Town boss wants to draw a line under ‘freakish’ stat
It is odd to have played 30 League One games and only managed to draw three times.
But that is the way it has fallen for Shrewsbury Town this season, as it has very much been a case of all or nothing.
Salop head to Derby today to take on the Rams having drawn the fewest games in the division, while winning the most of any side in the bottom half of the league table.
Speaking ahead of the game at Pride Park, Town’s head coach Paul Hurst did admit it is a statistic he and Chris Doig (assistant coach) are aware of, but that is a little ‘freakish’.
“We have talked about it, me and Chris,” Hurst said.
“We have also spoken to the chairman about it, and we actually spoke to the players on Thursday.
“It is a bit freakish, but I am also not overly concerned as in I am not going to go and change that, but it does seem a little odd.
We go into the game to win it, but if we don’t win it then the next best thing is to take something from it.
“That has got to be the ambition, the desire and the message from us is that, and that is every game.
“Last Saturday, I am not comfortable in moving on from the fact that we lost but we have got to become hard to beat and that has got to be the starting point.
“It has looked like, for whatever reason it has been a little bit too easy to fall on the wrong side of the result.”
Town head to Pride Park today looking to bounce back from their disappointing defeat to Cambridge last time out.
