Rotherham United boss Matt Hamshaw makes injuries admission and Jack Wilshere prediction after Luton Town draw
Rotherham United boss Matt Hamshaw believes his side’s meeting with Luton Town “would have been a really good game” had it not been for an injury crisis.
The Millers made the journey to Kenilworth Road with a lengthy list of injuries to contend with and had to dig deep to take a point in a goalless stalemate.
Rotherham had just 31 per cent possession and registered two shots compared to Luton’s 12.
However, Hamshaw hailed the “togetherness” after holding Jack Wilshere’s men to a draw.
Matt Hamshaw reflects
He said: “We’re having rotten luck at the minute with injuries. We’ve got 11 first-team players out and I think it would have been a really good game had we had our forward players fit.
“You saw a threat first half and then second half we didn’t have much going forward with the greatest will to the group, but I felt like the resilience we’ve got, the togetherness we’ve got in the group got us a point.
“They’ve got a real good team, they’ll be up there come the end of the season. I’m looking at the subs they’re bringing on, it’s a good squad, Jack will do really well.
“They’ve got Hakeem Odoffin who I’ve worked with, Cohen Bramall, Jerry Yates and they speak really highly of him, so I’m sure they’ll have a successful season.”
Jack Wilshere verdict
Wilshere, meanwhile, said: “It was tough, tough for the players because I played against teams that come and just sit in and defend.
“You have to be brave, you have to have courage, you have to take risks at times because the distances are so close.
“You have to pass it into areas where the player receiving has to be really good, really clean, to try and just create something, create a little opening or someone to just jump out of defence. But I was proud of the players for continuing to do it the same way.
“I know we spoke a lot about connecting with the fans and we want the fans to be with us and we really felt they were today.
“It’s not always been the case when the team has tried to – before I was here -have that kind of game, a little bit slower, a little bit more calculated, and I was proud of the players and the fans clapped us off which we’re happy about.”