Paul Hurst expecting big Shrewsbury change

Town had been consistent with their performances since Hurst took over as head coach for a second time.

But they failed to turn up against Lincoln – serving up a terrible away-day performance – and Hurst is looking to see what kind of reaction he will get from his players.

“Well I guess one (bad performance) out of seven, we can say that, but let’s see what happens moving forward,” the boss said.

“Because if that happens again, then maybe not.

“I am really disappointed, I am angry, but I guess I am looking for and what I have said to the players is that cannot happen again.

“Not even the result, as much as we would not want to lose 3-0 – you don’t want to lose any game – but it was the manner of it.

“It almost felt like we should have phoned Lincoln up and just said we will not bother coming we will give you a 3-0 win. That is not good enough. I genuinely feel for the supporters that travelled.

“And as the Lincoln fans were singing at one point, not in the nicest way, it is a long way to come on a cold Tuesday night to get that.

“There has got to be more pride about us, whoever is on the pitch.

“I would have liked to have thought if I could have still got out there on the pitch I would have run around more, so we will see what the reaction is moving forward.”

When Town made the trip to Blackpool earlier in the season they were humbled 4-0 by Neil Critchley’s side.

And Hurst has admitted he has some decisions to make for this game after the performance against Lincoln.

“I have some thinking to do ahead of the weekend and some decisions to make,” he added. “I am not sure where we will be at in terms of availability, but what I do know is we have what I consider a proper team to play in Blackpool.

“Maybe they should be for where they have been in recent years, but if we are anything like that it will be more than 3-0.”