He had a bunch of flair players in a very average team. On the one hand he had Jay-Jay Okocha and Youri Djourkaeff, on the other he was relying on long throws from Anthony Barness for chance creation.
The injuries conversation has been done to death on the Injuries thread, but it bears repeating that Premier League injuries collectively are at a record high.
https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php
As shown on the above link, Luton are currently on 13, Newcastle and Chelsea on 11...