Fleetwood v Shrewsbury - Match preview

And Taylor says the players have been put through their paces this week ahead of the trip to Lancashire this weekend.

He believes if they can be more efficient in front of goal they will pick up some more ‘positive results’.

He said: “I think in training the one thing that you do is practice repetitive movements and you put them in positions where they have to recreate those finishes that you hope will come at the weekend.

“It’s tough to create that real pressure that comes with a matchday.

“We had a split session on Tuesday. The defenders were with me and the attackers were with Marcus (Bignot) and Pash (Sean Parrish). They worked a lot around areas of the pitch where we feel we can still develop players.

“We create lots of chances, it’s now about putting the gloss on top of it.

“I think if we do that you’ll see us pick up positive results.

“Albeit the goal was disappointing and avoidable at the weekend, it should have been similar to the Burton game where even if we concede towards the end, we’d already taken our chances. I think that was the main difference in the games against Burton and Lincoln.

“But in saying that, the players are all in good spirits and they’ve worked really hard.

“For us as coaches, it’s not just about developing them (the players) on the pitch, but it’s to help them understand why we play in the areas that we do and the benefits of that to both them and the team.”

Salop have been boosted ahead of the clash by the addition of Kieran Phillips, who arrived yesterday on a season-long loan deal from Huddersfield.

Max Mata has also trained this week and is now in contention to make his first Town appearance as Taylor’s squad is now taking shape – they have options to call upon from the bench.

It is perhaps unlikely the duo will feature from the start but they provide much-needed reinforcements in forward areas for the Town head coach.

The last time Salop made the journey to Fleetwood they won 1-0 thanks to a wonderful strike from Tom Bayliss – it was the only bit of quality in a fiercely-contested but scrappy game.

Salop will be hoping the points come back to Shropshire, especially with the hosts having a difficult start to the campaign.

They have lost their last three League One games after getting a draw on the opening day of the season against Carlisle – a team Town are set to take on next weekend.