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Post by wakemanender on Apr 7, 2019 10:00:31 GMT 1
Almost as much as I want town to stay up I would like to see Sc***horpe go down. They were a disgrace and deserve to be playing non league football never mind League two. If supporters wanted to see acting they would go to the theatre.
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Post by northwestman on Apr 7, 2019 10:04:17 GMT 1
Almost as much as I want town to stay up I would like to see Sc***horpe go down. They were a disgrace and deserve to be playing non league football never mind League two. If supporters wanted to see acting they would go to the theatre. Unfortunately, their remaining fixture list is easier than some, but I have to agree with you. In fact, I'd be pushed to find any game we've played against them at home that lives in the memory.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 10:15:36 GMT 1
Almost as much as I want town to stay up I would like to see Sc***horpe go down. They were a disgrace and deserve to be playing non league football never mind League two. If supporters wanted to see acting they would go to the theatre. Unfortunately, their remaining fixture list is easier than some, but I have to agree with you. In fact, I'd be pushed to find any game we've played against them at home that lives in the memory. 28th September 1974 Shrewsbury Town 5-0 Sc***horpe United.
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Post by northwestman on Apr 7, 2019 10:21:30 GMT 1
Unfortunately, their remaining fixture list is easier than some, but I have to agree with you. In fact, I'd be pushed to find any game we've played against them at home that lives in the memory. 28th September 1974 Shrewsbury Town 5-0 Sc***horpe United. And I'll have attended that one! Memory clearly isn't as it was.
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Post by Pilch on Apr 7, 2019 11:11:37 GMT 1
Poor first half....Sc***horpe created nothing and are 1 up...need another up front...in fact WHY are we playing 1 up front in a game we must win....created a couple of chances but are generally poor. here we go why isn't sam tinkering with a side that won easily last week
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Post by shropshirelad42 on Apr 7, 2019 11:25:10 GMT 1
As I said to my mate after about half an hour ... " we've seen some crap teams down here this season". And he was definitely in agreement with that. Fortunately for us - being where we are - there are probably twelve crap teams in this division this season. But unfortunately for us.... The Shrews are one of them.
This squad, on paper, should be doing a lot better. We should be ok now as a lot of the other 'dregs' have to play one another but I don't want to go through this shambolic mess again next season.
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Post by Pilch on Apr 7, 2019 11:33:34 GMT 1
I reckon Arnold would get absolutely hammered on here for not dominating his six yard box, but Mitchell seems to be getting an easy ride. The cross for their goal should have been claimed and thereafter Scunny hung every corner/free kick into the 6 yard box causing mayhem. Mr Pilch to be cross examined later.......😂 I was sat a few seats from Arnold yesterday, his best position ;-) all I can say is scunny are just a side full of thugs and game spoilers and we didn't cope too badly I'm happy with Mitchell for the rest of this season he actually one corner yesterday that I didnt expect him too and apart from one kick , his distribution is very good having seen the goal, I think it was poor defending all round especially waterfall it was a great cross and I don't think Mitchell had time to come for it, maybe he might have done better off the header if anything one thing for sure , we need to get a really decent chap during the summer
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Post by horse01 on Apr 7, 2019 12:15:26 GMT 1
IMO, we were set up totally wrong for yesterday. Only playing 1 up front at home against a team that leaks goals, shows how negative SR is.
Bolton and Golborne are woeful as wing backs. (Genuine question- is Haynes injured?? Because LWB would be tailor made for him). Our wide options are shocking. If JB or SG get the ball out wide, they have to either A- hold onto the ball until either Whalley or Docherty can get out wide, B- hit a long diagonal ball towards Fej (who is inevitably beaten in the air), C- try to beat their man (which inevitably ends up with them losing possession as they don’t have the required skill or pace to do so), or D- which seems the preferred option, pass it back to the centre backs and start the process all over again!!
Anyone could see the system wasn’t working. It was crying out for 4-4-2, and when we changed (too late), credit where it’s due, Holloway made a difference. I’m not sure if the opposition is scouted before we play them (I would hope and expect so?), but we should be going all out for the win at home against a very poor Sc***horpe team. Setting up with 1 up front at home, just instantly hands the initiative to the opposition.
As for their goal, from where I was, directly behind the goal, it looked like Wooton was riding on the back of Waterfall as if they were entering The National?!
I am still far from convinced by Ricketts, and hope we can stumble over the line to safety, and reevaluate in the summer?? Worryingly, I still fear there could be a lot riding on the Walsall game - I hope to be proved wrong?!
