Peters deals an Asa in the pack

Gary Peters today continued Shrewsbury Town's New Year squad reshuffling programme by swooping for Birmingham City central midfielder Asa Hall for the remainder of the season.The 21-year-old - who had a spell on loan at Boston in 2006 - will be hoping to make his Football League breakthrough with Town after a lengthy spell in the reserves at Birmingham.

Peters is confident Hall can make an impression as he prepares to throw him into first-team contention for Saturday's visit of Morecambe.

"He is a passing player and a box-to-box midfielder who is quite like Dave Edwards," said the Town boss.

"I have seen him six or seven times for Birmingham reserves and I think he has been their top scorer this season.

"He is a young, athletic player who fits the bill and I felt we just needed another body in midfield with Stewart Drummond leaving and a couple of the possibles (Danny Hall and Neil Ashton) also going out on loan."

A hectic January has now seen Drummond and Hall leave the club in permanent moves, while Michael Symes and Ashton have both been farmed out on loan to Macclesfield.

On the credit side, Town have brought in Kevin McIntyre, James Meredith, Guy Madjo and now Hall - while Sunday's goal-scorer Keith Briggs remains at the club on non-contract terms.

"We are still going down the youth route but there maybe still room for an experienced player," he added.

"Ideally we would still like to bring another striker in.

"We have been a bit erratic over the last three months. I had to make a decision to try and freshen things up a bit and that's what we have done."

Peters is hopeful the completion of a string of signings now could result in a relatively quiet summer on the transfer front, in stark contrast to his three previous close seasons at the club.

He has still not ruled out allowing some of his fringe players to be loaned out, or reviving his interest in Port Vale winger Shane Tudor, who saw his initial loan spell in November ruined by injury without kicking a ball.