lancaster shrimp wrote:But IMO we ain't going to pick up many points in L1 with 30% possession every game
Good thing we had 42% possession then!
I'd say that was a very ok performance. We'll face better teams this year, but Shrewsbury have recruited some decent players, have continuity under Cotterill and are twice the side that we faced this time last year.
Thought we looked relatively solid, just lacked fluency as many people have already mentioned. Agreed on Gibson - technically he is good enough to play in midfield, but he (understandably) doesn't really have a proper understanding of how to play there positionally etc. I'd be happy seeing him back at left back and Taylor brought into midfield, thought he added that bit of extra spark and fluency into our midfield that we're going to need. Final ball was pretty atrocious from both sides, we looked hesitant and unsure while I've never seen so many shanked crosses as Shrewsbury managed
Overall, I'm pretty happy with things. I was concerned the chaos of last season and DA not having the amount of movement in the squad he wanted might make us a bit weak at the start of this season, but we looked like we had some solid foundations to build upon. That fluency and precision with our attacking play should start to come a bit more as the players get used to each other and start understanding how they all play a bit more.