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Post by northwestman on Apr 7, 2019 12:33:41 GMT 1
with hindsight, the team should have been -
Mitchell Bolton Williams Waterfall Beckles Whalley Laurent Norburn Docherty AAH Campbell
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Post by zenfootball2 on Apr 7, 2019 12:38:02 GMT 1
IMO, we were set up totally wrong for yesterday. Only playing 1 up front at home against a team that leaks goals, shows how negative SR is. Bolton and Golborne are woeful as wing backs. (Genuine question- is Haynes injured?? Because LWB would be tailor made for him). Our wide options are shocking. If JB or SG get the ball out wide, they have to either A- hold onto the ball until either Whalley or Docherty can get out wide, B- hit a long diagonal ball towards Fej (who is inevitably beaten in the air), C- try to beat their man (which inevitably ends up with them losing possession as they don’t have the required skill or pace to do so), or D- which seems the preferred option, pass it back to the centre backs and start the process all over again!! Anyone could see the system wasn’t working. It was crying out for 4-4-2, and when we changed (too late), credit where it’s due, Holloway made a difference. I’m not sure if the opposition is scouted before we play them (I would hope and expect so?), but we should be going all out for the win at home against a very poor Sc***horpe team. Setting up with 1 up front at home, just instantly hands the initiative to the opposition. As for their goal, from where I was, directly behind the goal, it looked like Wooton was riding on the back of Waterfall as if they were entering The National?! I am still far from convinced by Ricketts, and hope we can stumble over the line to safety, and reevaluate in the summer?? Worryingly, I still fear there could be a lot riding on the Walsall game - I hope to be proved wrong?! i agree , we wasted a lot of time passing back,then passing across the back.the setup and tactics were wrong and whilst Ricketts did eventually change it far too long.
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Post by Stowmarket Shrew on Apr 7, 2019 12:55:03 GMT 1
I'm very much in the 'point gained' camp given how ponderous we were and how it takes us one game closer to the end of the season while maintaining our four point cushion (with a decent gd that's worth an extra point). And, whilst I've been a critic of Ricketts, to his credit his changes influenced the game positively, albeit he made the changes too late.
One more win should be enough given the teams below us, hopefully next week but certainly Oxford is a great chance to crawl over the line.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 13:08:00 GMT 1
Poor first half....Sc***horpe created nothing and are 1 up...need another up front...in fact WHY are we playing 1 up front in a game we must win....created a couple of chances but are generally poor. here we go why isn't sam tinkering with a side that won easily last week We played better second half last week after an enforced change. Personally think we are more of a threat without norburn and grant in the same midfield....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 13:16:31 GMT 1
People criticise SR when he makes changes, then when he plays the same team for three games playing decent enough and picking up a few points, people come on here and say it wasn’t the right team! The bloke hasn’t got a chance.
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Post by chirkshrew on Apr 7, 2019 13:38:01 GMT 1
There's nothing more I'd like than Sammy the shrew to keep us up, and sort one or two things out for next season.good spine of team you need, it's not rocket science is it. Henderson, nsalia, and Morris, bloody good spine there last season, and it worked wonders.i would suggest 3/4good signings, and see where it takes us, and a couple of good young loan signings from wolves, that should do the trick----here's hoping!!!!!
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Post by tvor on Apr 7, 2019 21:00:14 GMT 1
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Post by blueboy62 on Apr 7, 2019 21:20:10 GMT 1
I think we'll survive ok and SR will have the chance in the summer to build the team and squad he wants.
We currently have some good players but they just don't compliment each other to make a team.some players suit a 4.4.2 system and some a 3.5.2. We play a 3.5.2 which is essential for Waterfall but we don't have wing backs. Whalley, our best attacking player has been shunted about to fit that system but he is most dangerous as a right winger. We don't have a left winger in any system we use. We have two good strikers in Campbell and Okenabirhie but they dont do headers, hold up play or scrapping. AAH does all the hard work quite well but in that position he must score 10 or 12 a season plus a few assists.
Rickets has done well with a very unbalanced squad. His so called tinkering is down to the need to put square pegs in round holes and get them used to new roles in a new system. All in all a steep learning curve for him and the players.
