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Post by kenwood on Nov 23, 2024 15:50:54 GMT 1
At the age of ( nearly ) 75 and after watching football and Shrewsbury Town FC for many , many years I shouldn’t be at all surprised at that result . As the majority of Bluenoses would say “ s**t happens .
But this has stretched my imagination to its limit .
The way we have been playing this season I thought surely not but perhaps a point maybe .
What is it with a new manager , is it there tactical nous , their man management , their ability to get a group of players to buy into their way of playing , to change their mindset .
Who knows . But what I do know is that is an absolutely bloody brilliant result for us .
Unfortunately I couldn’t go today , bugger , and I couldn’t get anything on radio Shropshire either so daft as it may seem I’ve been stuck on my iPad watching the live text . I know some may think what a sad old t**t but when I switched to B&A match thread I almost had a heart attack - 11 bloody minutes ! Does the ref feel sorry for them .
Anyway , brilliant result and I’ll be reading posts on here to get a better understanding of our overall performance .
I’m mentally whacked out now but great result GA and the players and of course our dedicated supporters .
Keep the faith . 👍
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Post by pughywasfree on Nov 23, 2024 15:56:25 GMT 1
Today's result can not be under-stated. We have just (pretty comfortably) beat the best team in the league. We should not be scared of anyone going forward.
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Post by blamber on Nov 23, 2024 15:59:55 GMT 1
Well done, every Town player that set foot on that pitch today. A titanic effort. The standard has been set. Well done to the new management team, what a brilliant start. And well done Mickey Moore and Mr Chairman once again for making it happen. I haven't feel this good about a Town result for a long time. Genuinely excited about the future now. How quickly things can change since that horrible performance and low point at Burton.
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Post by Chief Inspector Swan on Nov 23, 2024 16:15:59 GMT 1
Well I have to say that is a great day’s work by Micky Moore. Well done, Micky.
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Post by Pilch on Nov 23, 2024 16:26:35 GMT 1
Without the thinking about it I'm sure I'm fitting todays game into my top 10 of all time
Fantastic day
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Post by footballfan on Nov 23, 2024 16:48:35 GMT 1
Wow that was amazing. Totally different team then what happened against burton. Garath Asinsworth I love him already, great to watch on touchline. We played with passion. I'm still emotional about that, great win and great day. And to think I thought we would lose 5-0
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Post by zenfootball2 on Nov 23, 2024 16:50:31 GMT 1
Today town have done something they have failed to do for most of the season, they worked hard, pressed the opposition, showed determination and aggression, scored first and got a second to give themselves some breathing room, and when Birmingham scored the second goal there heads did not drop.
A remarkable transformation , it is very early days crucially they must maintain this level and be consistent if we are to not be religation
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Post by staffordshrew on Nov 23, 2024 17:12:03 GMT 1
Were you watching Jasper Carrott? Your boys took one hell of a beating!
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Post by chameleon on Nov 23, 2024 18:22:37 GMT 1
Amazing performance by the lads. They gave their absolute all. What a fantastic start to the new era under Ainsworth.
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Post by servernaside on Nov 23, 2024 18:23:10 GMT 1
Couldn’t make it today, but what a fantastic result. It seems that Salop gave their all and got the deserved victory. COYB
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Post by MetaShrew on Nov 23, 2024 18:32:52 GMT 1
Closing the opposition down for 100+ minutes!
Dynamic breaks and overlapping runs!
No second-half collapse!
Streetwise application of the dark arts!
Roll up, roll up, the Ainsworth show is in town!
Bravo!
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Post by randomtictacs on Nov 23, 2024 18:37:22 GMT 1
The new manager and the team got nearly everything right today. (Savin's distribution speed and direction apart)
Great effort.
Where were the rest of fans ? - quite a few missed a classic. Agree with Pilch - that game is also in my top 10 all-time from town. Great scenes at the end.
AP was absolutely immense. Toto also had a good game. The midfield were highly competative for a change.
Bloxham doubled his paper value in one match. Proper striker's sliding I'm getting there first 'finish'
Luca Hoole running out 80 yards with the ball through about 5 foul tackles to get it upfield and clear the late pressure, summed the performance up in one move. Brilliant stuff.
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Post by pughywasfree on Nov 23, 2024 18:40:16 GMT 1
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Post by hankmaloysenior on Nov 23, 2024 18:57:54 GMT 1
Quite the week. Unfortunately couldn't make it but delighted with the win. Gone from struggling to give a s**t towards the end of Hurst's tenure to feeling like I was going to have a heart attack during added time today.
