Wigan 2 Shrewsbury 2 - Ollie Westbury analysis
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00:00A superb result for Shrewsbury Town and Gareth Ainsworth here at the DW Stadium as Shrewsbury
00:07produce a stunning late comeback to come from two goals down they were in the 53rd minute
00:12to get a point against Sean Maloney's Wigan side. Town have been guilty of late of almost
00:21playing Shrewsbury Town bingo. They can see the goal generally pretty early on into games,
00:26they concede a goal normally before half time and straight after the break. They did
00:31do some of those things today but it was an incredibly resilient display in the end from
00:37Gareth Ainsworth's side. They did concede early and it was a poor goal to concede but
00:42they managed to stay in the game until the 60th minute or around that mark when Wigan
00:48went two goals in front. At that time it felt very easy for Shrewsbury fans to think here
00:54we go again, it's going to be another defeat but they did incredibly well to show immense
00:59resilience and spirit to come from behind and to snatch a late point. That came courtesy
01:04of George Lloyd after an own goal had got Town back into it. George Lloyd capitalising
01:09on a spilled cross from Sam Tickle, smashing it into the back of the net to get Salop their
01:14late late equaliser. Tom Bloxham a difference maker, substitutes making a big difference
01:19too but it was a really good point for Shrewsbury. There is still areas to improve, there's so
01:26many areas for Gareth Ainsworth to still improve but his passion for this job, I've just spoken
01:32to him post-match and you can see the passion that he's got. He's absolutely delighted by
01:37that result and I think that it can only be a positive thing. They've shown resilience
01:43under him on a couple of occasions, yes they have got to sort out the defending and the
01:48silly mistakes that they keep making. It was a criminal first goal to concede from
01:52a set-piece. Fellow Asgard, obviously Gareth Ainsworth pointed out in his pre-match press
01:56conference what a threat fellow Asgard was but they just gave him too much space to volley
02:01home, brilliant finish nonetheless and very similar costly error for the second goal but
02:06they did show that character and that is exactly what they need. Plenty gone on today, obviously
02:11Jamal Blackman made his first start in goal for Shrewsbury Town, made a couple of good
02:16saves and showed some particular confidence in goal on his first start. He signed a short-term
02:22deal that was exclusively broken by the Shropshire Star at around 12.30pm or about 1pm today
02:28this afternoon. It's a positive for Shrewsbury, Gareth Ainsworth wants Shrewsbury to build
02:32on that now and that is something that they certainly will be looking to do when they
02:37welcome Lincoln City to the Crowd Meadow on Boxing Day. Reaction on the way and everything
02:41can be seen on theshropshirestar.com.