Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool Official Matchnight Thread 29.12.20

I think there is a lot of over reaction from disappointed supporters tonight. It wasn't great but we were still the top form team prior to the game and but for a penalty we could have sneaked away with a 0-0, not that that would have been deserved.

We aren't going to win every game, we aren't going to play well every game so lets move on and hope for a reaction.

We really do need a goalscorer and a goalscoring creative midfielder too.
 
Critchley's team selection was terrible. Kaikai - the invisible man - who can't defend, as we saw! Yates on the bench! Should have made those subs at half time.

We missed Hamilton. 😒

Forget the 4-3-3 Critch. You've left Liverpool. Play to the strengths we've got!

🍊 #UTMP
 
Curryman said:
That, in my opinion, was our worst performance this season.

Man of the match Walker by a mile. As for the rest of them, I can't pick one who had a decent game.
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The two cbs were solid again to be fair, only blip was not reaching the ball from the saved pen which ultimately led to us losing. Still a good performance overall from them.
 
19 goals so far in the league, only Bristol Rovers have scored less and they’ve played two games fewer, something that needs addressed pretty sharpish
 
NC can’t keep tinkering with the starting 11, there has been too many 4/5 changes since the previous game this season and whilst format changes are required depending on who we are playing, surely that amount of changes unbalances the team?
 
Critchley is like a kids manager, giving everyone a go to keep the parents happy. We havn't played for 10 days, so no excuse to make changes.
Turton, don't care about what others think, should start. Ward is the best partner for Dougall. No alternatives so Yates and Madine start together, it's were pur best results have com from. CJ out, give Lubala a run.
Change for change sake and thinking too hard and ignoring the obvious.
 
Extremely poor tonight, far too passive, almost 100% of the second ball fell to one of their players, couldn’t pass forwards and when we tried I’ve never seen a whole team unable to control the ball. As others have said we’ve been on a really good run and just hope this performance doesn’t get repeated. No excuse for our performance but that whole second half of time wasting and to have 5 minutes on the board was disgraceful
 
Really beginning to get wazzed off with us not playing a 4-4-2. Its clearly our best formation, we win games when playing that way. I do not understand why Critchley won't play it more often. They've just had a week off ffs, we should have our strongest available 11 on the pitch. I can take being the second best team, it happens, I can even take us losing because of poor refs, standard of refs is shocking, but I can't take losing because the players just weren't up for it. No desire for the pen rebound, not attacking crosses, lethargic. Not acceptable.
 
Marv and Ballard played well tonight.Very well actually. Marv first half saved us a few times. Ballard reads danger so well and I like how for a young player he guides the next player receiving the pass.

Its that shape for me I just dont like it. Also please play your best team consistently.
 
On 75 mins I said that we had them panicking. Then what did we do? We passed it backwards, crossfield and back again, as if we were dictating the game. AARRGH!
 
Better second half but you don't want to be chasing against one of Cotterill's teams and they still had possibly the best chance of the half. That said, Anderson missed a sitter at the far post off the corner and Mitchell and Ward looked lively but overall nowhere near good enough. I'm not sure Hamilton would have made a big difference either on a cold night with a hard pitch and a defensive setup.
Kemp and Kaikai disappointed up front and both Robson and Dougall found it hard going and, if Robson isn't getting forward and the two wide players aren't contributing, then it's difficult to see where the creativity is.
If no CJ on Saturday I would start with Mitchell in that position. We need to back in the groove asap and that last minute goal against Hull suddenly seems a long time ago.
 
Keshi Anderson missed two absolute sitters in either half tonight

Madine shouldve had three pens. Pulled down at set piecves every single week. Ref was a c aswell
 
TangerineBear said:
The two cbs were solid again to be fair, only blip was not reaching the ball from the saved pen which ultimately led to us losing. Still a good performance overall from them.
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You are right but nobody wins games with solid defending and nothing in midfield or attack.
 
