It's all warming up at the Greenhous - Shrewsbury (A) 25/03/17

[Nicko58]

Spearing on the bench then for Derik? Is that a fitness issue or a gamesmanship one? Beevers and Pratley must be okay.

A fitness one. All things being equal, Spearing is one of the first names on the team sheet.

[Nicko58]

COYWM

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Tuning in from Bali. COYWM.

ALF, Beevers and D-Pratz evidently judged fit enough to give us an hour or so. Spearing appearing from the bench.

[TANGODANCER]

Mic man reckons this can be goals galore, Zico claims Super John Mac is breathing down his neck and Jack Dearden too. Five mins to go and counting down....A quick visit round the ads section, cars, kitchens and all that razamataz...then

[TANGODANCER]

...Chris Price and Zico on the mikes. Weather apparently just like ours, bright sunshine and a balmy day. All to play for so....on with it. 1500 faithful mentioned as being in attendance. Whites are in all White. One minute's silence/applause? for the terror attack victims being observed. ...applause it is...And....away we go then...

[TANGODANCER]

Early throw the homers and they visit. Come on mic lads, less chat among yourselves, we can't see it. Plenty noise as Madine doesn't get a free kick but they done. And...it goes to Ben. Beavers collides with Ben and the physio trots on. And....away we go again. Ben wallops, Morais wins a throw. Mic lads have a chat and Beevers comes back on. He gets right in and clears. Throw us now and..some ariel up and down then ....keeper punches the throw and...back it comes and we get a corner.

[TANGODANCER]

Morais and...ohhh another corner as Wheater says good afternoon o their defence. Morais again and....and....cleared. Morais again and..cleared for a throw again. Pratley involved as we press. They clear, Wheater clears afer a brilliant block and...mic lads chat. Ben wallops, Madine flicks, ....and lands badly. He's struggling says mic man. Groin problem mentioned. Clayton and Long warm up....

[TANGODANCER]

Pratley goes and we win a throw. Taylor and...then Pratz has a thirty yard lash but the keeper has it. They clear long and attack...and we get a goalkick. Early goal for us would be nice rather sooner than later. Corner us now and it's Morais again and....Madine seems okay and......and....keeper catches and clears. Homers sally at us and Ben has to knock a shot away. They press again and get another shot in that Ben clears. Shakers and the Kippers 0-0 right now. Corner us again, Morais and......and.....Beevers flicks wide.

[TANGODANCER]

All about converting chances today, hard lucks mean nothing. Throw them, Wheats bangs it into row Z. Pratz, Madine...they clear again and...the De lappo fella getting plenty mention . We get a free kick for offside. Madine gets shoved about to no avail. Mic and Zico comment on it. Some chat, then...Alf, Madine, cleared and...back to Ben. Ref misses another foul, Derik clears. Derik again, Alf, Madine and....Taylor can't control; it. Throw them now and...Pratley heads clear. Back they come and Ben wallops again. Throw us now and...and....long and....ref gets some comment again about specsaver type remarks. To and fro, up and down then Morais goes and they knock it clear. Dervite now and...ref doesn't give Derik a free kick. Getsa the praise as the homers get a throw.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

First 25 minutes, we've had 73% possession. Might present an intriguing problem...

[TANGODANCER]

We get a free kick as some scores mentioned that will affect the Shrews. Ben wallops, they clear, we get a throw. "Bit of a cagey affair" says Zico, a bith of chat then the homers press. We part clear and they send in a Wigan up and under.

Come on Whites, soon is never too soon. More chat, then a couple of scores and..a bit more chat then Alf gets a free kick. Morais inside their half, just, then.....cleared and..Taylor, Alf, and a throw us again. Taylor and..in and....Beevers getting dragged all over the place and mic man claims the ref is useless. Free kick them now and..Madine looks to be heading off and down the tunnel? What's this?

[DJBlu]

Now we'll see how we get on.

Think the Gary Madine haters will be happy at the end of the game?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

He got that whack a while ago. On comes Long. Question is how we cope without Madine; hope the answer is "superbly".

[BWFC_Insane]

Don't think we've won a game in the league this season when Madine didn't play. Could get interesting now. Still have that bad feeling.

[TANGODANCER]

Some scores that matter not, then Chris Long appears on the greensward. We clear, they come at us, Alf gets a foul and a free kick us. Madine gone then. Different tale now...?? Morais takes the kick and....deflected to the keeper. They come forth and....it goes to Ben. At Gigg Lane....still 0-0. Meanwhile, back here we get a nother free kick and they get a booking for a foul on Long. And......ref sprays eight yards.....then....it results in a corner. Morais and....outswinger and...a couple of our big lads visit then they get a free kick. Throw them now, Le Dappo and....we go forth and win a throw. Zico talks in tongues then a few irrelevant scores and....they clear and....ref gets hassle about another blatant foul. Come on lads, all that matters is the goals. Claims for a foul missed again then Dervite does well and get it back to Ben.

[TANGODANCER]

Wheter, Long and....he has a charge but can't quite get through. Another foul not given (what really are the rules these days?). Long....goes down and stays there as they break. He's up again and Morais and Vela go forth. We give a free kick away via Long and then....they get a throw. Brown(Junior) and....we clear twice to halfway. Come on lads, get one before the break.....Morais throws one and...six mins plus announced. Ref having nothing our way, then the homers charge, but Roberts is offside. Come on.....

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Don't think we've won a game in the league this season when Madine didn't play.

True, as stated, but he had already been subbed by the time we got the match winners at Swindon and home to Fleetwood.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Oldham 1-0 Blades. Just sayin'.

[TANGODANCER]

Ben wallops, they clear, Beevers and....we get a free kick. Morais and.....and....can this be it and...cleared and Vela gets penalised and mic man is "outraged". "Useless" is the term used. Much binding in the box as...the homers get a free kick. Now we get one for a push and....Rochdale go 3 up elsewhere.. Morais and.....we win a corner...I think? Some chat and they clear, we block and sally via Alf and Long and.....we get a free kick and they get a nother booking. Oldham go one up on Sheffield....and.....Pratley wallops one wide?

[TANGODANCER]

A last minute salvo of chat then they come forth and...they get a throw. Two mins added and..we clear for another throw them. Enciala? sp....we clear, Long goes and....stumbles on the rubble. Half time. 0-0