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Post by Stowmarket Shrew on Aug 6, 2019 20:17:41 GMT 1
Anyone else have a good feeling about the club right now? To me, this is as positive as I've felt in a long while. After a lot of meddling Ricketts seems a lot clearer what he wants and his recruitment has been excellent. The back three are absolute beasts, as strong and mobile a combo as I've seen in a long time, Morison looks a pretty effective target man / bully up top, we know what Lauren and Norburn can do and for those old enough to remember the first time, the sight of Edwards galloping around the pitch as he did on Saturday was a wonderful thing to behold. If Fej and Morison can gel and we can squeeze a little more creativity out of Love and Giles this really is shaping up to be an enjoyable season. I'm not crazy enough to predict anything other than that we're nowhere close to being relegation candidates but the last time I felt this way was after Oxford away in August 2017, when I knew something positive was happening under Hurst.
Long may it continue.
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Post by liam23 on Aug 6, 2019 20:26:37 GMT 1
I do feel positive, yes! I am apprehensive though and don't want to get too ahead of myself just yet!
I do definitely agree though, something very positive around the club at the moment and that can only be a good thing đ
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Post by R6ix on Aug 6, 2019 20:27:44 GMT 1
looks like we might have plenty of midfield options as its looking, id like to keep the defence as regular as we can to gel them into a solid dependeble unit,edwards looks good, was good to see him again, a throw back to the gay meadow days for me,if its fey and morrison up top then we need some one who can play fey in, morris can win balls in the air and bully himself into a shooting position, fey seems to need it on a plate?
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Post by thesensationaljt on Aug 6, 2019 20:57:31 GMT 1
This is Shrewsbury. We can do without any wild talk about optimism.
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Post by TheFoz on Aug 6, 2019 21:02:17 GMT 1
I feel we have bought well.
Defence seems a big improvement on last year but I think we could do with another striker.
Certainly feel optimistic and it seems we have a bigger budget compared to previous seasons.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2019 21:16:51 GMT 1
Rotten to the core!!
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Post by staffordshrew on Aug 6, 2019 22:20:08 GMT 1
I feel any way I can. After all, you are only as old as the woman you feel.
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Post by shrewswolf on Aug 6, 2019 22:33:39 GMT 1
I think everyone is getting carried away with one opening day win personally. One we didnât particularly do much in. As good as it was to win, Iâll wait for one or two more early victories to share quite the same optimism as everyone else.
Weâve got a decent squad, I just hope it can stand up to teams that will target glaring weaknesses that come with any 3 5 2. I also hope we can muster a midfield that can keep the pressure at bay a little more than on Saturday & build going forward ourselves.
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Post by staffordshrew on Aug 6, 2019 22:41:47 GMT 1
Shrewswolf, you are a true Shrewsbury Town fan and long may it continue. And you have to also remember that if we do have any success our manager and best players will jump ship and leave us to the mercies of the next manager recruited from the National League.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2019 23:48:48 GMT 1
Anyone else have a good feeling about the club right now? To me, this is as positive as I've felt in a long while. After a lot of meddling Ricketts seems a lot clearer what he wants and his recruitment has been excellent. The back three are absolute beasts, as strong and mobile a combo as I've seen in a long time, Morison looks a pretty effective target man / bully up top, we know what Lauren and Norburn can do and for those old enough to remember the first time, the sight of Edwards galloping around the pitch as he did on Saturday was a wonderful thing to behold. If Fej and Morison can gel and we can squeeze a little more creativity out of Love and Giles this really is shaping up to be an enjoyable season. I'm not crazy enough to predict anything other than that we're nowhere close to being relegation candidates but the last time I felt this way was after Oxford away in August 2017, when I knew something positive was happening under Hurst. Long may it continue. More optimistic than last season, but thatâs not hard! If we sign a good striker and a creative midfielder, before deadline day, then I will be more optimistic than now, but Iâm pretty confident we can finish upper mid table. My prediction is 14th
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Post by Pilch on Aug 7, 2019 0:14:00 GMT 1
Anyone else have a good feeling about the club right now? To me, this is as positive as I've felt in a long while. After a lot of meddling Ricketts seems a lot clearer what he wants and his recruitment has been excellent. The back three are absolute beasts, as strong and mobile a combo as I've seen in a long time, Morison looks a pretty effective target man / bully up top, we know what Lauren and Norburn can do and for those old enough to remember the first time, the sight of Edwards galloping around the pitch as he did on Saturday was a wonderful thing to behold. If Fej and Morison can gel and we can squeeze a little more creativity out of Love and Giles this really is shaping up to be an enjoyable season. I'm not crazy enough to predict anything other than that we're nowhere close to being relegation candidates but the last time I felt this way was after Oxford away in August 2017, when I knew something positive was happening under Hurst. Long may it continue. Some of us tried to pass this feeling across several months back, but mostly got sniped at Too many here are trigger happy
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Post by theriverside on Aug 7, 2019 7:40:02 GMT 1
Some suggestion of ability to compete away from home will be key to our season so Iâll reserve judgment until weâve had to play a few games under different circumstances đ
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Post by CuyahogaBlue on Aug 8, 2019 2:16:58 GMT 1
It's looking good, so far. 10 games and take a look at where we are.
