More of the same is the order of the day as Darlington travel to Shrewsbury looking to build on last week's impressive FA Cup win at Wrexham.

Quakers return to league commitments this afternoon in search of much-needed points and, after a thoroughly deserved win in Wales, Mick Tait's side go into today's game full of confidence.

However, the caretaker boss is refusing to get carried away by last weekend's success, believing there is little to separate the teams at the top from those in the bottom half of Division Three.

"Shrewsbury did very well last year and it's a bit of a surprise that they've struggled a bit this year," said Tait.

"They're well capable of beating anyone this season, as is anybody else.

"Bottom can be top in this division but what the lower sides can't do is win week-in, week-out, which is what the tops teams are doing very well.

"If they do suffer a defeat they're capable of bouncing back."

Tait clearly intends to prolong his stay at Feethams beyond his caretaker role and last week's 2-0 win at the Racecourse Ground did his chances no harm.

"We set out to play a certain way against Wrexham and it worked a treat," said Tait. "You can't say that every game though.

"What you plan during the week is not always going to work on a Saturday.

"What we did was exactly right and it was a great performance. We had a few chances against Wrexham and we missed a few but we scored two good goals in the second half.

"If we'd done that at Rushden we wouldn't have lost the game."

Life at Feethams now is anything but stale, and Quakers are enjoying a new lease of life under Tait.

Training sessions are tough but enjoyable, and the squad is now playing with renewed vigour and a spring in their step.

"I can't complain about the players in the five games I've been here," said Tait

"Their workrate has been superb and we really could have won all five.

"We're always looking to get three points and this one will be no different."

Tait is still hopeful of landing a striker on loan despite the return to full fitness of Danny Mellanby and Graham Fenton.

"Up until Saturday we were getting a little bit concerned about the lack of goals we'd scored but we had enough chances at Wrexham," said Tait.

"We put two in and the keeper made a couple of good saves.

"I was never panicking over the situation, but we've made no secret that we are still looking to bring a new striker into the club.

"We've had to include players who have not been match fit on the bench and maybe try and get 20 minutes out of them if we needed them.

"Some of them are not 90 minutes fit because they've been injured."

Quakers will be without rib injury victim Andy Collett in goal, which means Michael Ingham, signed this week on loan from Sunderland, should start.

Defender Matt Clarke misses the game after receiving his fifth yellow card at Rushden a fortnight ago, and midfielder Mark Ford is also out through suspension.

"We have an injury to the keeper and a defender suspended so the defence won't be quite the same," said Tait.

"But we've got the players who are quite capable of doing the same job. I'm quite pleased with the squad."

Defender Stuart Whitehead remains doubtful with a stomach injury.

"Stuart's still feeling a bit sore and we don't want to push him too hard," said Tait. "The physio looks after the players as if they are his own kids and he wants to make sure Stuart is OK.

"From the manager's point of view, you want to really push the players into playing if they want to.

"Stuart wants to play but we're going to have to leave it until the last minute.

"We've got Adam Reed, David McGurk and Gary Pearson all capable of filling in."

In-form Shrewsbury are unbeaten in seven, and Tait will be hoping his latest game plan also "works a treat".

"Some games we have to approach differently from others, depending on who the opposition is and how well they're doing," said Tait.

"There are certain aspects of their game you have to take care of as well.