Marked Ox
Well-Known Member
We got a lucky point from this one.
Shrewsbury set up better than us and pressured well but were a bit wasteful in attack. In the 1st half we hamstrung ourselves by having Gino van Kessel as the point man of our attack and he isn't going to beat your average Lg 1 centre half in the air very often (he did say this himself in a post match interview). It didn't help though that the Shrewsbury no.5 was allowed to shove his way every time in a challenge. Shrewsbury will claim a 1st half penalty but then we will claim a penalty 30 seconds earlier.
2nd half started just like the 1st half with Shrewsbury on top. We were not at the races that quickly led to a good double substitution by us with Obika (played well after coming on) and Rothwell coming on. The substitutions changed the match so that it was even with both sides creating chances and Gino van Kessel finally becoming a threat with his pace.
Both goals were similar in that both involved poor defending and a goalmouth scramble. Shrewsbury did hit the crossbar as well with Carlton Morris but looking at the bounce of the ball (from the other end) I'd be surprised if it was over the line. Although somebody needs to tell Morris that chasing the Ref around the pitch won't make it become a goal.
So in summary, Shrewsbury will think they should have won, our players will be disappointed they conceded late after taking the lead, but thankful they got a point from game we should have already been behind in.
Edit: Considering their start, I thought Shrewsbury would have brought more supporters than they did.
Shrewsbury set up better than us and pressured well but were a bit wasteful in attack. In the 1st half we hamstrung ourselves by having Gino van Kessel as the point man of our attack and he isn't going to beat your average Lg 1 centre half in the air very often (he did say this himself in a post match interview). It didn't help though that the Shrewsbury no.5 was allowed to shove his way every time in a challenge. Shrewsbury will claim a 1st half penalty but then we will claim a penalty 30 seconds earlier.
2nd half started just like the 1st half with Shrewsbury on top. We were not at the races that quickly led to a good double substitution by us with Obika (played well after coming on) and Rothwell coming on. The substitutions changed the match so that it was even with both sides creating chances and Gino van Kessel finally becoming a threat with his pace.
Both goals were similar in that both involved poor defending and a goalmouth scramble. Shrewsbury did hit the crossbar as well with Carlton Morris but looking at the bounce of the ball (from the other end) I'd be surprised if it was over the line. Although somebody needs to tell Morris that chasing the Ref around the pitch won't make it become a goal.
So in summary, Shrewsbury will think they should have won, our players will be disappointed they conceded late after taking the lead, but thankful they got a point from game we should have already been behind in.
Edit: Considering their start, I thought Shrewsbury would have brought more supporters than they did.
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