'Every hour is crucial' in injury crisis says Shrewsbury assistant Aaron Wilbraham

Town looked set for three points on Saturday against all odds after Rob Street's header had given them a slender advantage versus Portsmouth at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

But the visitors scored a late goal in the final stages to level the scores against a depleted Salop team battling its way through an injury crisis.

Town were without Matthew Pennington, Rekeil Pyke and Christian Saydee at the weekend – meaning their bench contained five outfield players who had never made a senior League One appearance.

And Wilbraham says they will assess those injured players later today before deciding if they can participate in the game against Plymouth at the Meadow tonight.

He said: "We have been unlucky on that side.

"At the moment, every hour is crucial, and we are just waiting to see how a few are tomorrow night really.

"We are going to wait and see closer to the time.

"It has been difficult over the last few weeks, but the lads who have come in and played have done really well.

"It is challenging but every time we have been challenged the boys have come through it and have always tried their hardest.

"We know we have been stretched, and teams do have to deal with this but it has been really difficult."

Elliott Bennett and Tom Bloxham stepped in on Saturday – both having good games in the circumstances.

And it was Bennett who put in a wonderful cross for Street to head home in the 52nd minute.

"I think when players step in you want them to do well," the assistant boss continued.

"When they have been out for a while you wonder if they are going to be a little bit rusty.

"But a lot of that is keeping the lads topped up on the training field.

"The fitness coaches do a great job with that, and they came in and played really well, both Tom (Bloxham) and Elliott (Bennett).

"It was great to see and to get a positive result was also nice for the team."