Match Thread Shrewsbury Town vs. Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 14th Dec (6 Viewers)

[BornSlippySkyBlue]

I was actually comparing it to his vitriolic post

Apologies, don’t get a room.

 

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[SlowerThanPlatt]

Robins also felt there was a foul in the build-up to Shrewsbury’s winner but feels his team should have reacted quicker once the referee had made his decision.

Robins said: “It’s a disappointing result. First half we did okay, but we didn’t get a foothold in the game in the second half.

“We gave the ball away in poor areas and we looked tired and understandably so. There are no excuses, we just didn’t control the game well enough.

“We didn’t look like we were going to throw it away necessarily, I thought we might even score.”

“It was undoubtedly a foul on Callum O’Hare in the corner, but you have to deal with that decision and get back.

“We were committing more bodies forward and ended up getting sucker punched at the end.

“We weren’t good enough today and we haven’t said that except for the game at Rotherham this season.”

Having defeated Ipswich Town in the Emirates FA Cup in mid-week, Robins acknowledged that Shrewsbury looked the fresher of the two sides.

“They were fresh and had time to work on things in the week and that’s fair play. If you’ve got any slight advantage you try and make it count for yourself.

“I’ll look inwardly as well, I could have made changes earlier but ultimately, we needed to get a foothold in the game and that gives you an inkling to make a change for the better.

“We were okay, but we didn’t have that quality on the ball which didn’t give us the chance to get out and the decision-making was poor.”

Robins wants his team to learn from this defeat and hopes to get back to winning ways next Saturday against Lincoln City.

“We have to learn from this and move forward from it as you do with every defeat, I’m not going to be overly critical.

“We don’t want to lose games like that, and it needs to be a one-off and then get back on it, work next week, and try and get a win next Saturday.”

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Not good enough to keep saying the same stuff every week. This inflexibility makes us far too predictable and easy to prepare for.

 

[Adge]

What were your thoughts on today’s referee? Agree with him watching McCallum on the floor for 2 minutes and then blowing his whistle just as Shipley was about to shoot? How about when he then have their keeper the ball to restart? Is that what the rules say? Or maybe the second yellow for Norburn that wasn’t given when he then booked Walsh straight afterwards for an identical challenge.

It does get tiresome criticising refs all the time, and I get why you might defend them, but surely you can see that we’ve had some stinkers this year? I’d rather not be able to criticise them, really.

Not personally saying that “it was the refs fault” but it really doesn’t help. Shrewsbury were pulling shirts (another one that Oggy and Eakin thought should have been a yellow but wasn’t given) and leaving the foot in from the start today, and they got away with it. Why?

Yep-already said it elsewhere. He was ok till the head injury and the drop ball to the keeper and then seemed to go a bit wobbly from there.
I must say that O’Hare went down far too easily a couple of times and that is why he didn’t get the free kick on the edge of the area before their second goal.Im blaming O’Hare there I’m afraid.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Yep-already said it elsewhere. He was ok till the head injury and the drop ball to the keeper and then seemed to go a bit wobbly from there.
I must say that O’Hare went down fat too easily a couple of times and that is why he didn’t get the free kick on the edge of the area before their second goal.Im blaming O’Hare there I’m afraid.

Foul is a foul buddy even if the player’s been crying wolf before. Drop ball was a new one for me though!

 

[Nick]

Yep-already said it elsewhere. He was ok till the head injury and the drop ball to the keeper and then seemed to go a bit wobbly from there.
I must say that O’Hare went down far too easily a couple of times and that is why he didn’t get the free kick on the edge of the area before their second goal.Im blaming O’Hare there I’m afraid.

What about the second booking the ref bottled?

 

[Adge]

Foul is a foul buddy even if the player’s been crying wolf before. Drop ball was a new one for me though!

Wasn’t a foul for me I’m afraid. Called it the same at the time and wasn’t a bit surprised there was no whistle.

 

[Adge]

What about the second booking the ref bottled?

Couldn’t really see much from where I was to comment and would like to see it again. Did you see it from where you were clearly?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Wasn’t a foul for me I’m afraid. Called it the same at the time and wasn’t a bit surprised there was no whistle.

Was pretty close to it but each to their own. What do you think was going through his head with the drop ball?

 

[cc84cov]

O’Hare is an impact sub at best westbrooke is far better we missed him today left out for that headless chicken who people think is better than bright,kids a liability keep him on the bench until we need a headless chicken,better still send him back to Scummy Villa & get Bright in jan

 

[Nick]

Couldn’t really see much from where I was to comment and would like to see it again. Did you see it from where you were clearly?

Very clearly, kicked is legs away after he was beaten to stop him from getting away.

Walsh was booked for the same a minute later.

Doesn't shock me that a ref couldn't see it though.

 

[Adge]

Was pretty close to it but each to their own. What do you think was going through his head with the drop ball?

It was a get out of jail card. He probably knew there would be a fracas if he gave us the ball and we scored. Most likely explanation would be he “thought the ball was in the area when he stopped the game”

 

[Adge]

Very clearly, kicked is legs away after he was beaten to stop him from getting away.

Allen was booked for the same a minute later.

Doesn't shock me that a ref couldn't see it though.

Like I said-not from where I was as we were behind the goal-hence why I would like to see it again. Were you on the side in the stand?

 

[Nick]

Like I said-not from where I was as we were behind the goal-hence why I would like to see it again. Were you on the side in the stand?

Watch it back. Allen beats him and is taken out.

 

[Nick]

It was a get out of jail card. He probably knew there would be a fracas if he gave us the ball and we scored. Most likely explanation would be he “thought the ball was in the area when he stopped the game”

A fracas if he played to the rules?

Explains a lot.

 

[Adge]

Watch it back. Allen beats him and is taken out.