To put some perspective on it , that was Shrewsbury's second home win in 2020...please dont try and blame the ref because although poor he is NOT the reason we lost. That was the management teams' worst game of the season and that is saying something. The tinkering has to stop if we keep putting in showings like that. We are where we belong in the table and considering the investment the owner has made that has to be disappointing. Lets be honest we dont have nearly enough shots on target and we are not very good to watch from an attacking perspective.

The line up and formation was all wrong tonight and we simply cannot afford to keep making the same mistakes. I worry about the way we use our substitutes and we should have changed it at half time. To wait until the 63rd minute was bordering on criminal and to then put 4 on was simply ludicrous.
 
We might not have been at the races tonight but I still think we did enough to get a draw. We did create a couple of good chances. However, the defenders went missing after the penalty save and that shouldn’t have happened.
 
BlackpoolsFinest said:
On another day it may not have been given such is the standard of refereeing at this level..... just as Madine was wrestled to the ground in the second half but a penalty wasn't awarded.
Both could have been, or neither.

That was what separated the teams, literally.
But the reaction from some on here will be as if we've just been spanked 7 nil at home, with Critchley and the players being written off as garbage. It is embarrassing to read, and as per my earlier comment, utterly tiresome.
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I think the penalty decision was right. I can take that but when your keeper saves, why can't the defenders get there first? OK, strikers are quicker. But then he saves it a second time. What does the man have to do, cover for his whole defence!?
 
I always thought that when you get dropped, you stay on the bench until you get a chance, as a sub, to give a performance that warrants a place in the starting line up ? Apparently not if you're Sulley Kaikai ! Pull your socks up and put a shift in son or find a different job, supporters don't like freeloaders !
 
Very disappointing performance and very poor when in possession. It says everything when your best players are the keeper and two centre halves against a very average league one side.
 
Ormergod said:
Keshi Anderson missed two absolute sitters in either half tonight

Madine shouldve had three pens. Pulled down at set piecves every single week. Ref was a c aswell
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If you think the refs are going to give Madine 3 penalties based on that then you are deluded...he is throwing himself to the ground at every opportunity and the refs see that. If he gets fouled then there is every chance the ref thinks he is at it again and still wont give it.
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
To put some perspective on it , that was Shrewsbury's second home win in 2020...please dont try and blame the ref because although poor he is NOT the reason we lost. That was the management teams' worst game of the season and that is saying something. The tinkering has to stop if we keep putting in showings like that. We are where we belong in the table and considering the investment the owner has made that has to be disappointing. Lets be honest we dont have nearly enough shots on target and we are not very good to watch from an attacking perspective.

The line up and formation was all wrong tonight and we simply cannot afford to keep making the same mistakes. I worry about the way we use our substitutes and we should have changed it at half time. To wait until the 63rd minute was bordering on criminal and to then put 4 on was simply ludicrous.
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Form totally turned around in 5 games under cotterill in nc 3 away wins in 5 games against top sides.
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
If you think the refs are going to give Madine 3 penalties based on that then you are deluded...he is throwing himself to the ground at every opportunity and the refs see that. If he gets fouled then there is every chance the ref thinks he is at it again and still wont give it.
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it happens every week.defenders not even looking at the ball
 
It would have been interesting to see Kemp and Yates together. Kemp never had anyone to slip a pass to and he's quite clever at that.
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
If you think the refs are going to give Madine 3 penalties based on that then you are deluded...he is throwing himself to the ground at every opportunity and the refs see that. If he gets fouled then there is every chance the ref thinks he is at it again and still wont give it.
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A competent referee should be watching and be able to distinguish between a dive and a penalty. Unfortunately league 1 referees and competent don’t appear in the same sentence very often.
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
To put some perspective on it , that was Shrewsbury's second home win in 2020...please dont try and blame the ref because although poor he is NOT the reason we lost. That was the management teams' worst game of the season and that is saying something. The tinkering has to stop if we keep putting in showings like that. We are where we belong in the table and considering the investment the owner has made that has to be disappointing. Lets be honest we dont have nearly enough shots on target and we are not very good to watch from an attacking perspective.

