Hart admits Irons were “terrible” and he faces a battle
It’s easy to point to his lack of form at times but there’ no faulting his honesty or assessment of the team’s performance.
He snapped: “We were terrible today and there is a feeling in the dressing room that we got out of jail a bit. Shrewsbury were really good, they’ve been in a good run of form and it’s a tough place to come.
“We didn’t play well. We’ve had three games in a week, which is a lot of football for some of the lads, but there were some big opportunities for the likes of myself to get some game-time. We didn’t necessarily take them, but we’re still in the cup and we’ll see what happens in the replay.
“We can’t blame fatigue, but there was some terrible football played and we lost a lot of battles. It was a really tough cup tie and I think nil-nil is almost a fair result.”
“I face a battle to re-establish myself. We’ve had some good results recently and I’ve not been playing, so I’ve got to use days like this to try and stake my claim.
“The replay is going to be another tough game and hopefully we’ll have a few more bodies back as we had a lot of injuries and people who couldn’t make the trip, so hopefully we’ll have a stronger squad and advance to the next round.”