Aaron Wildig: I'll give my all for Shrewsbury Town

Wildig made a welcome return to Graham Turner's matchday squad in Sunday's 1-0 defeat to Preston after recovering from a month-long knee injury.

The 21-year-old former Cardiff City man only played the last six minutes plus stoppage time at the weekend, replacing Dave McAllister from the bench.

And he acknowledges his fitness has taken a hit from his time on the sidelines but he insists he is ready to play from the start if needed on New Year's Day.

"The knee feels fine. It's not a problem now, it is just a case of trying to get match-fit," he said. "I have been out for four weeks and three of them I didn't do any running so it is natural that you are going to lose fitness.

"You don't know how far you are from being ready to start until you do start. I can tell I am not as fit as I was before the injury but if I was chucked in to start I expect I'd just go until I blew up so.

"I don't know if Oldham is a possibility. I think Luke Summerfield and Dave McAllister did very well against Preston but obviously if it were to happen I would play as hard as I can until I blew up."

Shrewsbury will need plenty of that never-say-die attitude if they are to snap their four-game winless run and increase the one-point gap between them and League One relegation zone.

Oldham already hold two wins over Town this season – one in League One, the other in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.

But they are just one point and one place above 19th-placed Shrewsbury in the table and they too will begin the New Year looking nervously over their shoulder.

Town will arrive on the back of four consecutive home defeats but they have taken four points from a possible six in their last two away trips – including a first away win of the campaign at Stevenage.

And Wildig said: "I don't think footballers actually do talk about revenge but individually in people's minds you want to put one over on them because it is personal.

"When you lose two games to a team you want to put one back on them. They are down there with us in the league so there is no reason why we can't go there and win."