Dave Edwards: Shrewsbury showed a 'lack of adventure' in Portsmouth defeat
Shrewsbury Town have done so well in recent weeks and losing to leaders Portsmouth is no disgrace, but I think Matt Taylor will be disappointed with a lack of adventure to get back in the game.
Portsmouth are in a really good place at the moment – they are playing some good football and are deservedly top of the table.
You look at their squad, players on the bench, it’s far superior to Town’s options, so it wasn’t a very surprising outcome.
But Shrewsbury will still be disappointed by the manner of the performance – it was short of the standards in recent weeks that had got results.
The timing of the first goal didn’t help, just before half-time. You want to get in at the interval at 0-0, the gameplan intact, hard to beat, work for set-pieces or counters. It was a disappointing, sloppy goal to concede.
