Cobblers ready to adapt to any ‘new boss bounce’ from visitors Shrewsbury
The visitors come to town with a new manager in charge, with Paul Hurst returning to the Shrews following the sacking of former Cobblers midfielder Matt Taylor on Monday.
The visitors come to town with a new manager in charge, with Paul Hurst returning to the Shrews following the sacking of former Cobblers midfielder Matt Taylor on Monday.
Hurst is starting his second stint in charge of the Shropshire club, having previously enjoyed success in an 18-month spell betweem 2016 and 2018.
He takes over a team on a miserable run of form, having lost seven of their past eight matches, a sequence of results that have left them fifth bottom in Sky Bet League One, four points above the drop zone.
Hurst, who is assisted by former Cobblers central defender and skipper Chris Doig, didn’t get the chance to meet or work with any of his players until Wednesday afternoon.
But Brady is still conscious that the Shrews may well pose a different threat to the one they would have done under Taylor.
“Shrewsbury have played a certain way, and then you have a new manager come in with a different style, a different philosophy, so that is going to change, of course it will,” said the Cobblers boss.
But Brady is still conscious that the Shrews may well pose a different threat to the one they would have done under Taylor.
“Shrewsbury have played a certain way, and then you have a new manager come in with a different style, a different philosophy, so that is going to change, of course it will,” said the Cobblers boss.
“They (Hurst and Doig) will want to put their own stamp on the game, and we have to be ready, agile and adaptable and ready to take what comes our way.
“But also we want to play our way, and we will be trying to do that.
“But they are the differences when a new manager comes in, of course.”
And on the chance of a new manager bounce, Brady added: “You have seen it, and sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t