The line up and formation was all wrong tonight and we simply cannot afford to keep making the same mistakes. I worry about the way we use our substitutes and we should have changed it at half time. To wait until the 63rd minute was bordering on criminal and to then put 4 on was simply ludicrous.
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A good and sober analysis. Kaikai should have been off at half time. With 7 subs allowed and there's an obvious failing after 45 minutes, a half-time sub is a no-brainer.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
I think the penalty decision was right. I can take that but when your keeper saves, why can't the defenders get there first? OK, strikers are quicker. But then he saves it a second time. What does the man have to do, cover for his whole defence!?
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Because Shrewsbury also had players going for the ball too?
Shit happens, they reacted a fraction of a second quicker, it's sport. Like life you don't always get your own way 100% of the time.
 
Very uninspiring 95 minutes. We had zero threat throughout. We can defend robustly and stick a foot in better than most teams but have no real threat without CJ.19 league goals FFS!
 
hertfordseasider said:
I think there is a lot of over reaction from disappointed supporters tonight. It wasn't great but we were still the top form team prior to the game and but for a penalty we could have sneaked away with a 0-0, not that that would have been deserved.

We aren't going to win every game, we aren't going to play well every game so lets move on and hope for a reaction.

We really do need a goalscorer and a goalscoring creative midfielder too.
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Herts, our goalscorer is Yates, he scores or at least hits the target. He was on the bench, as he was v Oxford and as he has been with increasing frequency. In midfield Ward creates, he was again on the bench.

I agree no need to over-react, but NC keeps making the same mistakes with his starting 11. It’s just frustration, because we can all see that. We are massively better than we’ve shown tonight and Shrewsbury were at the limit of maximum performance.

We‘ve lost 5 points v Oxford and tonight, primarily because of poor team selection.
 
Goforgoal said:
A competent referee should be watching and be able to distinguish between a dive and a penalty. Unfortunately league 1 referees and competent don’t appear in the same sentence very often.
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Be honest if you had watched Madine week in and week out how many fouls would you give him?? His constant throwing himself to the ground has won us one penalty at Doncaster (which I wouldnt have given either) and refs have wised up on him. For a big hard man he is very powder puff at times and easy to knock off the ball. He is however still our best option as part of a two man unit working next to each other...it is working when he is up on his own with our players miles away from him
 
1966_and_all_that said:
Yes, which is why I said strikers are quicker. But surely, after two saves our defence has to put a foot through the ball.
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You'd hope so, and on another day they might have.
But that is what separated the teams tonight.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I just don't get all the angst and hand wringing.
It is one game coming after a very, very good run of form that has seen us beat the supposed top teams in the division.
But as usual the manager and players are all written off again as being crap. It's laughable.
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
Be honest if you had watched Madine week in and week out how many fouls would you give him?? His constant throwing himself to the ground has won us one penalty at Doncaster (which I wouldnt have given either) and refs have wised up on him. For a big hard man he is very powder puff at times and easy to knock off the ball. He is however still our best option as part of a two man unit working next to each other...it is working when he is up on his own with our players miles away from him
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He is and he does, however he does occasionally have a genuine claim but doesn’t get them either.
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
Be honest if you had watched Madine week in and week out how many fouls would you give him?? His constant throwing himself to the ground has won us one penalty at Doncaster (which I wouldnt have given either) and refs have wised up on him. For a big hard man he is very powder puff at times and easy to knock off the ball. He is however still our best option as part of a two man unit working next to each other...it is working when he is up on his own with our players miles away from him
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Nevertheless, he was thrown to the floor
 
BlackpoolsFinest said:
You'd hope so, and on another day they might have.
But that is what separated the teams tonight.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I just don't get all the angst and hand wringing.
It is one game coming after a very, very good run of form that has seen us beat the supposed top teams in the division.
But as usual the manager and players are all written off again as being crap. It's laughable.
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The very, very good run of form was 442 not 433. Critchley should take notice of the old adage about not changing a winning team. Tiredness, injury, loss of form ok. But not change for changes sake, it appears he is trying to make his favoured formation work against all the evidence to the contrary.
 
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