Luton Town: Jack Marriott happy with ‘super sub’ tag after star showing at Hartlepool

Jack Marriott scored his second Luton brace in a week and said he won’t complain about his ‘super-sub’ tag – for now.

The striker came off the bench for injured Craig Mackail-Smith in the 28^th minute and then fired a four-minute second half double as the Hatters thumped Hartlepool 4-1.

Marriott is now Town’s top goalscorer with six and they’ve all come in twos and on each occasion the Hatters have won.

Asked about being called a ‘super-sub’, the 21-year-old said: “I’m not surprised. That’s something you get when you want to come off the bench and make an impact. Super sub is not the worst [tag]. I’ll take it. I’ll just hopefully get a few more goals, a few more starts and push on.”

Marriott has only made two starts for Luton, but they’ve come in cup competitions, so asked about leading the club’s goalscoring charts despite that record, he said: “I can’t really complain with that.

“It’s not a bad stat but I’ll hopefully get a couple more starts and score some more goals, but as long as I’m doing my bit for the team, scoring when I can and when given the chance then it’s all good.”

Town have now won four League Two games on the spin and sit just two points off the play-offs despite an opening month of the campaign where they failed to win.

“After a slow start we are really starting to get going now,” said Marriott, who was also joined on the scoreboard by Jonathan Smith and Olly Lee.

The striker, however, was also quick to praise Luton keeper Mark Tyler after he made four stunning saves to keep out Pools hitman Rakish Bingham.

“There were a couple of time where I thought they were about to score, where there number nine was in,” Marriott said, adding: “Numerous times he has saved us and he deserves all the plaudits he’ll get.”

Tyler was modest, saying: “I’m there to save them, Jack is there to score them. We’re all a team and it’s not just down to me.”

Talking about Marriott, the goalie said: “That’s why Jack has come here. The gaffer knew what he was about. He’s got his opportunity because Craig has come off, but he’s got his two goals. He always scores goals, he’s like that in training. He’s a similar player to Craig and if you put it in the box he’ll be there to finish it.”

Equally important to Town’s victory was Tyler’s triumph over in his individual battle with the Pools striker and he said: “It was a battle between me and Bingham and luckily I came out on top.”