Let's talk about the Shrewsbury Town game

[Jonathan]

Coppinger had an off night, especially in the first half, but I don’t know how you could say Sadlier was poor, Steve. He made things happen every time he got the ball at his feet. Some very clever use of the ball.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I thought sadlier was very good tonight

He was very good, took responsibility to have a pop in the first half and delivered three peaches of crosses in the second half that deserved to be finished.

[WheatleyRover]

Great result, the attendances though on a Tuesday night are depressing, Don't know what the players must think.

[Campsall rover]

Great result, the attendances though on a Tuesday night are depressing, Don't know what the players must think.

7.054 not bad for a Tues night after Christmas.

Competing with a Manchester Derby on TV also.

[Reesielad]

Great result, the attendances though on a Tuesday night are depressing, Don't know what the players must think.

I thought 7000 was respectable for a Tuesday night, if you take into account just under 300 away fans.


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[WheatleyRover]

I don't think 7000 were there, it looked empty, season tickets counted again.

[Campsall rover]

I don't think 7000 were there, it looked empty, season tickets counted again

Season tickets are always counted.
I think we have about 4.500

[WheatleyRover]

Yes that's what i said, feels like the support is in decline.

[RoversAlias]

I thought sadlier was very good tonight

Yes I thought so too, contributed a lot in attack and his defensive work was good again, a big improvement in the last few games.

The main four to excel tonight for me were Ennis, Anderson, Sadlier and Halliday. Very pleased with how comfortable we were on the whole.

[Alan Southstand]

The best 4 for me, in order:

Anderson
Sheaf
Ennis
Wright

[drfchound]

Sheaf, Anderson and Ennis were my best three with everyone else doing their bit.

[steve@dcfd]

Yes that's what i said, feels like the support is in decline.

I feel the same so let’s get signings done and we might reverse the decline.

[RoversAlias]

Yes I should've mentioned Sheaf as well. Showed why he is in the team tonight, he breaks it up very well and his link-up can be excellent. There is a top class player in there somewhere.

[Campsall rover]

How is the support in decline?
Our ave gate is 8.423 from 14 games, which is up on last seasons overall ave of 8.098

[Alan Southstand]

I think the conversation was more to do with how many were actually there tonight! I’d guess between 5 and 6,000.

[Campsall rover]

I think the conversation was more to do with how many were actually there tonight! I’d guess between 5 and 6,000.

Well more than were there when we played Shrewsbury in Sept 2018 on a Tues eve.
There are always some season ticket holders that don’t turn up, but they have paid so that sale is recorded as a seat sold.

Didn’t look like a 7.500 gate v Oxford either.

[WheatleyRover]

Why cant they just give accurate attendances, surley it's not that hard to record people coming through the turnstiles, or are the real figures that depressing that we need to cover them up.

[roversdude]

Let’s take the shine off a decent performance eh. It was hardly a glamour game, weather forecast was shite, just after Christmas (wasn’t yesterday perceived to be the most depressing day of the year ?), a game on tv and hardly any away fans.
If we keep winning crowds will be up

[philsky]

Coppinger had an off night, especially in the first half, but I don’t know how you could say Sadlier was poor, Steve. He made things happen every time he got the ball at his feet. Some very clever use of the ball.

What struck me was that we have half a dozen players now who have the potential to create chances and oppositions can't mark all of them all of the time.

Dull, boring, professional match. Never looked under threat with the back four looking really settled and a proper unit.

Now we're back in the mix I'll take a point on Saturday !

[pib]

Why cant they just give accurate attendances, surley it's not that hard to record people coming through the turnstiles, or are the real figures that depressing that we need to cover them up.

Could be wrong, but I’m sure it was said on here a few months ago that the club doesn’t choose to declare it that way, but it is the rule for clubs to do so.

[Campsall rover]

Why cant they just give accurate attendances, surley it's not that hard to record people coming through the turnstiles, or are the real figures that depressing that we need to cover them up.

Could be wrong, but I’m sure it was said on here a few months ago that the club doesn’t choose to declare it that way, but it is the rule for clubs to do so.

Every club will have to declare the gate the same way. Otherwise ave gates would be totally distorted and not accurate.
Gates include all season ticket sales.

[donnievic]

Awful game to watch. But, 3 points is 3 points.

really???i thought it was a decent game between 2 teams that wanted to play football,don’t think there was much between the teams but they looked like we have done in previous game and had nothing in final 3rd but that could be down to our good defensive display where as they were poor at the back at times and we took a early chance through it which helped

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Let’s take the shine off a decent performance eh. It was hardly a glamour game, weather forecast was shite, just after Christmas (wasn’t yesterday perceived to be the most depressing day of the year ?), a game on tv and hardly any away fans.
If we keep winning crowds will be up

Yes, decline is a strong word, as you say there a number of factors that affect attendances this time of year, add to that:-

'False' league position, with our disrupted season so far.
Negative social media. The glass half empty outlook remains strong with continuous swipes at the board and the manager which I believe is unjustified. Not enough emphasis on performances on the pitch and the good results gained against good opposition. Any casual/occasional supporters out there would think the club is in crisis. Even after sound victories like last night, Peterborough and Oxford some people can't resist tainting their comments with negative stuff. Concerns are understandable, unfair criticism doesn't help.

