Hurst hails his striking combo
We put him on the keeper from set plays and it justified having someone in that area.
“Carlton came on and did extremely well. He was ill during the week and didn’t turn up to training.
“I had to give him a bit of stick about that, but he can be ill a bit more if that’s the response that you get because I thought he looked a real handful when he came on and took his goal superbly well.”
Scunthorpe had only conceded three goals in 10 league games going into the match and manager Graham Alexander said: “I think we had the better chances in the opening part of the game.
“But we couldn’t get it and then Shrewsbury got it, perhaps against the run of play from nothing, but they’re a good team.
“They’re up at the top for a reason and after that it was difficult to break them down.
“We still did have chances, but we couldn’t find that finishing touch.” PAUL COOK believes Wigan’s squad depth is serving them well after a Will Grigg brace boosted their promotion push.
A goal in each half from Grigg, the second a penalty, secured the points.
“We huffed and puffed at times, but great credit to the squad,” said Cook.
“It was very much a victory for the squad, with David Perkins coming on at half-time, Max Power in the second half and Gary Roberts at the end.”
Walsall boss Jon Whitney added: “We were beaten by the better team.”
“The response wasn’t great. We can’t hide away from the fact. We didn’t contain them well enough.” GRANT McCANN branded Peterborough’s performance as “embarrassing”.
Jack Marriott opened the scoring for the hosts, before Josh Ruffels, Wes Thomas, Joe Rothwell and Agon Mehmeti struck back.
McCann said: “I was embarrassed by what I saw in the second half. We didn’t track, we didn’t fight and we thought the game was easy.
“I told the players afterwards, there is no way I’m watching a performance like that again – especially in front of our fans.”
Oxford manager Pep Clotet said: “It’s a very important win. It was a fantastic performance and fantastic effort for this group of players.”