Luton Town midfielder Ross Barkley insists they are very much in the battle to survive.
The Premier League minnows, who were newly promoted in the summer, have 15 points at the halfway stage of the season.
However, Barkley believes they can reach the 40-point mark that teams usually require to stay in the top flight.
Barkley stated, per Luton Today: “We’ve played all the big teams and we’ve come away with a lot of belief and positivity and confidence in the results against the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Man City, Newcastle, those types of games.
“Maybe some teams are coming here (Kenilworth Road) thinking it might be a bit of a roll over, but everyone knows they’re in with a game when they play us now, and we’re growing. You can see the strikers putting it in. Carlton (Morris) came on last week (against Sheffield United), made a difference, he made a difference today (against Chelsea).
“Eli’s (Adebayo) getting goals, they’ve settled in now, they’ve bedded into the Premier League, they know that this is the level that they should be at. Everyone else is growing. Andros (Townsend) is growing game by game, Sambi’s (Lokonga) growing, our defensive players are growing, everyone’s growing in confidence, so I think second half of the season, there’ll be a bit more expectation on us from ourselves.
“We’ll keep pushing to get results. We’ve got 15 points, we should have had more, but if we can double that and get more results going our way, with a bit of luck, I think we can aim for the 40 point mark. So if we can keep pushing and stay strong together, we can have a good second half of the season.”
