Peterborough United were there for the taking according to Shrewsbury Town manager

After a ropey start, Posh eventually romped home 5-1 to surge to the top of the table. They scored three times in the final 20 minutes of the match after Shrewsbury had breen reduced to 10 men by Josh Vela’s red card in added time at the end of the first half.

Ricketts told the Shropshire Star: “Ultimately individual errors have cost us a game that was there for the taking. You can’t hide behind anything else. We were well in the game early on. We had the majority of play in their half. We should’ve scored two which were cleared off the line.

“But then a ball from nothing and we end up 1-0 down. It’s completely against the run of play. I could go through every goal, it was the same scenario.

“We could’ve been deflated, but the players weren’t. We get back in the game and we deserved to get level. but then again a simple goal against us from another error.

“For all of the good, you can’t legislate for errors costing you goals. You can’t keep giving opposition cheap goals like we are and expect to win games.

“In both boxes we’re not commanding enough. We have to look at our individual performances, not just the players but myself (as well) and see why we’re in a run of results like we are when clearly we shouldn’t be.”

Shrewsbury now have just two teams below them in the League One table. They’ve won just one of their nine matches.