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NO TAMING ‘AVERAGE’ SHREWS

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The LeaguePaper Team
3 December 2017

By James Owens

WRONG WAY: Shaun Whalley scores Shrewsbury’s second from the spot
PICTURES: Action Images

ON PAPER, Shrewsbury made light work of booking their place in the third round at the expense of Morecambe, but Paul Hurst isn’t getting carried away just yet.
First-half goals from wide duo Alex Rodman and Shaun Whalley saw the Shrews ease past the League Two strugglers for a place in Monday night’s third round draw, despite what Hurst felt was a mediocre display.
“The performance was okay in bits, average in others, but I think we were relatively comfortab...

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