.

Asked about the situation, Edwards said: “I've used the word inspiration a few times now but we'll keep saying the same thing.

"Everything that's going on at the moment, Zack making his Premier League debut, JJ being involved a lot, Axel as well, it should give everyone in the academy a big lift and show them that anything's possible, especially at the moment. Hopefully it keeps everyone working hard and gives us some real belief that they can achieve great things by being good at what they do, working hard, being a good person and all of those things that we want.

"It's hard, it's frustrating as we want to be able to pick and select our strongest squad, especially at this stage of the season, but the one silver lining is it gives a lot of belief for everyone in the academy. It (Arsenal games) was a really special night for him and would have been a big, big thing for him. He's the same age as my middle daughter though so that does make me feel a little bit old!"