Jon Taylor can be vital in Shrewsbury Town's bid to avoid the drop
Shrewsbury manager Mike Jackson believes Jon Taylor can be the difference for Town in their League One relegation battle.
Town's top-scorer grabbed his eighth goal of the season in Saturday's crucial 1-0 win over fellow strugglers Stevenage to fire his team clear of the foot of the table.
Taylor, who had been dropped to the bench for the previous weekend's defeat at Walsall, scored his fourth goal in his last 10 games to keep Town within two points of safety with five games to go.
Jackson said: "He's going to be a big player for us between now and the end of the season.
"I know a couple of times he has been left out of the starting XI and probably against Walsall the previous week I shouldn't have done.
"I was trying to protect a few players that were going to struggle with fitness and, in hindsight, I should have just said 'go for it, ' so I will learn from that.
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"I probably should have played him in that game as well because he scores. We need to keep him right, keep him fit and keep him in that vein of form because he could be the difference between now and the end of the season."