jamie_forrester
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Offline, last online: May 9 2008, 18:28 PM

It was all doom and gloom after the defeat to Mansfield last week.The manner in which we lost was even harder to swallow.Last minute goals are particularly frustrating but with it being such an important match it compounded the misery.
Many people outside the club would have therefore expected Shrewsbury to pick up an easy home victory last weekend.Although it wasn't our best display of the season by a long way, the result was a great one.It was one of the only times this season that we have won without being anywhere near our best.However it came down to being a real battle on the day with not much time to get the ball down and play and as a team we really showed strong mental qualities to grind out a win with a touch of luck, which any team needs,coming our way too.When I say 'luck' I refer to Shrewsbury missing one or two chances towards the end of the match.This is not something that has happened to us miuch this season and you could say that we earned that 'luck' with our work rate,desire and commitment throughout the game.
I would also say that Tuesday's match away at Macclesfield was a similar story.We could not have argued if we had gone in at half-time atleast a goal down with Mazza making some fine saves as well as Paul Green clearing off the line when it seemed a definate goal.A nil-nil looked on the cards until super-sub Danny N'Guessan popped up with a really cool finish to give us something to hold onto for victory.Our second goal seemed to put the result out of their reach although an uncomfortable finale was waiting for us when they scored in injury time.
So on to Rochdale at home tomorrow.A game in which we find ourselves as underdogs with Rochdale's away form being one of the best in the division and our home record being one of the worst.One thing is for sure:I will gladly take another below par performance if we earn the thre points although we all know that we are due to put on a decent display at home


Finally, our next 6 week course at The Jamie Forrester Soccer Academy begins at Cherry Willingham Comunity school on Thursday 21 st February.Anybody wanting more information can checkout the website for more details

www.thejamieforrestersocceracademy.com

Thanks for reading


Jamie


 

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