Town play an unbeaten Wigan after been relegated to league one i would imagine the club and the fans will be hoping to bounce right back up .the bookies are giving odds of 9/1 for promotion , how quickly things change from firm favorites to be relegated town are now 33/1 to be promoted
wigan fans were allegedly singing “Que sera sera…..whatever will be will be….we’re going to Shrewsbury….que sera sera” as they were been relegated .
you would imagine there is a significant difference in the wage bill and spending power of Wigan
town have started the season with three outstanding performances,im sure i am not alone in been pleasantly surprised by the transformed Shrewsbury town, even channel five were signing there praises.the one area that had not been thoroughly tested was our defense, over the season the ideal is to win at home and try to draw on your travels, if we are to not spend the season looking over our shoulder . a crucial factor over the season is consistency been clinical in front of goal and clean sheets.
town are creating chances and we are scoring goals( both of which we struggled with for some time) we have won the last two games even though we did not play for the whole 90 minutes. we know from past seasons what happens when that occurs. Hurst has voiced his displeasure about this after both games.it makes no sense to be leading and then come out for the second half and just switch off.whilst our defense is a lot better than last year when they were put under pressure they looked wobbly the main concerns was how both Brown and Bolton were turned and the Gills got behind our center backs and how they were not picking up the diagonal runs, they did look tighter when Godfrey drooped deep .
so let us hope can sort it out in the training room it only requires some minor fine tuning . lots to celebrate lots of reasons to be cheerful. second in the table and only separated by goal difference .
if we are to get something from this game town need to give 120% and play for the whole 90 minutes ,town have scored 8 goals and conceded 2 , wigan have scored 8 and conceded 2. Wigan have played one game less than town. this will be towns toughest test and a benchmark of how we compare against one of the better teams and a bookie favorite to go up.we will get less chances and must make the most of the ones we do get.