Chance to put right the wrongs

JOHN Coleman was urging his Stanley players to right the wrongs of their defeat at Shrewsbury earlier in the season when they took on the Shrews at the Wham Stadium on Boxing Day.

“We have the opportunity to put right the wrongs of our visit to Shrewsbury earlier this season,” Coleman told the club’s official website. “We were comfortably the better side at the start of the game, and it looked like it was going to be a matter of time before we scored, but our goalkeeper being sent off early on changed the game.

“Shrewsbury have improved since then and we’ve seen that.”

After struggling at the wrong end of the table under John Askey, Sam Ricketts came in at the beginning of December and they have won three of the last six league games.

“Sam did really well in charge of Wrexham and it’s no surprise to me that he was offered the Shrewsbury job.

“He’s not been there long but he’s already done well and steadied the ship and I’m looking forward to the challenge.

“Our recent record on Boxing Day has not been what I would like it be, but we have the chance to put that right.”

On loan Middlesbrough goalkeeper Connor Ripley was sent off in the loss at Shrewsbury and admitted he wants to make amends after his red card.

“In hindsight, I can’t have any complaints,” said the 25-year-old. “It was the right decision. It felt hard done to at the time but I just have to learn from it, hopefully rectify it on Boxing Day and move on.

“It was frustrating as I know only 15 minutes had gone but we looked like we were on top and had a good chance of winning but it’s behind us now and we have to look forward to the game.”