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Post by chirkshrew on Jul 23, 2024 23:27:05 GMT 1
We won't be short of grit, determination,and fitness this season,that's for sure UTS👍
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Post by onthepitch on Jul 23, 2024 23:33:51 GMT 1
Hoole looks really good to me, might prove to be the best of the new players when the season gets going.
O'riley, very tricky and confident but has been pushed off the ball very easily in both games I've seen.
Trialist A gets the reserve keeper gig imo.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jul 24, 2024 0:06:53 GMT 1
Hoole looks really good to me, might prove to be the best of the new players when the season gets going. O'riley, very tricky and confident but has been pushed off the ball very easily in both games I've seen. Trialist A gets the reserve keeper gig imo. Benny Gall's son I beleive ??
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Post by pughywasfree on Jul 24, 2024 6:40:22 GMT 1
Hoole looks really good to me, might prove to be the best of the new players when the season gets going. O'riley, very tricky and confident but has been pushed off the ball very easily in both games I've seen. Trialist A gets the reserve keeper gig imo. 4 man wall for their goal was an interesting choice. A 5th would have blocked the shot instead of it being deflected.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Jul 24, 2024 6:40:46 GMT 1
Sounds encouraging but to all these ‘we’ll be fine this season’ sort of posts I’d urge great caution for a few reasons:
- It was only a friendly - Birmingham are an example of a L1 side and they played us off the park - you get the same amount of points for losing playing well as you do for losing playing badly - it’s a long season and the fixtures pile up, injuries and suspensions and the squad still simply isn’t big enough.
But all positive steps as we move into the games that matter.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jul 24, 2024 7:21:00 GMT 1
Highlights from last nights game...
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Post by Pilch on Jul 24, 2024 7:39:05 GMT 1
Hoole looks really good to me, might prove to be the best of the new players when the season gets going. O'riley, very tricky and confident but has been pushed off the ball very easily in both games I've seen. Trialist A gets the reserve keeper gig imo. 4 man wall for their goal was an interesting choice. A 5th would have blocked the shot instead of it being deflected. not seen the highlights yet, but at the time I thought the wall was too far back, 11-12 yards, bizarre considering almost all sides attempt to encroach
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Post by Pilch on Jul 24, 2024 7:41:16 GMT 1
Pierre was just a 6 at best for me , would likely have walked in the first half had it been a league game , Shipley was far better than on Saturday , I thought Loughran did ok in the run he had , keen to get the ball , run with it and get a shot off , managed 3 efforts in the 20 mins he got , offered much more than Perry , marquis holds the ball up mark Hughes style , obviously needs a player feeding off him Pierre could have got a red for that tackle 🫣 it was horrendous. Loughran did well I agree, just didn't play long enough to give him a score. Marquis holding the ball up against the giant Souttar was a sight to behold! for me , pierre and nsiala are both nowhere near ready at the moment
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Post by llanymynechshrew on Jul 24, 2024 8:50:28 GMT 1
Pierre could have got a red for that tackle 🫣 it was horrendous. Loughran did well I agree, just didn't play long enough to give him a score. Marquis holding the ball up against the giant Souttar was a sight to behold! for me , pierre and nsiala are both nowhere near ready at the moment 100yrs ago souttar would have been in either a circus or "Ripleys believe it or not" he's incredible. I thought Pierre defended pretty well but once turned he's buggered. We seem to be playing a higher line, which is going to be a problem for him.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jul 24, 2024 8:52:16 GMT 1
Difficult to know what to make of things just from the highlights of course but I think it will be good to see how we get on against the likes of Telford and Oldham once we have Derby out of the way this weekend. As Hurst pointed out there are benefits of going up against better sides but that said, looking to the highlights against Brum and Leicester and seeing our defence at sixes and sevens a good few times you'd like to know whether that's down to the standard of opposition or our own defensive struggles. Hopefully the games against Telford and Oldham will bring a bit of balance.
