Analysis: Injuries are starting to bite but there is plenty of fight from Shrewsbury
Given Shrewsbury Town’s availability issues this week a point on the road is not something to be scoffed at.
The injury toll is beginning to really hurt Shrews, just like it did last year.
Five senior first-team players were missing from the matchday squad at the weekend and two players were on international duty – Nohan Kenneh and Max Mata.
So to go to Cambridge and get a point is something they will be pleased about, as Matt Taylor admitted after the game.
Taylor Perry has, in this writer’s opinion, been the most successful addition of the Micky Moore and Taylor era at the Croud Meadow so far.
He has performed consistently, playing in various roles in Town’s midfield. On Saturday he was the man to provide Town with the moment they needed to get their point.
A scrappy goal, after complete chaos in the U’s penalty, the ball fell to the former Wolves man and he smashed it home.
It was another late one, but Shrews and Perry will not care – it was his first in league action for the club.