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Post by TheFoz on Aug 8, 2019 4:24:50 GMT 1
It's looking good, so far. 10 games and take a look at where we are. Definitely. In truth, I was happy with Askeyâs recruitment and look how that ended up. We robbed Pompey on Saturday and I canât remember the last time an away side, had so much of the ball, in a league game. The defence was a big positive though and the attitude of the players, playing for each other which was great to see. Also, the fitness levels seemed good.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Aug 8, 2019 9:31:56 GMT 1
Not sure I follow why people are so upset about us "robbing" Pompey.
We don't have the biggest resources in this division. Focussing on keeping clean sheets and looking to nick the odd goal is a completely valid strategy for a smaller club. Pompey might have had a lot of the ball on Saturday but we limited them (as far as i can recall) to 2 good chances (blazed over the crossbar, went across the 6 yard box both of which came during an unusually long period of injury time and can pethaps be attributed to a forgiveable dip in concentration) and had a decent one ourselves (Morrison first half) in addition to our goal.
That was against one of the favourites too. I'd say Sam got the tactics pretty spot on for that one (high praise indeed coming from me given how critical I was of some of our inept performances last season). I'll reserve judgment on the overall direction of travel till we've played a few more games but would suggest that, if you didn't like Saturday's performance, maybe hand the season ticket back in and take up rugby because my guess is you'll see more than a few more like that this year.
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Post by bordersalopian on Aug 8, 2019 9:39:27 GMT 1
Not sure I follow why people are so upset about us "robbing" Pompey. We don't have the biggest resources in this division. Focussing on keeping clean sheets and looking to nick the odd goal is a completely valid strategy for a smaller club. Pompey might have had a lot of the ball on Saturday but we limited them (as far as i can recall) to 2 good chances (blazed over the crossbar, went across the 6 yard box both of which came during an unusually long period of injury time and can pethaps be attributed to a forgiveable dip in concentration) and had a decent one ourselves (Morrison first half) in addition to our goal. That was against one of the favourites too. I'd say Sam got the tactics pretty spot on for that one (high praise indeed coming from me given how critical I was of some of our inept performances last season). I'll reserve judgment on the overall direction of travel till we've played a few more games but would suggest that, if you didn't like Saturday's performance, maybe hand the season ticket back in and take up rugby because my guess is you'll see more than a few more like that this year. Wouldnât be the first time a team with the majority of possession have failed to win a game...Wigan vs Man City in the FA Cup a couple of seasons ago springs to mind. Weâbe been victim to it as well. I seem to remember us playing Bradford off the park on Tuesday night only to lose 1-0 to (I think) a Grandison og? Personally, I thought that a fair percentage of Pompeyâs possession on Saturday was in their own half and they didnât really threaten in the final third. SR building from the back, with a solid defence and decent spine to the team bodes well, I feel that we are a defensive midfielder and half decent striker away from having a Top 10 side. Campbell returning on loan looking more and more likely - even if heâs used as an impact sub, rather like Laurent and Whalley on Saturday.
