First half pretty decent. Second half way off the pace. We just couldn’t make anything stick in that second half and had so little attacking threat at times it was silly. All in all, we looked like exactly what we are...a team that scraped into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth playing a team that finished 16 points above them.
Not over yet though. I can see us sneaking a 1-0 up at theirs and it ending up with pens. By that point, Nicky Bailey’s penalty from 8 years ago may finally be reentering Earth’s atmosphere.
Total cack in the second half. Zero goal threat, constantly gave the ball away.
14k for a play off game is pathetic and shows how ridiculous the attendances announced this season have been.
We might have played better 2nd half if we had atacked the covered end. Their skipper probably turned us round knowing that we would suck the ball in second half.
My younger brother has been to a couple of games this season, I have been boycotting home games since 2 seasons ago (caved in for this one, boooo), and he insisted it was the best performance he has seen of the few games he has been to this season.
We are fucked in the second leg if that is a "good performance"
Total cack in the second half. Zero goal threat, constantly gave the ball away.
14k for a play off game is pathetic and shows how ridiculous the attendances announced this season have been.
We might have played better 2nd half if we had atacked the covered end. Their skipper probably turned us round knowing that we would suck the ball in second half.
They turned the pitch around on us earlier in the season as well.
Personally dont think Kashi and JFC can play together in midfield. I'd drop Kashi for Aribo. Reeves was poor, would rather Marshall play. Would play Mavadidi through the middle. Not out of it but need to improve significantly.
Total cack in the second half. Zero goal threat, constantly gave the ball away.
14k for a play off game is pathetic and shows how ridiculous the attendances announced this season have been.
We might have played better 2nd half if we had atacked the covered end. Their skipper probably turned us round knowing that we would suck the ball in second half.
They turned the pitch around on us earlier in the season as well.
Don't think we played that badly but think Shrews played the game perfectly.
Thought our midfield was a bit all over the place at times but it really comes down to us not creating enough chances.
A real shame not to win tonight as the atmosphere in the covered end was great but I said before the game that I didn't think we had to win tonight to progress and I still think the same. Just not sure if I could handle the nerves of being in the away end on Sunday.
Magennis should have scored his header a couple of mins in and Forster Caskey should similarity have done better. After that we faded, they were better second half and what a great goal. Not out of it yet but we need to be better second game.
Total cack in the second half. Zero goal threat, constantly gave the ball away.
14k for a play off game is pathetic and shows how ridiculous the attendances announced this season have been.
We might have played better 2nd half if we had atacked the covered end. Their skipper probably turned us round knowing that we would suck the ball in second half.
They turned the pitch around on us earlier in the season as well.
Maybe it's a tactic of theirs. Small margins.
We actually turned them around in the first game.
We flipped the pitch by choice? That's news to me. Don't think we've ever done that before.
How on earth anyone thinks Zyro deserves to start over Magennis at the moment I don’t know.
Magennis wasn’t the problem tonight, at all.
Won pretty much every header and battled his heart out where Zyro would have been diving and crying.
I thought after the Plymouth and Rotherham games as well as the Peterborough cameo that we had a real player in Zyro but the histrionics in the last few games have put me right off him. I hate seeing Charlton players dive about and will be happy to see the back of him...
One of those nights when you really don’t want your team to have one but it’s half time we are one nil down and we now know only a win will do so we have no choice other than to go for it
We lost tonight because we continued to play the same ball to the same player mavadidi (spelling ) who was pony one trick easy to mark easy to read and unfortunately Bowyer got caught bang in the headlights
He should’ve changed it on the half hr Mark get him of Fosu on
Reeves was absolutely toilet Stank the house out
Half time should’ve been off
Zyro for big josh half time
We are still in it
D, as much as I like da silva we play totally different when he plays.
I got a couple of lol when I said the change has come when we played dijksteel and page.
This is key for me.
Too much of our play is based on da silva going forward but he is a big omen when on the pitch defending as teams target him.
I'd play him LM
We were so easy to read and that has to be pointed at the mgmt team , it’s a learning process and I hope Bow learned a lot out there tonight
Bringing on zyro for 5 mins was wrong
Whilst mavadidi was having a mate he should have been told to fuck off over the other side for ten mins and take the two fuckas who were on him over there as well and push reeves down the wing for a while and if it still didn’t work sub him
I think djiksteel at full back de Silva infront wound work also
Sorry Jay, we look better playing Page. Marshall must start. Mavididi for Ajose. Aribo to start.
Shrewsbury have a physically stronger squad and just about deserved the win, although their time wasting was embarrassing. It started in the first half ffs.
