The Shrewsbury thread

[Crown Grounder]

The things that stood out for me today were:
1. Jensen is our best keeper
2. Fernandes and Sangara make terrific centre-backs along side top player Rogers. I like how quick they are, great defensive headers and comfortable on the ball playing out from the back.
3. Pressley just needs service with crosses and he'll score more goals.
4. We miss Conneely's calm head in midfield when he doesn't play, Seb Quirk is a great find, quick with good ball control and aggressive when he needs to be.
5. Ros when fit should be the first name on the Team Sheet.
6. Glad to see Mitch back today not yet up to speed....but he'll improve with game time.
7. Leigh plays much better as an attacking midfielder than he ever does upfront, also gives us another target when we play long from the back.

[VALAIRIAN]

Just to go back to my comment after the match yesterday, Seamus came back and settled everything down and not one player was rushed or frenzied

There was a five minute spell at the start of the second half, when it was corner after corner from Shrews and a couple of silly free kicks given away towards the end of the game, apart from that I was never of the opinion that we would concede

I hope we can turn Dan Martin into the next Seamus, if not we need to find one

We win the next two League games and we stay up - simples

[Exile on Spencer St]

Good list, Crown Grounder.
One other notable was the through pass from Conneely for Longelo to run onto and cross for Pressley to knock in. Great, simple football.
All this season it’s been so frustrating to see both Stanley’s wide players running backward to the half way line to receive the ball then, facing the wrong way, having to try and turn and get past at least two ‘set’ defenders. Or, as too often happens, giving the ball back to the defender.

Conneely would have been the last I’d have expected to make such a pass but he should be especially applauded for that effort and seems to have come back from injury as a better player.
Of course it requires the wide man to ‘show’ he’s on the same attacking wavelength, wanting to get behind the defenders, and it’s no wonder Longelo won his third Man of the Match award.