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Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:33 pm
by tictactoe
SayitagainSam wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:21 pm
Highly deserved - made 1 save for a clean sheet!
Better take my tongue out of my cheek now, the wife's giving me strange looks.
I had hoped it was tongue in cheek nobody could be that daft surely

Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:42 pm
by blue nige
Second half what was Whingy thinking plays josh Gordon up front with no support ( Fletcher was terrible) and with a game behind them 3 central defender's when it was crying out for Williams in the middle!
Conditions were awful but Shrewsbury got the tactics spot on ,when we struggle Whingy hasn't got a clue how to change things!
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:53 pm
by pjdaly
I was made up when leaving Holker Street this afternoon.
It didn't rain. I didn't get wet.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:59 pm
by Wintergreen
Well l just blew in from the windy city but the windy city weren't mighty purty unfortunately. There was a definite lack of intelligence and application in that second half. They shaded it so l suppose a point's a point but what is our system and what is it that we do well? Seems to be a case of pick a team and see what happens.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:06 pm
by pjdaly
That match won't live long in the memory.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:07 pm
by pjdaly
pjdaly wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:06 pm
That match won't live long in the memory.
What match?
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:13 pm
by HenneysKnee
tictactoe wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:47 pm
Stanway MOTM - wow!
MJ Williams by a mile for me
No-one’s going to remember that game anytime soon are they. Was surprised we didn’t bring Cameron on instead of Walker, was crying out for some physicality up front, and also very surprised Whitfield came on on the left rather than Jackson switch over there to allow Whitfield to play on the right
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:18 pm
by Jonty
Manager’s and teams come and go but we've always struggled to put teams at the bottom of the table to the sword.
Apparently we won the toss and decided to kick against the wind first half. Not sure that was the right decision with that wind and giving Shrewsbury the early impetus.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:20 pm
by McMark
Certainly one for the football purists to endure.
Agree with HK the lack of physicality up top second half Gordon did his best but was so isolated up there.
Pitch held up well,
Next!
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:32 pm
by Jonty
I stand corrected, Shrewsbury won the toss and chose to play towards HSE first half.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:35 pm
by Cokey
Awful match in ghastly conditions. Shrewsbury handled it better and could’ve won it, so a point isn’t the end of the world.
Another game without a working scoreboard, which is now becoming farcical. What’s the status? Waiting to be fixed or written off?!
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:37 pm
by Cromwell58
Passing has been really poor in the last couple of games and a reluctance to shoot that's a sign of a lack of confidence.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:38 pm
by Main Stand SeasonTct
It was a very poor game with Shrewsbury the better side in shocking conditions IMO. Nice to see Harper get some minutes and that can only be good moving forward. He did show a few nice touches . Apart from that it was a game to quickly forget about.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:39 pm
by Tallow
Watched on TV.
Awful game in atrocious conditions and tbh Shrewsbury were the better team by a country mile.
Point gained in your relegation dogfight.
Re: Barrow v Shrewsbury Town match thread
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 6:41 pm
by Alwaysblue
7 points from 9.....we would of took that beforehand yeah?
Not pretty today but we didn't lose, on to Oldham !!!!