I thought we'd equalised in the last minute with the point blank header that hit one of their players and bounced out. Was that Zyro's header?
That diamond was faulty after 20 mins and Bowyer didn’t react. When you’re playing ball bag football you need to win the second ball. Shrewsbury done it all night and the goal was coming from it all night long.
Reeves was fucking terrible but DaSilva was ridiculous
They weathered our early storm and we really should have scored an early goal. Crowd were great. In the end their teamwork and 'power' edged our individual skills. It did take an excellent strike to beat Amos. I think Bowyer will freshen up the team for the second leg with Dijksteel, maybe Page, Marshall and Fosu in the starting eleven. I usually moan about Magennis and Ajose but both played pretty well tonight. Our odds of winning will be quite low, maybe 5/1 but this team will do their utmost to beat the odds.
Sorry Jay, we look better playing Page. Marshall must start. Mavididi for Ajose. Aribo to start.
Shrewsbury have a physically stronger squad and just about deserved the win, although their time wasting was embarrassing. It started in the first half ffs.
I thought we'd equalised in the last minute with the point blank header that hit one of their players and bounced out. Was that Zyro's header?
Are you serious??? DaSilva got targeted in the air but with the ball he was by far our best player
tight, tight game and Shrewsbury let's not forget finished a huge amount of points above us. Yep we were poor second half and our dominance for no end product lost us the game. Poor decision making and annoyingly not enough desire to win second balls all night
Shrewsbury have won the first six rounds and scored a knockdown. We now need a complete turnround in attitude and desire because I think they might have our number tactically at their place.
Of course there's hope for Sunday, Charlton always show up when we least expect it this season in particular.
For Sunday we need to move the ball quicker, that plays to our strengths, none of this passing amongst centre back to full back and back inside our own half, it just invites pressure.
Nice to see the covered end with a decent crowd it tonight but I can’t help thinking the club screwed up royally with the ticketing, the ground half empty for a semi-final. Or maybe this is as good as it gets in the last days of this awful owners tenure. The football from us was a tad predictable once they got the measure of us. We should be playing it on the floor but our passing and movement, particularly in the second half was not up to the job. We certainly can’t play it in the air against tonight’s opponents, I don’t think we won a 50, 50 all second half and our play made a lot of passes 50 50s. But we seem to persist with same ball even though it was clearly not a game plan to score a goal let alone win the match. Best team won tonight, we will have to fluke the return Sunday, I can’t see anything from our performance to suggest otherwise. We’ve done well to reach the playoffs but we ain’t good enough, you can’t just play 10 matches at the end of the season and expect to go up.
1 defeat in 9 away games now for Shrewsbury who have been resting players for weeks. Bar their number 8 they were back to full strength tonight. 16 points better than us and that second half justified that.
However it's not over yet. No reason why we can't win one nil on Sunday and then beat them on pens
I liked the old sprinkler tactic on the Jimmy seed end to make our attacking game more slick only for it to backfire after the coin toss.
Then they decided to get the sprinklers out at half time on the covered end for the second half
“Attacking game more slick” I like your optimism, first time I have seen us this season (I watched on tv) and our play in the final third was woeful. It is going take more than a drop of water to turn that toothless attack into a force to be reckoned with.
That was a typically tense, nervous play-off semi performance, with too many players taking the safe option every time they had the ball, or tightening up a bit when hitting their passes and causing them to go astray or fall short. There was no lack of effort but there was a lack of urgency from the players when the ball was dead. Every time we had a throw or a free kick, it seemed to take ages for us to restart the game, giving Shrews time to organise. We also let them get away with so much time wasting, letting them kick the ball away or run off with it when we had a free kick. If the players had been a bit more forceful in trying to restart the game quickly, the ref would have had to deal with the issue. If Bow can get them to relax more but still play at a high tempo, if Fosu can start, and if we can get the first goal at their place, then we still have a big chance. Is that too many ifs?
That game epitomized our whole season. Played well in patches (ok, maybe just the first 20 mins) but didn't create enough & only really had half chances at best. Agreed with poster who said its a game of fine margins - On another day their worldy hits the bar & Bauers header at the end goes in. For me the side needs changing for sunday - can't keep playing JFC & Kashi together & Reeves is so lightweight he makes Ronaldo look like Mike Tyson. I'd bring Arobo in for Kashi, Fosu for Mavididi & Marshall in for Reeves (at least he is a natural winger).
Going on sunday more in hope than expectation. Its not all over at 1-0, but there has to be a big change in mentality & a slice of luck if we are to progress.