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Post by Exkeeper on Jul 24, 2024 9:20:37 GMT 1
Sounds encouraging but to all these ‘we’ll be fine this season’ sort of posts I’d urge great caution for a few reasons: - It was only a friendly - Birmingham are an example of a L1 side and they played us off the park - you get the same amount of points for losing playing well as you do for losing playing badly - it’s a long season and the fixtures pile up, injuries and suspensions and the squad still simply isn’t big enough. But all positive steps as we move into the games that matter. The manager is fully aware that the squad is not big enough and is working hard to do something to put that right.
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Post by Exkeeper on Jul 24, 2024 9:22:59 GMT 1
Hoole looks really good to me, might prove to be the best of the new players when the season gets going. O'riley, very tricky and confident but has been pushed off the ball very easily in both games I've seen. Trialist A gets the reserve keeper gig imo. Benny Gall's son I beleive ?? Hmmm. A Danish trialist keeper trying to impress a goalkeeping coach who is also from Denmark!
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Post by Exkeeper on Jul 24, 2024 9:30:04 GMT 1
Keeper started to come then stopped, then went for the ball and was in no man’s land. Few Leicester lads we should be having a look at tonight [br The keeper lacked awareness there. When the pass was played through, he should have been off his line immediately and would have been odds on favourite to win the ball. Once he hesitated he made the attacker favourite and he took the chance easily.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jul 24, 2024 9:31:49 GMT 1
for me , pierre and nsiala are both nowhere near ready at the moment 100yrs ago souttar would have been in either a circus or "Ripleys believe it or not" he's incredible. I thought Pierre defended pretty well but once turned he's buggered. We seem to be playing a higher line, which is going to be a problem for him. It will be a problem as he has no pace and will get turnd easily
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jul 24, 2024 9:33:28 GMT 1
Difficult to know what to make of things just from the highlights of course but I think it will be good to see how we get on against the likes of Telford and Oldham once we have Derby out of the way this weekend. As Hurst pointed out there are benefits of going up against better sides but that said, looking to the highlights against Brum and Leicester and seeing our defence at sixes and sevens a good few times you'd like to know whether that's down to the standard of opposition or our own defensive struggles. Hopefully the games against Telford and Oldham will bring a bit of balance. If there are issues the friendlies is the time to sort things out or bring in a player if we need to
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jul 24, 2024 9:36:55 GMT 1
Odds on O’Reilly picking up a mystery injury before the start of the season, never to be seen again? I hope not as he seems to have brought some creativity to the midfield, which is something that has been missing the last few years.
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Post by pughywasfree on Jul 24, 2024 9:50:57 GMT 1
Difficult to know what to make of things just from the highlights of course but I think it will be good to see how we get on against the likes of Telford and Oldham once we have Derby out of the way this weekend. As Hurst pointed out there are benefits of going up against better sides but that said, looking to the highlights against Brum and Leicester and seeing our defence at sixes and sevens a good few times you'd like to know whether that's down to the standard of opposition or our own defensive struggles. Hopefully the games against Telford and Oldham will bring a bit of balance. Very biased highlights. Our high press worked numours times but on a few occasions it didn't and we was left very exposed against a quality team.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jul 24, 2024 10:06:31 GMT 1
Benny Gall's son I beleive ?? Hmmm. A Danish trialist keeper trying to impress a goalkeeping coach who is also from Denmark! Although these keepers are listed as triallists it could be simply be that they are helping us put a team out right now rather than actually be looking for a contract or the club suggesting a contract is possible if they impress. You cant just play a player out of his normal position with a keeper. Hurst will know who he wants going forward I'm sure, and the squad will grow until the transfer window closes. It's always the same at our level though in that we never have the full squad together till weve played close to 1/4 of the season.
