Shrewsbury line up?

[Welly Cobb]

Anyone who was near able to work out what happened with the fight?

[guest2995]

That was a decent performance for once .
Some real energy and commitment shown tonight and the crowd responded accordingly .
Every player was up for it and it was really encouraging .
The back three worked well and Moloney excelled .
All three subs made a big difference too .
Pity John joe got sent off but McWilliams
Will come good in there on Saturday I hope !

[guest2487]

Bunney was excellent tonight.

[addyNP]

Pleased Bunney had a good game - JFH should go with McWilliams Saturday but I bet he will bring Foley back

[BackOfTheNet]

A round pegs in round holes performance - it just goes to show that there is a decent side there if you just stick the right players in positions they are comfortable with.

A good showing from Bunney too on his more familiar wing back role. Fair play to him.

[guest3063]

Those that are saying a point is not good enough, why?

The last few seasons 50 points would have been enough, who knows how much will be required this time.

We need 4 wins or the equivalent of that with draws thrown in. We still haves 8 games left for those who may have forgotten.

[Cordwainer2]

JFH picked all the right players and played them in the right order this time!

[Glastonbury Cobbler]

Those that are saying a point is not good enough, why?

The last few seasons 50 points would have been enough, who knows how much will be required this time.

We need 4 wins or the equivalent of that with draws thrown in. We still haves 8 games left for those who may have forgotten.

You have answered that yourself I would say is extremly unlikely we will get 4 wind out of the last 8 games. Dropping points at home gas cost us big time

[guest3063]

You have answered that yourself I would say is extremly unlikely we will get 4 wind out of the last 8 games. Dropping points at home gas cost us big time

No reason that we can't win at Fleetwood, Bury & Walsall. I also think we can beat Charlton & Oldham. Er...that's 5 already.

[Snow Dive Larry]

So much better tonight!

Plenty of fight shown (bit too much from JJOT!) from the start and just the type of home performance we were looking for against a good Shrews side.

Boris ran his socks off and I enjoyed him geeing up the crowd, John-Joe was excellent until his red, Bunney showed character after Saturday and Facey looked class. I would have thrown Aryibi on slightly earlier as he looked like the only one who could realistically win it or create that chance but that's a minor gripe as we looked much happier to hold the point. KvV doesn't look 100% yet but showed touches of class.

Fair play to JFH for leaving two up top after the red card.

Really hoping this isn't too late...it's the hope that kills you of course!

[guest3063]

No reason that we can't win at Fleetwood, Bury & Walsall. I also think we can beat Charlton & Oldham. Er...that's 5 already.

Make that Blackpool as well. The two tough games are Boro & Plymouth. So, plenty of hope still there.

[guest2995]

No reason that we can't win at Fleetwood, Bury & Walsall. I also think we can beat Charlton & Oldham. Er...that's 5 already.

Optimistic and unrealistic .
We don’t look like we are capable of winning games and don’t create anywhere near enough chances .
How many shots did we have tonight ?

[guest3063]

Optimistic and unrealistic .
We don’t look like we are capable of winning games and don’t create anywhere near enough chances .
How many shots did we have tonight ?

We shall see.

[The Rauldinho]

Massive performance from us after Saturday. JFH with a tactical masterstroke for a change.

Mathis worked his socks off up top, as mentioned he looked up for it and was trying to gee the fans up when he could. VV looked good at times but clearly not fit enough yet.

Ash and Turnbull won most in the air, wasn't convinced with Moloney but Facey covered him when he needed. Facey is so calm on the ball and his recovery speed is ridiculously quick, we have missed him. Bunney had a decent game at wing back, much more comfortable and put a stream of good balls into the box when going forward. Special mention to all in the crowd who got behind him tonight, as well as the rest of the team.

Grimes looked a different player, his passes came off and he got stuck in with JJOT and Berto. Still not convinced that Berto is a CM, but he worked hard again today and always looks like he might conjure something up. Nice to see McWilliams again, we'll need him after JJ's red.

