Luton Town manager Rob Edwards has hailed the work rate of his key centre forward.
The minnows’ manager believes that it’s pure work rate that has propelled Elijah Adebayo to being a bona fide Premier League striker.
Adebayo has been in outstanding form over the past few weeks, scoring seven in his past nine matches.
Per Luton Today, Edwards said: “I think it comes from, I genuinely believe this as well, I think it comes from the work-rate and it’s not just aimless running around.
“He knows exactly what he’s doing in terms of his press and how hard he’s working for the team. Off the back of that he’s in the game more as hopefully we’ll be winning it back more and we have the ball a little bit more so we can involve him in the game more.
“He’s getting the timing of his movements, he’s improving that, he’s still running in behind, so he’s mixing his game up well. He’s tidying his feet up and his all-round play, so there’s many, many things that he’s improved on, but also then he’s arriving in the box at the right time for a one touch finish, which for a striker, for a number nine, is the key thing.
“He’s in the right place at the right time to get on the end of big chances and I think he did well even when he wasn’t starting games. He was coming on and he scored some goals off the bench, influenced the games and impacted the games. Against Burnley and Forest, Villa he was involved in a goal as well, so he deserved his opportunity to start and he’s certainly taken that.”