A week ago I thought we were definitely down but we could build something under Ainsworth in Div 4 next season and come back stronger. Now, with the takeover news and this performance, I feel like it's possible we won't need to take the step down at all. Got to try and reel in all those teams in the bottom half of the table, to keep as many involved in the relegation scrap as possible.
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Post by harboroughshrew on Nov 23, 2024 19:40:35 GMT 1
On the way to the match I was listening to Kate Bush. I decided to make a deal with God and I just knew that something good was gonna happen. Then the match started, we didnt give up and I thought WOW!
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Post by chirkshrew on Nov 23, 2024 20:12:54 GMT 1
In his first interview ainsworth said "I don't want to be in managing in league 2......now I can well believe him!!!!
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Post by wakemanender on Nov 23, 2024 20:47:52 GMT 1
Mesmerized by Ainsworths touchline performance.How could the players give anything less.
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Post by venceremos on Nov 23, 2024 21:30:33 GMT 1
The new manager and the team got nearly everything right today. (Savin's distribution speed and direction apart) Great effort. Where were the rest of fans ? - quite a few missed a classic. Agree with Pilch - that game is also in my top 10 all-time from town. Great scenes at the end. AP was absolutely immense. Toto also had a good game. The midfield were highly competative for a change. Bloxham doubled his paper value in one match. Proper striker's sliding I'm getting there first 'finish' Luca Hoole running out 80 yards with the ball through about 5 foul tackles to get it upfield and clear the late pressure, summed the performance up in one move. Brilliant stuff. Small point but Savin was doing as his manager instructed by not distributing quickly. Made sense as we had the lead and Birmingham had 80% possession. |
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Post by llanymynechshrew on Nov 23, 2024 21:36:54 GMT 1
Brilliant game for us. Anyone know the attendance figure?
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Post by Exkeeper on Nov 23, 2024 21:57:32 GMT 1
Brilliant game for us. Anyone know the attendance figure? Not exact figure - very noisy at the end but it was upwards of 7800 with 1600 Bluenoses. |
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Post by Pilch on Nov 23, 2024 22:24:33 GMT 1
Mesmerized by Ainsworths touchline performance.How could the players give anything less. I so wish he would have taken that throw in just for comedy value, it would have been well worth the yellow card I would lay money Hurst settled down today to watch us get ripped apart and instead kicked the cat before the final whistle  |
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Post by callum on Nov 23, 2024 23:04:58 GMT 1
Mesmerized by Ainsworths touchline performance.How could the players give anything less. I so with he would have taken that throw in just for comedy value, it would have been well worth the yellow card I would lay money Hurst settled down today to watch us get ripped apart and instead kicked the cat before the final whistle Hurst clearly didn't get the best out of the players but there is no doubt especially after today's showing that they weren't giving it their all which is unforgivable. |
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Post by chirkshrew on Nov 23, 2024 23:14:58 GMT 1
Obvious they'll only play for big name managers....is ainsworth a big name manager??? Must be I guess🤷🤷
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Post by pughywasfree on Nov 24, 2024 8:18:51 GMT 1
Great interview with Marquis and he clearly has his head screwed on. It was a joy to watch the proud Salopians yesterday cheering every tackle and everyone throw in. Games like yesterday are what its all about.
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Post by harboroughshrew on Nov 24, 2024 9:11:31 GMT 1
Great interview with Marquis and he clearly has his head screwed on. It was a joy to watch the proud Salopians yesterday cheering every tackle and everyone throw in. Games like yesterday are what its all about. Great team performance yesterday but Marquis was MOTM for me. GA seemed to have simplified the game for our players and told them to win their individual battles and Marquis was a constant threat on the break for us and linked up well with Bloxham. |
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Post by hectord0g137 on Nov 24, 2024 10:35:52 GMT 1
Agree Marques MOM but where did that Wildig performance come from. Wow
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Post by staffordshrew on Nov 24, 2024 10:43:10 GMT 1
The whole team to have slept well and woken up this morning feeling great about their performance, that must be something they want a lot more of.
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Post by LetchworthShrew on Nov 24, 2024 10:51:09 GMT 1
Brilliant game for us. Anyone know the attendance figure? 7887 |
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Post by scooter on Nov 24, 2024 10:52:39 GMT 1
Was that our first 2nd half goal this season? I’m sure Tom Bloxhsm would like to remind you of his 2 against Orient, and there were a few at Crawley |
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Post by staffordshrew on Nov 24, 2024 10:58:07 GMT 1
Was that our first 2nd half goal this season? I’m sure Tom Bloxhsm would like to remind you of his 2 against Orient, and there were a few at Crawley
Marquis and Bloxham working together up front, how did Hurst miss that one?
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