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Post by shrewsace on Aug 8, 2019 12:22:54 GMT 1
Certainly feel like we're on a more solid footing than this time last season - we're not trying to rebuild in the aftermath of a crushing play-off defeat and the departure of a manager and several key players.
Looks like the defence is the platform we'll build from, and there's nothing wrong with that, but feel we may be relying on individual moments of brilliance a'la Giles on Saturday or nicking goals on the break to win games.
Really this is the season of consolidation we needed last time round, which was rather bungled by Askey, albeit I felt the abuse he received post-Salford was quite shameful.
I think we'll be difficult to score against, but will likewise struggle to score goals ourselves, based on what I've seen so far anyway.
A solid start, but not dreaming of promotion just yet.
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Post by staffordshrew on Aug 8, 2019 12:31:35 GMT 1
Certainly feel like we're on a more solid footing than this time last season - we're not trying to rebuild in the aftermath of a crushing play-off defeat and the departure of a manager and several key players. Looks like the defence is the platform we'll build from, and there's nothing wrong with that, but feel we may be relying on individual moments of brilliance a'la Giles on Saturday or nicking goals on the break to win games. Really this is the season of consolidation we needed last time round, which was rather bungled by Askey, albeit I felt the abuse he received post-Salford was quite shameful. I think we'll be difficult to score against, but will likewise struggle to score goals ourselves, based on what I've seen so far anyway. A solid start, but not dreaming of promotion just yet. Askey's biggest problem was coming in after a great season and having to set everything up again with expectations high. Rickett's has had a similar start to the one who's name is erased from my mind: Come in, keep 'em up, have a good look at the players, get some good players together, but not seen to be so good that they all get poached away in pre-season. So far, so like the one whose name is erased from my mind, only better this time.
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Post by Pilch on Aug 9, 2019 0:28:29 GMT 1
It's looking good, so far. 10 games and take a look at where we are. Definitely. In truth, I was happy with Askeyâs recruitment and look how that ended up. We robbed Pompey on Saturday and I canât remember the last time an away side, had so much of the ball, in a league game. The defence was a big positive though and the attitude of the players, playing for each other which was great to see. Also, the fitness levels seemed good. what did we rob Pompey of ? a point ? did they have an effort on target ? compare it to the 1-0 win at Pompey when hurst was in charge I witnessed a daylight robbery that day the fact is, we won, we beat one of the favourites for the title, the same side brushed aside a championship side 3-0 3 days later last season we would have crumbled and lost that game so far so good its dog eat dog in this league, we are at least 2 points ahead of a realistic target what more can we expect ?
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Post by TheFoz on Aug 9, 2019 1:01:11 GMT 1
Definitely. In truth, I was happy with Askeyâs recruitment and look how that ended up. We robbed Pompey on Saturday and I canât remember the last time an away side, had so much of the ball, in a league game. The defence was a big positive though and the attitude of the players, playing for each other which was great to see. Also, the fitness levels seemed good. what did we rob Pompey of ? a point ? did they have an effort on target  ? compare it to the 1-0 win at Pompey when hurst was in charge I witnessed a daylight robbery that day the fact is, we won, we beat one of the favourites for the title, the same side brushed aside a championship side 3-0 3 days later last season we would have crumbled and lost that game so far so good its dog eat dog in this league,  we are at least 2 points ahead of a realistic target what more can we expect ? Portsmouth were a lot better ,overall,than us. You have misinterpreted my post, it wasnât a dig at the team, they did brilliantly to get a result against a top side. âDid they have an effort on target?â - They had 5x as many shots, 3x as many on target and a lot more of the ball, whilst playing away from home. Our only shot on target was a worldy from Giles, we didnât threaten them apart from that one shot. If their player doesnât dive in front of that shot at the end, they get a draw. Itâs football, they were the better side but we got the win and thatâs all that matters. Again, as I mentioned, some positives to take with the defence being solid and the players putting in a serious shift. We need to improve going forward but itâs the first game against high level opposition, this is bound to get better over the next few games.
