00:00Another disappointing evening here at the Crowdmeadow for Shrewsbury Town as they fall to their 26th League One defeat of the season to promotion chasing Reading.
00:13A different evening, another sunny day, another beautiful day, just like it was at the weekend against Cambridge, but a different evening.
00:19Shrewsbury weren't very good on Saturday against Cambridge United, however, you know, they competed pretty well actually in this game.
00:26It was the same old story result-wise, but I suppose those bits in between were much, much different and Shrewsbury gave a decent account of themselves.
00:34They trailed at the break 1-0, you know, disappointing, I suppose, mistake from Jamal Blackman.
00:41You know, he's had some real positive moments in his Shrewsbury shirt since his arrival, but, you know, he kind of made an error on Saturday and it was a disappointing kind of mistake that he made.
00:50And Shrewsbury obviously went in the break trailing, having had numerous opportunities to kind of get ahead.
00:56We kind of saw Shrewsbury put this, you know, the plane out from the back, you know, the building through the thirds.
01:03We saw them manage to put it together and put it into clear-cut opportunities, probably for the first time since Appleton has come in.
01:09And they really did it quite well, you know, and they were applauded off at half-time, you know,
01:14which is not something that we've seen much of late with, obviously, it being a particularly difficult spell at the moment, you know,
01:20with all the things that are going on at the football club.
01:23So a difficult one for Shrewsbury, but they will be kind of pleased with the way they responded after the break.
01:30Taylor Perry getting on the score sheet, he was good, added energy to the team.
01:33But unfortunately, Reading then, kind of, you know, a great goal by Kelvin Ebertupudum and another one late on by Chem Campbell,
01:42who is on loan from Wolves and there the three points go back to the select car leasing stadium.
01:48A disappointing one for Shrewsbury, but they did at least kind of show some spirit and they did well in the main.
01:57They did probably lose a little bit of momentum with the substitutions,
02:00but as Michael Albson has just said to us on the, you know, down in his post-match press conference,
02:06that, you know, he believes that, you know, they had to do that really in order for town to kind of really, you know,
02:12to make sure he didn't flog the players.
02:14Obviously, they've got another game, you know, they're managing five in 15 days
02:16and obviously George Nurse is, you know, still coming back from that long-term knee injury.
02:21Some good performances, Nurse was one, Alex Gilead another, Taylor Perry promising two.
02:26Better from Shrewsbury, but losing becomes a habit and it's a habit that Shrewsbury have repeated far too often this season.
02:33They go to Lincoln on Saturday, a former club of Michael Appleton's and relegation can be confirmed.
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