Subs were decent and we may have had more if we had eleven vs eleven.

Whalley is still a diving little s*** and I wish JJ would have choked him instead......

[GrangeParkCobbler]

No reason that we can't win at Fleetwood, Bury & Walsall. I also think we can beat Charlton & Oldham. Er...that's 5 already.

Yeah but we haven't won in 6, or have 1 win in the last 9 if you prefer....yet you think we could win 6 of the next 8! Of course its possible.....but.....!

[everbrite]

Bunney was excellent tonight.

Bunney much improved tonight.  A very good point tonight and well deserved too. I amazed at the pronouncements of those unable to be there; mostly crass comments and one foot or more in the grave. For those who were there would have left with hope in the manner of the display. As mentioned Bunney gave a much improved display it was his centre which enabled Facey to side-foot the ball home. This followed great and tenacious work by Mathis - looks a decent find by JFH. It was good to hear the West Stand (South End!) chanting 'Bunney'  very good form by the sometimes maligned young supporters.  The defence played as a unit played well snuffing out many attacks, Taylor outstanding with Turnbull doing ok as well, Facey and Maloney did well too. Grimes: played his part well, one or two poor free kicks; put in some great tackles. JJOT played well until unluckily sent off considering he was belted first. O'Donnell had a relatively quiet game but was very sound in the closing stages. The fact he didn't have to make a series of wonder saves gives you a clue how well the defence played. Berto did ok wasn't booked and when he had a chance to ran at their defence caused them big problems. vV clearly not fit, pulling out of tackles had one 20 yd shot on goal which on another day might well have troubled (any) goalie.Fleetwood 0-2 win at Rochdale is not necessarily bad news; it does limit Rochdales ability to catch us. However we simply have to get a point or two at Fleetwood.

[GrangeParkCobbler]

I'll echo most of the above.....a much better performance.....a better formation and players playing in their best positions.

Why did take Jimmy so long to go two up top?!

Criticisms........we still look a bit toothless. And why did we "play for time" and not go for the win? We wasted time at goal kicks, throws, even the subs! Hilda saw his number up and then deliberately went further from the bench and pulling his socks up before sheepishly making his way off! Mathis took an age to get off too. I hope we don't end up a point or two short at the end of the season.....

Crowd much better tonight.....those shouting Bu-Bu-Buchanan were tonight shouting Bunney, Bunney, Bunney! Fickle lot!! good noise from a smaller crowd, and the Salop lot were a bit vocal and lairy when they scored!!

It wasn't as cold tonight as it was on Saturday either!! A much better two hours spent, Thankyou Cobblers!!

[Manwork04]

We shall see.

Absolutly no chance in hell

[sixfields starling]

Must admit wasn't expecting that performance tonight, what a joy to see the lads getting stuck in and tackling with real intensity, long may it continue. We need to really go for fleetwood from the off and keep this pressing , high tempo football going , because we didn't look outclassed tonight , far from it, unlike Saturday. It was a shame JJ saw red , as i thought it affected us , more than them and was worried we would become over run in midfield, but fair play to the lads , they battled hard for that point , which might just be the difference come May. Looking forward to Saturday now , can we please just go for it JFH, there's a good team in there when we do.

[Wolvo]

Excellent game today. Thoroughly expected a loss (as I assume most people did), but we really gave the Shrews a good game. They would have gone top tonight if they'd won and have been on a good run of form.

Both wing backs were superb. The only game we've lost where Facey has played, was when he came off injured real early on (correct me if wrong!). He's absolutely class, and a very calming influence on the whole team. I think a lot of people will be praising Bunney today, but another special mention for that last ditch challenge he made in the first half.

Hoping we stick with this formation going into next week. Both Hilda and Ariyibi look very capable playing 'in the hole' behind the two strikers as well.