Shrewsbury Town (A)

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Possibly use Lolos instead of Vic. 

[MannyRoad]

U18s ticket available for tomorrow. 

[Dr Faustus]

33 minutes ago, MannyRoad said:

U18s ticket available for tomorrow. 

U14s going too- sure you can upgrade?

[BOWTUN BAKED]

40 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

U14s going too- sure you can upgrade?

Confirmed by Shrewsbury TO, you can do upgrades on the day

[Steejay]

SOUTHWOOD

[tomski]

COYFWM 

[Flannel Truscott]

9 hours ago, bolton va va said:

I'd expect an Ainsworth team to be direct, physical & cynical so pick a team to stand up to that......3 centre backs to face a bombardment, best 2 defensive wing backs, the most physical midfielder , Matete  & 2 upfront since we've nobody capable of playing 1 upfront, so...

      Southwold

Cogley...Toal...Forrester...Johnston...Murphy

Sheehan...Matete...Morley or Randall or Lolos

    Vic        Collins

bring Tutu & Schon on later to have a run at them.

Playing with 12 will def help 

[superjohnmcginlay]

Oddly nervous for this today. Looking forward to a decent away end again, last time was here was when Dion popped it in the top corner. 
 

Same again please but more frequent goals in their net not ours. No more 4-3’s please lads. 

[itdiddidit?]

Here we go again 

Que sera sera we're going to Shrewsbury

Valentines weekend  

Gimme all your loving BWFC 

[bolty58]

Salopian mate down here so want this one badly or else the hyphenated EBF man will be giving me a hard time.

[DaveTheRave]

1-0

Toal

Come On You Whites!!!

[Steejay]

Hanging this morning, shudda stayed in bed.

Anyway COYFWM!

[desperado]

On 13/02/2025 at 16:46, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Fair points.

Desperado above put out his midfield suggestion and it shit me up.

I reckon SS may get a bit more physically out of some of them, just because of the way he wants us to play, but Morley, Sheehan and Randall in there; well...

Fingers crossed, he's got them working on something.

The only real alternative to bolster the central midfield up is Matete in place of Randall.

A month ago I was advocating this as a means of getting us solid, giving protection to the defence and having the focus on a clean sheet.

So I’d be more than happy to see this.

But my side prediction was more in line with seeing this how SS might approach it; different formation, inverted wingers, 4 proper defenders, one up front with a number 10 play-maker behind.

I can see how SS might consider 4-5-1, without Matete, as a compromise which can keep us solid, but also creative and potent up front.

If Morley and Sheehan are left exposed in a 5-2-3, then I’d probably agree. 

But the 2 inverted wide-men next to Morley and Sheehan will also provide more protection in the midfield, so, if he goes with that, I don’t think it has to be considered an approach that gets us shit scared. 

 

[superkev]

Think this will be a tight game. 1-0 either way

[Bertie]

Fast out of the traps today and 3-0 up after 15 mins, 3-1 final score.  COYWM.

[deeane Koontz]

1-3. Vic, Collins Sheehan.

Wingers are going to tear them today 😎

[tomski]

Think we will put a bit of a show on today. 2-0

[desperado]

1 hour ago, tomski said:

Think we will put a bit of a show on today. 2-0

Dacres-Cogley?

[Eddie]

Southwood

JDC Toal Forrester Murphy

Morley Matete

Schon? Sheehan Tutu

Collins

[Cinnykid]

14 hours ago, MannyRoad said:

U18s ticket available for tomorrow. 

Is this still available 

[tomski]

1 hour ago, desperado said:

Dacres-Cogley?

I like him, so yeah why not.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Southwood

JDC Toal Forrester Murphy

Morley Matete

Schon? Sheehan Tutu

Collins

I think SS is more likely to play Matete rather than Sheehan as the one further forward

[Johnnyrotten]

3 hours ago, superkev said:

Think this will be a tight game. 1-0 either way

If we're counting the cup that would be 4 on the trot. 

That would be my prediction too, assuming its 11 v 11 for most of the game, 1st goal wins IMO.

I think SS has been unlucky fixture-wise.  Pre-Christmas Shrewsbury (A) and Orient (H) was a guaranteed 4 points minimum to set us up for tougher tests to come.  Now these join the list of difficult games that could go either way, first of 10 tough games.

[Zico]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Southwood

JDC Toal Forrester Murphy

Morley Matete

Schon? Sheehan Tutu

Collins

Works for me

[Rival Son]

4 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I think SS is more likely to play Matete rather than Sheehan as the one further forward

If he plays Matete ahead of Sheehan, serious questions from me.

Pre-match drinks on the banks of the Severn. Shrewsbury is one of the nicer away days.