Bring on the Heffers!
So, at the end of a week which saw Salop sell a player who had scored six goals in seven games to a rival League Two side, it was always inevitable that we would end up firing blanks at Torquay, writes our Shrewsbury Town blogger David Craig.
Although not a very pretty performance, we could, and maybe should, have triumphed but for Benny Davies failing to convert a twelve yard spot kick, only a week after he managed to curl a beauty into the Station End goal from twenty five yards!
Still, 'a point is a point' and one that i would have taken at five to three, such was my expectation of defeat. And we also kept a clean sheet for the first time since about 1978, so not a bad days work down on the south coast.
Bit worrying though that it's now just one league win in seven, and we quite simply have to turnover Wycombe when they visit SY2 this Saturday, to ensure that this run does not get any more rotten.
Saturday evening saw Salop take their place in the First round FA Cup draw, which is one of the few things in football that make me briefly tingle with excitement.
As usual, the sheer dread that we would be drawn away from home to a non-league backwater swept over me. However, this dread was quickly replaced by sheer horror as i witnessed Trevor Brooking and two English Rugby Union buffoons (WHY?? WHY WERE THEY DOING IT??) make a complete hash of the draw.
Not quite sure how difficult it can be to conduct these draws - it all looks fairly simple to myself - but by jove, Trev and the boys made a complete and utter hash of it all.
After I had finished watching the draw from behind the sofa, it transpired that Salop have been given a home tie against our carrot-crunching friends from Hereford. Great stuff!
Has all the ingredients of a cracking cup encounter and I'm sure that as both clubs respective sets of nutters will be dusting down their Burberry caps and Stone Island jackets, the local police force will ensure that the match kicks off at 7.00 am on a Wednesday morning, or some other similarly obscene time, which will fill me with joy.
Tuesday evening is of course, when the ultimate football club competition rolls back into view. No, I'm not talking UEFA Champions League silly, I am of course referring to the 2nd Round Southern Section of the Johnstone Paints Trophy.
I can honestly say that i would much rather be down the Meadow, standing in the drizzle, watching us take on Yeovil in this prestigious competition, rather than sitting on my sofa watching Barcelona vs Chelsea whilst stuffing myself full of Pringles and Wagon Wheels.
Hopefully, we can make progress, although that could prove tricky with our goalkeeping situation currently at emergency status, with all three on our books either injured or cup-tied.
Surely Joe Hart will do the decent thing and realise that it is his duty to return and get between the sticks for us Tuesday night.
Anyhow, I'm off to recruit The Krankies to perform the next F.A. Cup draw . . .
David Craig is the Shropshire Stars new Shrewsbury Town blogger - reflecting on the ups and downs of life on the terraces and on the pitch.
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