I guess we're in for yet another big clear out of players. If Rickets gets his recruitment right I think he'll turn out to be a really promising manager. (And then we'll lose him)
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Post by Ambergambler on Apr 7, 2019 21:40:32 GMT 1
Two very poor teams on show, be glad when this season ends. Comical moment when the lanky centre half hobbled back on the pitch and rhrew himself at the refs feet shocking just to waste more time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 21:56:04 GMT 1
I guess we're in for yet another big clear out of players. If Rickets gets his recruitment right I think he'll turn out to be a really promising manager. (And then we'll lose him) I think we have 19 players that will still be under contract for next season.... I just hope that we don't have to start paying out contracts in order to get rid of some of the deadwood.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Apr 7, 2019 21:59:35 GMT 1
I think we'll survive ok and SR will have the chance in the summer to build the team and squad he wants. We currently have some good players but they just don't compliment each other to make a team.some players suit a 4.4.2 system and some a 3.5.2. We play a 3.5.2 which is essential for Waterfall but we don't have wing backs. Whalley, our best attacking player has been shunted about to fit that system but he is most dangerous as a right winger. We don't have a left winger in any system we use. We have two good strikers in Campbell and Okenabirhie but they dont do headers, hold up play or scr@pping. AAH does all the hard work quite well but in that position he must score 10 or 12 a season plus a few assists. Rickets has done well with a very unbalanced squad. His so called tinkering is down to the need to put square pegs in round holes and get them used to new roles in a new system. All in all a steep learning curve for him and the players. I guess we're in for yet another big clear out of players. If Rickets gets his recruitment right I think he'll turn out to be a really promising manager. (And then we'll lose him) Much of this is probably right. Ricketts will get till October to show whether he is a manager who will bring good things to Town, and that is whatever division we end up in and quite rightly too. He will have the summer and will undoubtedly be backed to bring in whoever he wants within a reasonable budget so he will be judged properly from the start of next season. I hope he will succeed, though he will need to change a lot of what he currently is doing with this squad to be a success I feel.
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Post by blueboy62 on Apr 7, 2019 23:58:20 GMT 1
Two very poor teams on show, be glad when this season ends. Comical moment when the lanky centre half hobbled back on the pitch and rhrew himself at the refs feet shocking just to waste more time. It would have been more comical if the ref had shown him a red card.
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Post by shrewswolf on Apr 8, 2019 0:25:11 GMT 1
Miles the better team throughout & the 3rd performance in a row that falls in the ‘decent - good’ category. Chances first half to have deserved a lead & a second half of probing, pretty football but largely tame stuff. Though, Sc***horpe’s gameplan played a massive part in that.
Campbell & Holloway improved us but also thank god for Whalley who yet again produced a bit of quality to salvage us something. Great player.
Should have won & think we will next week if we play similarly again. It’s a lot lot better than it was a fortnight ago. Going unchanged again suits me fine, it’s clearly our best (or as close to our best) lineup even if Fejiri produced his worst performance of the season. I’d still go with 4 3 3 myself with the likes of Campbell wide but I think it’s starting to click as we are now so for that reason don’t want SR changing anything soon.
Come on Salop.
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Post by northwestman on Apr 8, 2019 8:59:25 GMT 1
I guess we're in for yet another big clear out of players. If Rickets gets his recruitment right I think he'll turn out to be a really promising manager. (And then we'll lose him) I think we have 19 players that will still be under contract for next season.... I just hope that we don't have to start paying out contracts in order to get rid of some of the deadwood. Angol, Jones and maybe Gilliead to be paid off. Option on Grant not to be taken up. All loan players to return (that hopefully includes Payne). Only Whalley and Bolton to be offered new contracts. That should leave us plenty of room to bring in new players.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 9:15:35 GMT 1
I worder if the 2 Ryan's, Sears and Barnett will be offered new contracts?
Two of our own.
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Post by horse01 on Apr 8, 2019 9:20:52 GMT 1
I worder if the 2 Ryan's, Sears and Barnett will be offered new contracts? Two of our own. Personally, I’d keep Sears over Bolton
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Post by zenfootball2 on Apr 8, 2019 11:23:51 GMT 1
I worder if the 2 Ryan's, Sears and Barnett will be offered new contracts? Two of our own. i really hope so
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Post by tvor on Apr 8, 2019 11:57:54 GMT 1
I think we have 19 players that will still be under contract for next season.... I just hope that we don't have to start paying out contracts in order to get rid of some of the deadwood. Angol, Jones and maybe Gilliead to be paid off. Option on Grant not to be taken up. All loan players to return (that hopefully includes Payne). Only Whalley and Bolton to be offered new contracts. That should leave us plenty of room to bring in new players. Players who are out of contract this summer. Charles-Cook Sadler Sears Bolton Golbourne Whalley Barnett Hughes Loft Grant McAtee John-Lewis
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