An unhappy return for Colin Lee to his former club as Walsall crashed 2-0 at Watford after dominating the first half. And more discipline problems for the gaffer after Danny Sonner was sent off late on - the second game running a Saddlers player has been dismissed. Shifnal Saddler offers this analysis:
We played loads better than we did against Brighton, shows the difference in the respective opposition I suppose. Played well first half, one great chance for Jorge, a few half chances, lots of pressure, very pretty but not much of a cutting edge. Lots of tempting crosses, oh for a Rambo or a George Andrews who would get to the ball come what may.
First ten/fifteen minutes second half well on top, Bazeley running riot, but we didn’t score, powder puffs in the box again, then the game was changed by a Watford sub, Anthony MacNamee, MOTM, who came on, forced Bazeley back much deeper and we had no response to it. Good management by whoever is running Watford.
Sonner is a half wit, but no one is surprised surely, his reputation is well known. I predicted he would serve his first suspension in September, but at this rate his second could be in October.
The centre defence looked very solid, but one mistake let Watford in. Lots of pressure on a defence if the attack can’t score. Second goal was fair enough, we’d sent everyone forward to get an equaliser, got caught out, but I wonder how many WFC players could have finished as clinically as Foley?
The main problems as I see them are:-
1) squad way too thin
2) where do we play Corica to get the best out of his talents
3) how do we get Jorge to play to the level we know he is capable of
4) how can we bury Aranalde’s body and rest safe in the knowledge that it will never be found and we will never be implicated in his disappearance. Let’s hope Zdrillic and/or Junior prove good signings.
Incidentally, why no Gary Birch today, even on the bench? Injured?
I still think we will be OK though.