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Post by belfastshrew on Jul 24, 2024 10:16:45 GMT 1
It was Benny Galls' son Thomas 👍
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Post by belfastshrew on Jul 24, 2024 10:23:58 GMT 1
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Post by RuytonShrew on Jul 24, 2024 10:27:19 GMT 1
It was Benny Galls' son Thomas 👍 It wasn't. He is Danish, but it is not Thomas Gall.
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Post by Mr Magoo on Jul 24, 2024 10:48:58 GMT 1
Pierre was just a 6 at best for me , would likely have walked in the first half had it been a league game , Shipley was far better than on Saturday , I thought Loughran did ok in the run he had , keen to get the ball , run with it and get a shot off , managed 3 efforts in the 20 mins he got , offered much more than Perry , marquis holds the ball up mark Hughes style , obviously needs a player feeding off him Pierre could have got a red for that tackle 🫣 it was horrendous. Loughran did well I agree, just didn't play long enough to give him a score. Marquis holding the ball up against the giant Souttar was a sight to behold! Your threshold for a red must be incredible low
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Post by staffordshrew on Jul 24, 2024 11:12:07 GMT 1
Pierre could have got a red for that tackle 🫣 it was horrendous. Loughran did well I agree, just didn't play long enough to give him a score. Marquis holding the ball up against the giant Souttar was a sight to behold! for me , pierre and nsiala are both nowhere near ready at the moment Shrewsbury Town have appointed Daryl Taylor as their new fitness coach ![;)](http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/winking/winking0070.gif)
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Post by filmcrewshrew1 on Jul 24, 2024 11:17:40 GMT 1
Scary performance. A world away from any of the absolute sh1 we were served up last season.
T’was only a friendly and I’m in danger of getting slightly carried away but the passing and the quick tempo was such a breath of fresh air. Issue may still be where the goals come from but 20th (or a bit above) doesn’t seem so pie in the sky now.
O’Reilly might just be the most exciting player we’ve had since Shaun Whalley in his prime.
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Post by talkingoftheshrews on Jul 24, 2024 11:20:35 GMT 1
Wasn’t convinced by Taylor Perry last year and still not really sure what his best position is. He’s definitely not a holding midfielder and doesn’t seem good enough to play as a CAM. He can do a job as a squad player but I think a CDM to play alongside Winchester is a key recruitment position still. Shopping list X1 goalkeeper X1 CB X1 CDM X1 winger X1 ST I think he could develop into a player in the mould of Winchester, albeit not as good. On those grounds, I think it'd be worth trying him at right back in training in case we need some cover there. I suspect that'll be our remaining recruitment. The goalkeeper being one of the trialists, and the remaining four coming in on loan.
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Post by sheltonsalopian on Jul 24, 2024 12:14:34 GMT 1
The build up to our goal was class, forward thinking football.
Their second goal was abysmal defending/goalkeeping though.
Give Hursty a few more good loan players and we could be on to a winner.
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Post by tarporleyblue on Jul 24, 2024 12:52:49 GMT 1
If our ground and surroundings is a s**t tip at the moment then it needs to be sorted before the start of the season. Perhaps the club's volunteers can be involved in getting it spick and span? I would love to do stuff like that. But only been asked to help tidy up after games and upkeep the memorial garden so far. As a supporter I certainly appreciate what ever time you are volunteering to improve the stadium and surrounds. I'm pleased that the memorial garden is being attended to.
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Post by belfastshrew on Jul 24, 2024 13:33:52 GMT 1
As a supporter I certainly appreciate what ever time you are volunteering to improve the stadium and surrounds. I'm pleased that the memorial garden is being attended to. To be clear, two others are tending to the memorial garden, I couldn't commit to the times they proposed 👍
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Post by vladimir on Jul 24, 2024 13:48:23 GMT 1
Be nice if he could have a word with his brother on Saturday and get him to join us.
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Post by staffordshrew on Jul 24, 2024 13:50:53 GMT 1
Bet on a top half finish made! Money in the bank.
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