Paul Merson was being interviewed on the Talk Sport Breakfast Show this morning by Brazil and Beecroft and said what many a Walsall supporter will have wanted to hear.

He was asked what it was like to be managing lesser players who were incapable of doing the things he did. His answer was that he has players capable of playing at a higher level and the only thing that had held us back this season was inconsistency, caused mainly by his team selection and tactical decisions. Let’s hope this is a real sign that he has learned his lessons at last and that we can look forward to a much more successful season next year.