Ollie Westbury gives his take as Salop fall to their latest defeat against Reading.
Salop fell behind before they got back on level terms, in what was one of the better displays in recent weeks.
But two late goals condemned them to yet another defeat.
Salop fell behind before they got back on level terms, in what was one of the better displays in recent weeks.
But two late goals condemned them to yet another defeat.
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Another disappointing evening here at the Crowdmeadow for Shrewsbury Town as they fall to their 26th League One defeat of the season to promotion chasing Reading.
00:13A different evening, another sunny day, another beautiful day, just like it was at the weekend against Cambridge, but a different evening.
00:19Shrewsbury weren't very good on Saturday against Cambridge United, however, you know, they competed pretty well actually in this game.
00:26It was the same old story result-wise, but I suppose those bits in between were much, much different and Shrewsbury gave a decent account of themselves.
00:34They trailed at the break 1-0, you know, disappointing, I suppose, mistake from Jamal Blackman.
00:41You know, he's had some real positive moments in his Shrewsbury shirt since his arrival, but, you know, he kind of made an error on Saturday and it was a disappointing kind of mistake that he made.
00:50And Shrewsbury obviously went in the break trailing, having had numerous opportunities to kind of get ahead.
00:56We kind of saw Shrewsbury put this, you know, the plane out from the back, you know, the building through the thirds.
01:03We saw them manage to put it together and put it into clear-cut opportunities, probably for the first time since Appleton has come in.
01:09And they really did it quite well, you know, and they were applauded off at half-time, you know,
01:14which is not something that we've seen much of late with, obviously, it being a particularly difficult spell at the moment, you know,
01:20with all the things that are going on at the football club.
01:23So a difficult one for Shrewsbury, but they will be kind of pleased with the way they responded after the break.
01:30Taylor Perry getting on the score sheet, he was good, added energy to the team.
01:33But unfortunately, Reading then, kind of, you know, a great goal by Kelvin Ebertupudum and another one late on by Chem Campbell,
01:42who is on loan from Wolves and there the three points go back to the select car leasing stadium.
01:48A disappointing one for Shrewsbury, but they did at least kind of show some spirit and they did well in the main.
01:57They did probably lose a little bit of momentum with the substitutions,
02:00but as Michael Albson has just said to us on the, you know, down in his post-match press conference,
02:06that, you know, he believes that, you know, they had to do that really in order for town to kind of really, you know,
02:12to make sure he didn't flog the players.
02:14Obviously, they've got another game, you know, they're managing five in 15 days
02:16and obviously George Nurse is, you know, still coming back from that long-term knee injury.
02:21Some good performances, Nurse was one, Alex Gilead another, Taylor Perry promising two.
02:26Better from Shrewsbury, but losing becomes a habit and it's a habit that Shrewsbury have repeated far too often this season.
02:33They go to Lincoln on Saturday, a former club of Michael Appleton's and relegation can be confirmed.