Steve Cotterill assessed today’s video game with Peterborough United.
We got in the match having actually won our last 5 video games at Montgomery Waters Meadow.
But the visitors were provided a substantial assisting hand in the very first half when referee Carl Boyson extremely roughly evaluated that Matt Pennington had actually fouled Ephron Mason-Clark in package.
Despite there seeming beside no contact, the main granted a charge which Jonson Clarke-Harris transformed. Second-half objectives from Mason-Clark and Jack Taylor then sealed the points for Peterborough.
Speaking to the put together media, Steve provided his response to the video game and talked about how injuries are affecting the season.
ON THE VIDEO GAME:
“I believed the refereeing efficiency was horrible.
“I believe he had a huge influence on the video game today with the charge. It was never ever a charge.
“I didn’t believe it was a charge at the time and I have actually simply recalled at it two times in sluggish movement – it is never ever a charge.
“The very first objective today was going to be truly essential for us, particularly on the back of recently – we wished to get our noses in front.
“They began the more vibrant group, they just had that effort versus the post when Christian Saydee requires to nod a little ball into Ryan Bowman on the midway line, he does not, and after that suddenly they nick it. We had the ball from them striking the post.
“The charge then alters whatever truly due to the fact that we required that very first objective today after recently.
“We required it to get the crowd going, who attempted their finest to support the gamers I think, our crowd.
“I believe then we required something prior to half-time. We then lose Christain Saydee. That does not help.
“We then consume among our alternatives, when we have actually just got 2 (senior) outfield gamers in Rob (Street) and Elliott (Bennett). That doesn’t help us.
“And I believe the referee was so pedantic with whatever that went on, whatever appeared to be a yellow card for us however not for the Peterborough gamers.
“I believe if he is going to schedule a few of our lads for what he has actually booked them for then he requires to schedule their gamers too.
“I believe that his performance today did not help us to get going and it was at a major point in the game when he gave the penalty.”
ON THE INJURIES:
“They are going to hurt you.
“Dan Udoh, 50 odd games last year 16 goals.
“George Nurse 50 odd games last.
“Tom Bayliss, ankle ligaments, out now and won’t start playing until pre-season, we cannot get by with those numbers.
“What we have done is push it as far as we can. We have pushed it and pushed it and we have to carry on doing that. The lads will carry on doing it.
“It is blatantly obvious, but you have to have a smaller squad here to get better players.
“Otherwise, you have the 29 that I had when I came in here and you can be bottom of the league with eight points and look like they are going to finish that season with an average of 33 or 34 points.
“Could have had that two years ago.”
ON PETERBOROUGH’S SECOND GOAL:
“Mason-Clark is a really good player for them. He is a really, really, good player.
“But he wouldn’t want to play against Matthew Pennington every week because Matthew Pennington, until that moment, had him in his pocket.
“And he (Pennington) gets the better of him. He gets the better of him.
“But as he (Mason-Clark) comes inside, Penno has actually slipped so that gives him more room to come inside and get his shot off.
“As I’ve said before he is a very good player.”
ON STILL BEING IN THE TOP 10 IN LEAGUE ONE:
“I thought there would be some funny results today which is why it would have been really good if we could have got the three points.
“I think I said in the build-up and if we are in the top 10 I can still speak about it – but for Shrewsbury Town to be in the top 10 is great credit to the gamers and great credit to my staff who look after them as much as they do.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, my staff and the players – they have actually given everything.
“Sometimes, maybe your luck runs out, and our luck with regards to the injuries has really run out.
“But we have actually a duty to all the supporters because they are very important.
“They turned up today, I asked them to get behind the team and they did it and we didn’t really give them a lot to shout about.
“The reason I asked for that is I potentially saw something like that happening today – however you don’t want to put that out there.
“We didn’t need anything to go wrong today. But a big thank you to them for the way they have actually backed the lads and stuck with them.”
