Shrewsbury's League One survival target is set
Even though Saturday’s win against Carlisle was welcome Paul Hurst insists there is ‘still work to do’ in their quest for League One survival.
Shrewsbury got a valuable 1-0 victory against the Cumbrians at the Croud Meadow on Saturday as the boss got his first win in Shropshire since he returned as boss.
It takes them nine points clear with seven games remaining – but the Town head coach says his side cannot take their ‘foot off the gas’ now.
“If we got nine points I’d be devastated if that wasn’t enough,” said Hurst. “I’m a big believer in the adage of mathematics.
“You can’t take your foot off the gas. The lads can have a bit of a breather now ahead of the Easter games and the final push.
“But from our points of view and certainly mine the aim is to try and get some more points because we certainly need some more I would’ve thought.
“We have the victory, we enjoyed that. I don’t think it was a day for many words after the game. We haven’t got a game for a while, it’s not very often you get chances to enjoy the victory.
“There’s still work to do, it’s not over. I’m not here thinking ‘That’s it’.
“We’ve got a nice cushion but we also know some of the fixtures we’ve got coming up now.
“We want to be competitive and we want to take something from them, but there’s no getting away from some of those away games. They look very difficult.
“That three points on Saturday was very welcome.”
