Ollie Westbury and Jonny Drury bring you the latest episode of the Shrews Views podcast.
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00:00Yeah, I think it was kind of like a combination of everything. A new manager coming in, the
00:06Ligue 1 favourites and the big spenders. The game that probably, other than Wrexham, one
00:14of the games that you really look for as a player and think, right, when are Blues coming?
00:19Because they are, you know, like Ligue 1 hot shots. So I think it was like a combination
00:24of all those. Gareth Ainsworth's first game in charge, the positivity that he has brought
00:30to the football club since he's come in as Shrewsbury Town boss, that's obviously made
00:33a massive difference. I think not just the positivity from his press conferences, but
00:38the way he's conducted himself throughout the process, you know, since he's come in
00:44as manager, even just in like his press conferences, you know, I think the way he's carried himself
00:50around the training ground, in front of the players, I think he's just, you know, exuded
00:54confidence and positivity and enthusiasm. And I feel as though that that's kind of rubbed
01:00off on the players. A bit of that confidence has clearly gone into that performance on
01:04Saturday, you know, against Birmingham City. And they look like they had some belief, those
01:09footballers, as they ran out there. They look like they had some belief. And obviously there
01:13was a couple of tactical tweaks too. I think Shrewsbury tightened up, didn't they? They
01:17weren't quite so, they were aggressive and they did press when they had the opportunity
01:21to press. But, you know, they weren't concerned about not having the ball. And when they did
01:25have it, they kept it quite simple. You know, they weren't looking to play aimless passes
01:29around the back. You know, they kept it simple. And I suppose that's probably the direction
01:36that Shrewsbury will probably go down, you know, for the foreseeable future.