Shrewsbury Town Post Match Thoughts

[LincsMiller]

poor comment . Give Rotherham a bit of slack .

I did do, I left out the “absolutely “

[Back of the net]

Warne got it wrong tonight second half.
Tu Tu was a liability but he left him on.
I think we’ve tried to just scrape a win or get a point. Just walked to car heard a couple of Shrewsbury fans asking how are they top of the league. Promotion is not a done deal and if we keep playing as we are we will be caught. Yes we’ve been on a good run. Some tough games to come

Let’s hope it changes Saturday.

[gru]

Glad it's not only me Tu tu same as 1st time for us can't have a player a long way off doing his job then near end weak losing ball giving them a clear chance. Game we should have lost. Vickers again our star man. Odoffin didn't do bad. Ferguson will be back Saturday so one area of side strengthened from tonight.

[Miller Nez]

To quote the Chuckle Brothers, "Oh dear, Oh dear".

That was rubbish from start to finish. We were actually the better team in the first half but we were still well below par.

We looked like a team that's just been thrown together and hadn't played with each other before. There didn't look like there was any understanding between any of the players. I felt sorry for Ollie Rathbone in the first half because he was having to do everything with little help coming from his teammates. The second half was abysmal. I didn't think we could've been any worse than we were in the first, but oh dear, we actually were. I'm not going to name any players but there was some bad "performances" tonight and without Barlaser working alongside Ollie, our midfield is lost. I just hope that they are both fit and well for Saturday's game. Hopefully we'll not play that bad again.

[ragingpup]

Feared the worst on seeing the starting line up.

Big positives : kept another, yet another clean sheet and the gamble to rest rotate so many key players should leave them fresh to go on Saturday. Hope that gamble pays off with a win and and energetic performance as for me 3 points tonight were insurance and should not rest so many key players at the same time.

But if we have energy and it pays off v Dons, it will be huge credit to Warne

[CTMilller]

In perhaps a strange way I'm pleased we have played - and survived - a really bad day at the office. We've had humdrum stretches in other games but that second half really was a stinker. If it gives us an indicator of how badly we can play when we - literally - let our defences down, then that is going to be a valuable lesson learned and something that Warne and the coaching staff can factor into the way we build up to these final matches.

Obviously, if we 'continue where we left of' when we play MKD, then there may be something more fundamentally wrong afoot. Somehow I don't think that will be the case.

My take is that we are so rarely in the position of not being in the ascendancy that when it happens to us, as it did today, we can lose confidence. (Although bringing Mattock on may have seemed an odd move, I think it was wise to bring in experience to help steady the ship - which it did, We settled a bit in the last five minutes.)

So, as I said, hopefully a lesson learned and, happily and probably fortuitously, not at the expense of a defeat

[BramleyMiller58]

An underserved point.

Onwards to MK Dons who must now think they're in a more than a good chance on Saturday.
Hopefully got a bad performance behind us.

[CAMiller]

An underserved point.

Onwards to MK Dons who must now think they're in a more than a good chance on Saturday.
Hopefully got a bad performance behind us.

I don't seem to follow our opponents with as much zest as others on here seem to do but looking at MK Dons they have had some pretty ropey results in the past couple of months (including losing at home to Donny the same week we beat them 5-0) so I'm not sure why everyone is biggin' them up so much. Beat us and they are still effectively 8pts behind us. Lose to us and the gap is 14. The pressure is on them to win.

[Derbymiller]

I am delighted that we kept a clean sheet and got a draw, Oxford lost so that is another point away from them, with 11 matches to go. We have been quite poor the last three games and could easily have lost all 3 or got just 1 point, we have 7 points from three games where we were not very good, amazing really. however that will not do in the last 11 games, we need to get back to the levels we can play at, a win on saturday i think is really key if we want to win the title, it will take the pressure off by making us 13 points clear of 3rd and at least 7 points clear of 2nd, it is a huge game.
I assume there was a injury or illness reason for taking off Rathbone, because if it was tactical huge mistake, he controlled the game first half. Linsay and Odiffin were totally absent the 2nd half, Tutu defensively is a liability, no committment tries too many tricks near his own box and pulls out of tackles, cannot play again until he shows committment to put his body on the line, going forward he has something but at the back awful on what we have seen so far. Angus did well first half but he is no where near fit enough for 75 mins nevermind 90, Vickers outstanding. Freddie could have been sat in the stand the 2nd half and Smith MUST learn when we are under pressure to stop giving silly niggley fouls away. We need REG and miller back fit and we need our first 11 for as many games as we can now, we do have a squad but there are few in that squad that can come in and play at the level needed to win the league. Overall we learned a lot and well done to the big lads at the back and Vickers, regroup and move on to a few big games in the next few weeks.

[jocksgloves]

Thank the Lord that Shrews can't shoot. Same second half as at Plymouth, apart from our goal hiding Their domination.
Vickers man of the match fourth game running.
Need to find some form for Saturday, or the pressure will really be on.