Hatters boss Richard Money thought his side did enough to beat Hayes and Yeading United in the wake of the 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road.

"I thought the players made a good fist of it," he said afterwards. "It was a good effort and I thought we did more than enough to win the game.

"We played at a good tempo and created numerous opportunities and only saves by their goalkeeper, missed chances from our strikers or blocks from their defenders have denied us."

The Town boss, like most inside the ground, thought the hosts should have at least one penalty while referee Barratt also incurred the wrath of the manager after showing goalscorer Andy Drury a late red card for a second bookable offence.

"You have to say surely one was a penalty?" Money said. "But I don't think the referee handled the situation well for the Drury incident.

"Where does it say in the rule book you can be booked for trying to make a point that the wall isn't 10 yards back?

"Then in the last minute Andy's tried to retrieve a situation by sprinting 60 yards and is marginally late with one tackle which was his first foul of the game.

"I think in this case common sense should have prevailed."

With many supporters disappointed that the Hatters failed to repeat last season's 8-0 drubbing over Hayes and Yeading, it was a different United side this time around which impressed the manager.

"It's always difficult dealing with people who counter attack you and  I thought Garry Haylock got them really well organised," Money said.

"They were tough opponents. The three up front were quick and dangerous.

"It's hard to handle counter attacking teams because you can either play one of two ways.

"You can smash the ball forward, play from to back and fight for every loose ball which means you never lose your shape and are less vulnerable.

"Then, as we like to play, you can move, play the ball quickly with interchanging passing and switch the play and that sometimes makes you vulnerable.

"After the first six games we've made it clear that that's the way we want to play."

With 11 points on the board from the opening six fixtures though, while he was disappointed, the manager still has high hopes for his side this season.

"Look, if you reflect on the first six games, 11 points is not a disappointment," he said.

"We're amongst a pack that has got themselves into the top echelons of the table. We could have more points and we know we've created a lot of expectation after winning the first three games.

"But we know football isn't like that and the last three teams we've faced have worked their absolute socks off.

"It's always the same where our opponents raise their game against us and work hard - they know they need to otherwise we'll open them up.

"Tamworth was a wake-up call. We don't want to get too carried away.

"I'm just grateful we have enough quality in the squad.

"We'll be fine."