Jon Taylor rocks Shrewsbury Town with knee injury

Manager Graham Turner lost the 21-year-old wideman for Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Port Vale because of a knee injury sustained during training two days earlier.

And now the Greenhous Meadow boss is preparing to be without him for a longer spell.

Turner said: "Jon is unlikely to be fit for the weekend.

"I think the early prognosis for him will be that it will be possibly two, maybe even three weeks."

Taylor could miss Town's forthcoming home double-header against Notts County and Oldham, and the trip to Stevenage on November 30.

He has been a mainstay in Turner's starting XI this season, playing all but two of Town's 19 games in league and cup.

He has scored two goals so far this season.

Turner, who was also without Paul Parry on Saturday due to illness, still has winger Jack Gwilliams unavailable as he continues to work his way back from knee surgery.

But the former Wolves boss, who bolstered his squad with the loan signing of Reading striker Gozie Ugwu last week, is convinced that his squad is strong enough to turn around a recent slump in form that has seen them lose three of their last four matches.

He said: "We have got the players to do it.

"I think we are stronger than we were earlier in the season so now we have got to start producing it."

Turner was unhappy with his side's first-half display at the weekend, but encouraged by an improvement after the break.

The boss singled Liam McAlinden out for praise after he responded to a glaring miss in the first half to net the third goal of his loan spell from League One neighbours Wolves.

"There is always the fear that a player will go into his shell after that," he said.

"It was a bad miss but I thought he had an outstanding second half, linking-up the play and getting himself into good positions."