Keep it real, says Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Hurst

A second-half collapse meant Town dropped two points at Montgomery Waters Meadow as visitors Doncaster pegged Hurst’s men back, netting an equaliser in controversial style.

Issam Ben Khemis’ deep cross was caught by Dean Henderson under his crossbar but the goalkeeper stepped back and was adjudged to have let the ball over his goal line while under pressure from Rovers’ players.

The two points dropped allowed Blackburn to overtake Town into the automatic promotion spots on goal difference, with the clubs locked together on 55 points.

But Hurst wants fans to not get distracted and look too far ahead. He said: “For me, I’ve said all along, we’ve gone from talking about trying to have a good season to we’re getting automatically promoted – never mind the play-offs.

“People are getting a long way ahead of themselves too quickly. There’s a long, long way to go, well over a third of the season left and lots can happen.

“We might crash and burn, so to speak, we might also surprise a few people. I’m obviously hoping for the latter.

“The performance, on the back of what’s been a very tough schedule and what continues to be, I don’t think we can be too disappointed with what we’ve seen.

“Overall I’m coming away positive albeit a little bit frustrated with the two goals.

“They’re not ones you can get too het up about with what happened and they’re not going to change no matter what discussions I have with the officials.”

Mat Sadler and Carlton Morris goals either side of half-time had given Town a handsome lead as they looked to return from Blackburn and West Ham setbacks.

But Doncaster halved the deficit after Shrews failed to clear a corner and an effort was bundled home.

Hurst was left bemoaning the decision to award Rovers’ equaliser. He added: “We seem to have got that bit right (goal line technology in England). Players get on with it in the Premier League, they know it’s a goal or not.

“Will we ever get it? I don’t know. I think it’ll be a few years yet. It would be nice to have it as soon as possible.”