Matt Taylor urges Shrewsbury to press on after start
Shrewsbury Town boss Matt Taylor believes he has a squad capable of playing effective pressing football.
Salop fans saw a different aspect to their team on Wednesday night in Yorkshire as they went toe-to-toe with Championship promotion hopefuls Leeds United.
Most would have expected Town to sit back and try to stymie a team recently relegated from the Premier League, but they did the opposite, playing with real energy to great effect.
Salop ran out of steam in the second period, but the blueprint of high-intensity pressing was there for all to see.
Taylor said: “I believe that with the players that we have, we have a real opportunity when teams are in possession to win the ball back.
“All I hope is that they understand why we are doing it – and I know they do.
“You saw that at Leeds, each and every one of them was at full tilt, that is all we can ask.
“From my perspective, in terms of the players and the group that we have they have been excellent, and they have listened to everything.
“Hopefully, you saw the other night we are structured, and we will most definitely get after teams.
“But then the flip side of that is when we win the ball back in those high areas, we need to be more clinical either with the first pass or the decision-making around the box.
“I can’t have any complaints. We pressed from a clear structure for the first 80 minutes, and then we put two up front to try and get back into the game.”
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