Ollie Westbury discusses Shrewsbury signing and transfer activity change

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Jonny Drury sat down with Ollie Westbury to discuss Shrewsbury's first three signings of the transfer window. They look at the new boys who have come through the door - and whether the early market moves represent a change in tactics in the transfer market.

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00:00Oli, a busy week for Salop last week. Fans have been waiting for signings for a little

00:14while now since the season ended and players have gone out the door but no one had come

00:17in until last week. Three moves, Toto and Siala comes back to the club. Harrison Biggins

00:23and George Lloyd have also been brought in. What's your initial thoughts, obviously numbers-wise,

00:29it certainly helps with the players that have gone out the door. But have you been impressed

00:33by the business that Salop have done in recent days?

00:35I feel like it always happens, doesn't it? We wait ages for some news and then finally

00:39when I'm actually away on holiday it all seems to come across in one week. I don't really

00:45know. I suppose I've got mixed emotions on the Shrewsbury signings. They're hard, aren't

00:53they? I can't say we know a lot about them. I think it perhaps tells us a little bit about

01:01what we can perhaps expect to see over the coming few weeks and months as Town start

01:09to begin and put their squad together for the new season. Obviously Toto and Siala is

01:1632 and he's been given a two-year deal. I don't know a lot about him. Shrewsbury fans

01:22seem pretty happy with it. Obviously he's been at Fleetwood and Burton Albion in the

01:28last couple of years and George Lloyd is a relatively unproven striker from Cheltenham

01:35Town, a side who obviously got relegated last year. I suppose it feels like it's going to

01:44be a challenging summer for Town. Perhaps the days of signing, citing big names are

01:52perhaps behind them and more realistic expectations with regards to budgets and player expenditure

01:59is something that is needed.

02:02It seems that from these three signings we can maybe gauge that last summer they went

02:07for untested players. We know they brought in a few from the League of Ireland, a few

02:13players who played briefly in the Football League. These players have a bit more Football

02:18League experience, whether that be in League Two or in Siala's case with Shrewsbury in

02:22League One. Do you see that as the way forward for Shrewsbury, looking at more players that

02:29have got maybe a little bit more EFL experience rather than those young players, unproven

02:35players that came to the club last year?

02:39It seems that way a little bit, doesn't it? It seems that that's the way they might try

02:42to get around it, to get some form of experience. Are they going to be able to sign players

02:46from the likes of Shea Dunkley who have come from levels above any more? Unlikely. It looks

02:56like we're looking down the leagues, trying to recruit well-spot talent and make ourselves

03:01better in that department. I would have said that the more League One and League Two experience

03:10of English senior football, the better. I imagine that when it comes to it, and I don't

03:15expect these to happen too soon, but the loans will play a massive part too. The loan market

03:21is going to be incredibly important for Shrewsbury and they need to make sure that they get that

03:25right because it didn't quite work out for them last season at all.

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