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Ollie Westbury debrief: Toothless Shrewsbury need to start making their own luck

Shrewsbury ran out of luck against Wrexham.

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Shrewsbury Town manager Matt Taylor

There was a lot of chatter about the game on Sunday in the press box post-match. Most national journalists seemed to be of the opinion that Town were unlucky to be on the wrong side of the result against their arch-rivals.

And in truth that was exactly the case. It was arguably, with the league win against Derby aside, the game where they have created the most clear-cut opportunities this season.

Town are a League One team, one clear-cut chance per game is not enough for them to expect to score, and at times this season if they have had one chance in a game, then that is all they have had.

To expect them to score every chance they get is not realistic – if they did they would not be playing at this level.

But they did more than enough to score a goal or two on Sunday in the derby and they were unfortunate to crash out of the FA Cup.

The problem is, that scoring goals has been a challenge all season – highlighted by the fact Town are now the lowest scorers in the division.