Shrewsbury Town boss Mike Jackson out to end Greenhous Meadow misery
Mike Jackson has urged his Shrewsbury Town side to give their survival prospects a timely boost by ending their long wait for a Greenhous Meadow win tomorrow.
Town have not collected three points in front of their home supporters since beating Notts County on November 23 when Adam Reach's goal proved decisive.
Winger Reach is back at the Meadow tomorrow but in Bradford City colours having now joined the Yorkshire club on loan from Middlesbrough.
Town have claimed just three points from their last 10 home matches since seeing off County and Jackson knows that poor run must improve to keep his team on course to battle their way clear of the League One relegation zone.
Jackson said: "The team owe the fans a performance at home, a winning one.
"They've given half a game, three quarters of a game, but we haven't given them a full game.
"We've got to make sure we give them that so when they walk away from here they can say 'listen, they're having a right go at it for us'."
Jackson was disappointed by his side's midweek display in losing at Colchester but insists he still believes Town are good enough to climb out of the drop zone.
He said: "One win can change everything and that's the way we've got to look at it.
"Players don't become poor players overnight. They put in a great performance against Wolves and in the second half against Crawley.
"They've done it in other games as well, the Brentford game.
"But we've put in some not so good ones. We're capable of putting in good performances, but we are where we are because we haven't consistently done that."
Jackson hopes midfielder Aaron Wildig will be available to take a place on the bench tomorrow. He has not played since January 11 at MK Dons.