Watch: No FA Cup complaints from Shrewsbury Town boss Micky Mellon
Shrewsbury Town boss Micky Mellon blamed a slow start and a lack of cutting edge for his team's FA Cup exit at the hands of Preston North End.
Town bowed out of the prestigious cup competition at the second round stage on Saturday with a narrow 1-0 defeat to the League One promotion contenders at Deepdale.
Paul Huntington's 19th minute finish, after Town had failed to clear a cross into the box, proved their undoing.
And despite an improved second half display the visitors were not quite able to recover.
Mellon said: "We didn't do enough first half. We looked yards off the pace all over the place, but certainly second half we passed it around superb.
"We probably had pretty much total control but maybe just didn't have that cutting edge or that little bit of composure that was needed to get us back on level terms.
"Certainly in the second half we were on top for long periods and controlled the possession.
"The problem was when we got into those vital areas we either chose the wrong option or weren't quite clinical enough.
"On chances you would have to say that the game was very even.
"But we have to start games better in the first half and I'm disappointed that we allowed the cross to come in for the goal when we had two players there.
"On another day we would expect to deal with that a little bit better and we've been punished.
"But Preston are riding high in the division they are in – and we have run them very close."
Town were also dealt two injury blows as midfielder James Wesolowski (hamstring) and defender Jermaine Grandison (back) both limped out of the game because of injury.