"I can’t knock my team’s effort,Their effort was good, in and out of possession. It’s difficult for us in the respect that Shrewsbury came here today – and I’m not criticising them for it – they came here to stifle us really and make it really awkward for us. They got men behind the ball and did it really well.
“It's Shrewsbury's prerogative to play like that. You need to have a bit of brilliance. We didn't have that spark. We tried getting them to move the ball quicker second half. But Shrewsbury are hard to break down and the way they play made it really difficult for us. We need to get better than that, especially at home. We’ve picked more points up away from home because teams have a right go. But when teams come here at the moment, they’re pleased with a point before we kick-off.
“We didn’t really get round the outside of them today. We didn’t get a lot from our wingers and they’ve doubled up with a back five. The crosses came in from my centre-halves so it was difficult. We coaches we’ll have to help the team when we play someone who are prepared to sit back, and we’ll try and be better to break them down.”
“I’ve got a few positives, we had a good point in midweek and today is a point on a hot sunny day, We’ve kept a clean-sheet and we were really trying to go for it. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our day.
“I thought we limited them to few opportunities. Apart from a counter-attack when we were throwing the kitchen sink at them from a corner. I said to the lads that in a 95-minute game you can’t wait for the last 15 minutes for the impetus. Massive credit to Shrews with the way they played. They made it difficult for us and they’ll be well pleased with the point.”
“It's hard to get the fans engaged. I understand why because they're not witnessing 50 shots on target.
“The good thing is we haven't lost to a team above us in the table. But if we're going to have a successful season we need to start creating more chances and taking them.”