"It is going to be a rollercoaster" - Gareth Ainsworth on Shrewsbury Town's run-in

A positive few weeks for the head coach's team came to an end on Saturday as they were beaten 3-2 by Bolton Wanderers at the Croud Meadow - their first home loss for two months. 

For a brief moment at the weekend, when Town led and Peterborough were losing at Stevenage, Shrewsbury were level on points with 20th-placed Posh. 

But Bolton, inspired by Eoin Toal and a brace from John McAtee, came from behind to score three second-half goals, which meant Salop's three-match unbeaten run came to an end. 

"We've scored two goals at home, I'm proud of that," Ainsworth said. "But we just let in too many, and that's the story of earlier in the season.

  "Again, I'm going to have to look at things and see how we can be more solid because we do score now. 

"We're looking dangerous going forward, but the ups and downs are going to be here without a shadow of a doubt. It's going to be a rollercoaster from now to the end of the year. 

"I don't know which way we're going to do it, but I'm pretty confident we're going to do it. 

"If I did not believe that, I would not be standing here talking to you all. I would not be not here in Shrewsbury. I'd be at home still watching Soccer Saturday, but I'm here because I believe Shrewsbury Town will stay up. 

"To make sure that these boys all believe it. I don't need to make sure they all do. They all look at me and say, yes, we do. 

"They understand it's a blip. They understand what happened. Go again on Tuesday." 

Salop now have to prepare themselves for a match against Huddersfield on Tuesday night in Shropshire as they seek to get back to winning ways.

That will be another tough task for Ainsworth's men against another good side, and he admits, like on Saturday, sometimes there is very little you can do as a coach.

  "For 35 minutes, I thought we were good," he continued. "And then, the last 10 minutes of the first half, I thought they probably got the better of us.

"They got on top, and there were worries at half-time about how we could sustain the legs. I think it was just individuals. They've got some cracking players.

"If somebody's quicker than you and bigger than you and sharper than you, there's not much you can do about that.

"That's the difference with the Premier League. I was lucky enough to play up there, and I thought that, you know, they're athletes."