Yes-Would like to see it again as I said. You clearly had a better view from what you are saying. Where were you watching from?

 

[cc84cov]

Yes-Would like to see it again as I said. You clearly had a better view from what you are saying. Where were you watching from?

I see where your going with this lol

 

[Nick]

Yes-Would like to see it again as I said. You clearly had a better view from what you are saying. Where were you watching from?

My chair

I did have a good view of it, I even rewound it a couple of times.

 

[Adge]

My chair

I did have a good view of it, I even rewound it a couple of times.

Ah, I see. Well yes then-you would have had a better view. Thought you were at the game.

 

[itsabuzzard]

you mean l'insulte du jour surely Rodney

Naturellement.

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[clint van damme]

On way back. In shock. Definitely a foul in the build up to their second but nevertheless we threw away a point if not 3.

When will the penny drop with Robins about sticking 2 up front

 

[tigersb]

Ref was a feckin joke
Second half we allowed them to dictate and only started to show a bit of fight after they equalised

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Waiting at a freezing cold station my thoughts were:

1. Neither side deserved to win, few genuine chances created.

2. SBA in generally good voice and a good atmosphere.

3. Inexplicable decision making by O’Hare when clean through.

4. Never seen a ref stop an attack dead then give the ball to the keeper. Ridiculous. O’Hare fouled right in front of me, not given then they score-neat assist by the ref there.

5. Biamou and Godden were stranded on their own. Even on the few times we broke their lines ,we flapped ours.

Very frustrating trip with a predictable outcome. Will not make the top 6 letting shit teams off the hook every week.

I have read a few times about this season there are no contested drop-balls. If it's in the area it's automatically given to the keeper. No idea why.

 

[peace ndlovu]

I was actually comparing it to his vitriolic post

I’ve calmed down now

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

In the first minute one of their players flew in two footed and dabo jumped over the challenge. I said to my mate then that we would get nothing from the ref. He let loads go and a lot of stuff like taking out supporting players off the ball when we were breaking away.
The least said about stopping play when we’re looking to shoot and then giving the the drop ball the better. He ignored people going through from behind, pulls, pushes, bottled the sending off and the player going over and through ohare allowing them to break and score.
In over 40 years watching the city it was the worst refereeing performance I’ve seen and the bar was a pretty low one.
People can blame players and tactics all they like but with that twat running the game we had no chance.

 

[Gazolba]

Was Robins' watch not working? Why send on two subs at 90+2?
Boggles the mind!

 

[Johhny Blue]

I’ve calmed down now

Have a beer. There’s always next week

 

[mds]

Proper shit day today, expected so much more after Tuesday and then taking the lead today, mediocre performance ruined by a truly aweful referee.

It was a get out of jail card. He probably knew there would be a fracas if he gave us the ball and we scored. Most likely explanation would be he “thought the ball was in the area when he stopped the game”

Pretty sure It was, Shipley had it, does it being in the area mean it goes to the keeper? I assumed it would go our way!

In over 40 years watching the city it was the worst refereeing performance I’ve seen and the bar was a pretty low one.
People can blame players and tactics all they like but with that twat running the game we had no chance.

Said the same at the game today, weve had some shocking referees this season but todays was by far the worst we have had in a very long time.

 

[Gint11]

Not long back. Disappointing performance today all across the park. I was hoping for a good performance off the back of beating Ipswich with robins having options all over but we just fell into their hands.
We were OK first half. Shrewsbury are that type of team that are bang average but play to their strengths which is stifling teams and being strong and awkward - never allowing a flow to the game.

Both goalies had nothing to do all game and no clear cut chances created. We got our noses in front but we just didn’t show up 2nd half, allowing them to dictate. McFadz missed a poke in from a corner, Shipley free kick just over and then O hare got put through only to return the pass - they scored straight after. Referee was Abismal. Only thought in him stopping the attack is he may have thought the player down had a head injury? O hare got kicked all over but he shows his naivety in waiting for the ball to come to him at times or he runs into traffic. Shipley was poor apart from goal, the midfield 3 didn’t work overall.
Bad day at the office, probably due to tiredness. Robins should have made changes sooner, in injury time is just pointless. Biamou and then Godden too isolated up top.
Poor performance and poor result against a bang average team. No need to panic though, put it right against Lincoln and move on.

 

[bradwellskyblues]

the injury incident was one of the strangest decisions i have ever seen
1 why allow attack to develop and stop when we are about to shoot
2 why at restart give the ball to them
3 given he was given ball the correct etiquette would be to put ball out of play so we regained possession
ref was poor should of been a sending off and missed foul om o,hare prior to 2nd goal,however we were not at our best and a win would of flattered think a draw would of been fair

 

[Gint11]

the injury incident was one of the strangest decisions i have ever seen
1 why allow attack to develop and stop when we are about to shoot
2 why at restart give the ball to them
3 given he was given ball the correct etiquette would be to put ball out of play so we regained possession
ref was poor should of been a sending off and missed foul om o,hare prior to 2nd goal,however we were not at our best and a win would of flattered think a draw would of been fair

the only thing I can think of is if the ref thought the player had a head injury but even so, they should have given us the ball back.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Wouldn’t say Shrewsbury are a poor/average side. Ricketts has them well drilled and we only had two shots on target today. They can go level on points on us if they win their game in hand.

I think the early season form which has not been maintained has made some think we’re better than what we actually are - the form over the last 12 has us bang mid table

 

[Philosoraptor]

 

[cc84cov]

@Nick can we get the next match thread up mate so we can get back to being positive and put today’s shit behind us I already have my team ready i wish to see play lol

 

[oscillatewildly]

Just got home and seen the result - No eyelids batted here. Undisputed kings of (away) consistency. #Make6thplaceours.