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Post by Pilch on Aug 9, 2019 15:44:26 GMT 1
what did we rob Pompey of ? a point ? did they have an effort on target ? compare it to the 1-0 win at Pompey when hurst was in charge I witnessed a daylight robbery that day the fact is, we won, we beat one of the favourites for the title, the same side brushed aside a championship side 3-0 3 days later last season we would have crumbled and lost that game so far so good its dog eat dog in this league, we are at least 2 points ahead of a realistic target what more can we expect ? Portsmouth were a lot better ,overall,than us. You have misinterpreted my post, it wasnât a dig at the team, they did brilliantly to get a result against a top side. âDid they have an effort on target?â - They had 5x as many shots, 3x as many on target and a lot more of the ball, whilst playing away from home. Our only shot on target was a worldy from Giles, we didnât threaten them apart from that one shot. If their player doesnât dive in front of that shot at the end, they get a draw. Itâs football, they were the better side but we got the win and thatâs all that matters. Again, as I mentioned, some positives to take with the defence being solid and the players putting in a serious shift. We need to improve going forward but itâs the first game against high level opposition, this is bound to get better over the next few games. there is only 1 stat that matters and we won that one and sometimes reading the shots on target stats is totally misleading pompeys only real effort was the last kick of the game and it went over I can't think of any chances where our keeper came to the rescue pompey may have gone home wondering how they lost but they can hardly be wondering why they didn't win
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2019 16:06:34 GMT 1
Will reserve comment for a few games yet. Win tomorrow away at MK and we'll be title winners, lose and we'll want SR out. Simples
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Post by TheFoz on Aug 9, 2019 18:50:52 GMT 1
Portsmouth were a lot better ,overall,than us. You have misinterpreted my post, it wasnât a dig at the team, they did brilliantly to get a result against a top side. âDid they have an effort on target?â - They had 5x as many shots, 3x as many on target and a lot more of the ball, whilst playing away from home. Our only shot on target was a worldy from Giles, we didnât threaten them apart from that one shot. If their player doesnât dive in front of that shot at the end, they get a draw. Itâs football, they were the better side but we got the win and thatâs all that matters. Again, as I mentioned, some positives to take with the defence being solid and the players putting in a serious shift. We need to improve going forward but itâs the first game against high level opposition, this is bound to get better over the next few games. there is only 1 stat that matters and we won that one and sometimes reading the shots on target stats is totally misleading pompeys only real effort was the last kick of the game and it went over I can't think of any chances where our keeper came to the rescue pompey may have gone home wondering how they lost but they can hardly be wondering why they didn't win Very fair point. I take back that we robbed them, as you say, they didnât have clear cut chances but they were still the better team. We have a win against what is probably the best team in the division and that must have done wonders for confidence. Promising start and I think we have a solid base to build from.
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Post by Pilch on Aug 9, 2019 20:11:52 GMT 1
its a great start but now lets hope we get something tomorrow too
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Post by frankwellshrews on Aug 10, 2019 11:05:16 GMT 1
Portsmouth were a lot better ,overall,than us. You have misinterpreted my post, it wasnât a dig at the team, they did brilliantly to get a result against a top side. âDid they have an effort on target?â - They had 5x as many shots, 3x as many on target and a lot more of the ball, whilst playing away from home. Our only shot on target was a worldy from Giles, we didnât threaten them apart from that one shot. If their player doesnât dive in front of that shot at the end, they get a draw. Itâs football, they were the better side but we got the win and thatâs all that matters. Again, as I mentioned, some positives to take with the defence being solid and the players putting in a serious shift. We need to improve going forward but itâs the first game against high level opposition, this is bound to get better over the next few games. there is only 1 stat that matters and we won that one and sometimes reading the shots on target stats is totally misleading pompeys only real effort was the last kick of the game and it went over I can't think of any chances where our keeper came to the rescue pompey may have gone home wondering how they lost but they can hardly be wondering why they didn't win Agree with this. The opposition can have as much of the ball as they like if they can't hurt you with it. That's how the modern game works. Shots/shots on target means nothing if they're just speculative efforts. Will be interesting how today works out vs the Franchise, another side who've brought in a couple of decent attackers.
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