Bahrudin Atajic is ready to answer Shrewsbury Town's front-line call

The Celtic loanee, who was snapped up on a deal until the end of the season in January, has been restricted to one start for Town so far.

Having appeared only three times for Celtic's first team this season prior to the move to Shropshire, Atajic admits he had been lacking sharpness when he arrived.

But the 20-year-old, who has come through full matches for Shrewsbury Town reserves and Bosnia-Hercegovina Under-21s in the last two weeks, says he feels more than ready to play the full 90 minutes against John Gregory's side tonight.

"Yeah, I have always felt ready. Obviously I haven't been playing loads of games at Celtic so I wasn't really match sharp, but that only comes with games and I think games is what I need," said Atajic

"But last week I was away on international duty with Bosnia, so I played 90 minutes there, and the Wednesday before that I played 90 minutes in the reserve game and cruised it."

Town are expected to be without striker Tom Eaves again tonight because of a hamstring injury, and boss Mike Jackson may well opt for the same front two of Sam Foley and Miles Storey that started Saturday's match against Bristol City.

Winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing offers another option up front, but Atajic believes he can offer a different threat to his attacking colleagues if given the nod.

He said: "I don't really like to talk about what kind of player I am because it should come from others.

"But they normally say that I am good with the ball and I can create opportunities for the other striker as well as for myself.

"I can play both in the hole and up front as a main striker. I am bringing something different to the team and you need different kinds of players in the team to make it work."