As the glass fills as we move nearer the play offs, hopefully more people will realise the manager and  players are doing something right.

[Colin C No.3]

Coppinger’s pass with the outside of his right foot that curved to the feet of Sadler, who crossed the ball into the box with the resulting first goal, was a pass only Copps could see & execute. Second half he was calm in the box when the ball came to him in a crowded area, he feinted to his left then brought the ball onto his right, picked his spot & virtually passed it into the net with the keeper stranded, only to see it come off a defenders heel in a last ditch lunge & squirm centimetres past the upright.

Got an assist with the corner for Anderson’s goal so all in all not bad for an ‘off night’ Johno.

[coventryrover]

Let’s take the shine off a decent performance eh. It was hardly a glamour game, weather forecast was shite, just after Christmas (wasn’t yesterday perceived to be the most depressing day of the year ?), a game on tv and hardly any away fans.
If we keep winning crowds will be up

.   This, bang on

Yes, decline is a strong word, as you say there a number of factors that affect attendances this time of year, add to that:-

'False' league position, with our disrupted season so far.
Negative social media. The glass half empty outlook remains strong with continuous swipes at the board and the manager which I believe is unjustified. Not enough emphasis on performances on the pitch and the good results gained against good opposition. Any casual/occasional supporters out there would think the club is in crisis. Even after sound victories like last night, Peterborough and Oxford some people can't resist tainting their comments with negative stuff. Concerns are understandable, unfair criticism doesn't help.

As the glass fills as we move nearer the play offs, hopefully more people will realise the manager and  players are doing something right.

[selby]

My take on the game is it was one of the best team performances of the season up to press.
  The defence organisation with our back four and a bank of four in front  breaking up play and Ennis also giving a great display tackling back when needed, broke up Shrewsbury's attack in front of goal, and with Dieng showing his calm catching ability and handling we looked the real deal defensively.
   The back four unit, the central defenders and full backs are as good on this form as anything in this division surely.
  Sheaf is growing with experience into a very good player and alongside Coppinger and Whiteman are a class engine room to the team.
  The front three Sadlier Taylor and Ennis on their game are dangerous  going forward and all have that bit of flair that upsets defences.
  The coaching of the team set up is now coming to fruition, the organisation when we didn't have the ball was the most outstanding thing to me in the game, as soon as we lost the ball, we put their player with the ball under pressure, but the other players immediately took up positions in two defensive banks of four between the man with the ball and our goal, sounds simple but in practice in the past we have not been that good at it.
  We have enough flair and skill when fielding our best eleven to worry most teams at our level going forward, now we have to improve our back up to these players so that illness and injury is not so drastic to our quality.
  I like the fact that Watton is being nursed through, hopefully to be followed by a couple of others, Blair coming back to fitness is a plus  Gomes is fast improving, but up front Ennis is our only bright spark at the moment, and another class act like him is required, everyone knows it. And hopefully a cover wide player for Sadlier and Taylor who is capable of pushing for a start. 

[Jonathan]

Coppinger’s pass with the outside of his right foot that curved to the feet of Sadler, who crossed the ball into the box with the resulting first goal, was a pass only Copps could see & execute. Second half he was calm in the box when the ball came to him in a crowded area, he feinted to his left then brought the ball onto his right, picked his spot & virtually passed it into the net with the keeper stranded, only to see it come off a defenders heel in a last ditch lunge & squirm centimetres past the upright.

Got an assist with the corner for Anderson’s goal so all in all not bad for an ‘off night’ Johno.

Point taken, nobody needs to convince me of Coppinger’s ability and he has that in his locker to produce these moments even when he’s not at his best. There was a spell in the first half where he lost the ball continually. But he’s mentally very strong and doesn’t let that affect him.

As others have said, if the opposition are paying Coppinger close attention then we still have other attacking players that can create opportunities. The three that we have in the current line up are all good players that bring a lot to the table.

[Pancho Regan]

Wow Selby, I consider myself to be one of the more positive posters on here but your version of last night's game must be the biggest 'up-talking' of a performance I've ever read!

Shrewsbury were woeful last night. We did a good job and deserved the win, but let's not get carried away.

[IDM]

Shrewsbury weren’t very good in the final third last night, but they looked ok in midfield..  we stifled any creativity they may have had..

Many times folks near me in the SS were shouting for our midfield and defence to get stuck on with tackles, but by decent positioning we more often prevented dangerous passes by marking the intended receiver, eventually leading to a nothing cross or them going backwards..

Good defending isn’t always as “visible” as lots of crunching tackles..

For sure, Shrewsbury were lacklustre but we nullified their threats..

[DonnyBazR0ver]

We weren't great but we were good enough when we needed to be, aided and abetted by 50pence head Ebanks Landell. Some of their passing was woeful but we should also take credit for not giving them much of a sniff.

I think we all know we can lift it a gear as Copps and Whiteman are capable of much better but even without them on song, it was a comfortable win.