Paul Hurst has case for his defence after Shrewsbury set-piece frustration

Ethan Pye's goal just before half-time in Town's 2-0 home defeat to Stockport County came from the second phase of a free-kick after Josh Feeney had made the initial contact.

Pye was on hand to take advantage after a scramble in the box to finish beyond Toby Savin.

And County's late second, scored by Kyle Wooton, also came from a deadball scenario. A deep corner was headed back across goal and Wooton finished on the second attempt.

"I think overall we have been pretty good," the head coach said when asked about his side's defending of set plays. "I never like it but you are always going to get that when you concede.

"It is kind of an easy thing as a manager, as a head coach, as a reporter or as fans to say 'Oh... set play.'

"It happens in football, it happens a hell of a lot. It is disappointing, but I thought we limited them in that first period in particular.

"They had a few things but more so when they made their changes. Louie Barry had the strike from a distance.

"But it is like a throwaway easy thing to say but it is not nice because you kind of want to be set but we have got to try and do more at the other end as well.

"I do a lot of looking at the opposition and give the lads ideas, and when you have time, you walk through those, and I think we have had some chances and not taken enough of them.

"I think on Tuesday we know the threat Fraser Horsfall in our box, he has done that to a lot of teams, he is a 6'4 or 6'5 and the reality is he is going to cause some problems at times.

"I thought we did alright against him in general, but we conceded that goal which took the game away from us."

Shrewsbury have the difficult task of heading to Bolton on Saturday afternoon to take on Ian Evatt's side who have improved after a tricky start to the season.

They lost three consecutive games at the end of August start of September but have since won three on the spin to work their way back up the table.