Best team won on the night and the best player on the pitch scored. There appeared a gulf in class between the sides or maybe it was just style. We were predictable and our Front 2 just were fed aerial balls in contrast with the shorter ball to feet played by Shrewsbury who attacked and defended in equal numbers. They were particularly dangerous from dead balls and the one area I thought that we might match them in would be the physical battle but even in that we appeared to get out muscled. Defensively we looked pretty solid and that's been a plus under Bowyer but every good side needs a midfield that possess creativity and drive. Too many of our players looked uncomfortable on the ball particularly when they were closed down and will get found out by confident footballing sides. Aside from the first 10 mins we really didn't pressurise them and they were pretty comfortable throughout. Whatever happens on Sunday, the Bowyer games have given fresh optimism but a huge rebuild is required next season whatever the league.
Get rid of Reeves The difference tonight was that Nolan scored and played well and his opposite number Reeves was a waste of space
Give over mate. Reeves is not a winger, he has no pace and no strength and basic dribbling skills. He needs to be played through the middle where he has options to pass (something he can do very well) to players on either side of him.
So basically play like Robinson played him! 4-5-1 hmm
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Not over yet though. I can see us sneaking a 1-0 up at theirs and it ending up with pens. By that point, Nicky Bailey’s penalty from 8 years ago may finally be reentering Earth’s atmosphere.
Called it a 0-1 prior to the match and by a godly goal for Shrewsbury it was indeed that.
2-0 at their place and we'll be fine.
We are fucked in the second leg if that is a "good performance"
Maybe it's a tactic of theirs. Small margins.
Thought our midfield was a bit all over the place at times but it really comes down to us not creating enough chances.
A real shame not to win tonight as the atmosphere in the covered end was great but I said before the game that I didn't think we had to win tonight to progress and I still think the same. Just not sure if I could handle the nerves of being in the away end on Sunday.
I thought after the Plymouth and Rotherham games as well as the Peterborough cameo that we had a real player in Zyro but the histrionics in the last few games have put me right off him. I hate seeing Charlton players dive about and will be happy to see the back of him...
Bringing on zyro for 5 mins was wrong
Whilst mavadidi was having a mate he should have been told to fuck off over the other side for ten mins and take the two fuckas who were on him over there as well and push reeves down the wing for a while and if it still didn’t work sub him
I think djiksteel at full back de Silva infront wound work also
Marshall must start. Mavididi for Ajose.
Aribo to start.
Shrewsbury have a physically stronger squad and just about deserved the win, although their time wasting was embarrassing. It started in the first half ffs.
I thought we'd equalised in the last minute with the point blank header that hit one of their players and bounced out. Was that Zyro's header?
Reeves was fucking terrible but DaSilva was ridiculous
Shrewsbury have won the first six rounds and scored a knockdown. We now need a complete turnround in attitude and desire because I think they might have our number tactically at their place.
For Sunday we need to move the ball quicker, that plays to our strengths, none of this passing amongst centre back to full back and back inside our own half, it just invites pressure.
The football from us was a tad predictable once they got the measure of us. We should be playing it on the floor but our passing and movement, particularly in the second half was not up to the job. We certainly can’t play it in the air against tonight’s opponents, I don’t think we won a 50, 50 all second half and our play made a lot of passes 50 50s. But we seem to persist with same ball even though it was clearly not a game plan to score a goal let alone win the match.
Best team won tonight, we will have to fluke the return Sunday, I can’t see anything from our performance to suggest otherwise. We’ve done well to reach the playoffs but we ain’t good enough, you can’t just play 10 matches at the end of the season and expect to go up.
However it's not over yet. No reason why we can't win one nil on Sunday and then beat them on pens
Hopefully Bowyer sorts them out and we turn it around at there place. We need wingers!
Surprised we came out with the same formation that had been completely stifled for the last 25 minutes of the second half.
We've got much more to give than that, a big improvement needed, but this tie isn't over.
Impressed with Shrewsbury, but we have enough to deal with them IMO.
Gutted, but can't get too disheartened. Only half time.
There was no lack of effort but there was a lack of urgency from the players when the ball was dead. Every time we had a throw or a free kick, it seemed to take ages for us to restart the game, giving Shrews time to organise. We also let them get away with so much time wasting, letting them kick the ball away or run off with it when we had a free kick. If the players had been a bit more forceful in trying to restart the game quickly, the ref would have had to deal with the issue.
If Bow can get them to relax more but still play at a high tempo, if Fosu can start, and if we can get the first goal at their place, then we still have a big chance. Is that too many ifs?
Going on sunday more in hope than expectation. Its not all over at 1-0, but there has to be a big change in mentality & a slice of luck if we are to progress.