Shrewsbury Town now left to focus on the main issue

EFL Trophy exit

There were 4,847 supporters at the Croud Meadow on a mild Tuesday night, a massive attendance for that competition. That statistic only tells half of the story though as 3,159 of them were Blues fans.

For Salop, the competition is something of an inconvenience. Their previous game was against Fulham under-21s, which they lost 2-1.

That was a clash they did not want to play when they were forced to by the EFL. Very few Town fans seem to be too bothered by going out of the competition, the general consensus is more relief that no players came out of the game with any fresh injury concerns.

Salop have bigger fish to fry this season as they try to maintain their place in the third tier of English football. Not having to worry about this competition will be a welcome relief, even though no-one at Shrewsbury will want to admit that on the record.

Quality of Blues

One thing is for certain. The quality of Blues cannot be denied. Chris Davies’ side were phenomenal despite making a host of changes for the game.

Some of the football they played was exquisite, and Town just could not live with them.

Nobody else, aside from Charlton, has been able to live with them this season, either.

They are top of the League One table and sadly for Shrewsbury and Hurst, they still have to play them twice.

They have good resources available, but you still have to put it together on the pitch.

Focus switches to Crawley

Salop have two massive games coming up.

Firstly, Town’s clash at Crawley and Rotherham’s trip to Peterborough are the only games to survive the international break.

But also, with Town playing against Exeter next Thursday, they will have played three games more than some teams.

If results don’t go their way they risk being cut adrift.