The Shrewsbury Town Post
Market4 Jan 2027
Alex Gilliead hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Shrewsbury Town can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Trey Ogunsuyi
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Papus Ouattara wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Shrewsbury Town know it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Shrewsbury Town
Archie Collins was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match2 Jan 2027
Shrewsbury Town cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Ismeal Kabia was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words at Shrewsbury Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Papus Ouattara is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Door shut on Issa Kaboré
Shrewsbury Town asked and West Ham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
Shrewsbury Town supporters have found a favourite in Hayden Matthews
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Hayden Matthews has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- The dugout Callum Maycock gets it from the manager
- Match Shrewsbury Town at the halfway mark
- Market Talks stall between Shrewsbury Town and Archie Collins