Reaction to the hugely disappointing afternoon at Huish Park on the message board as Saddlers continued their poor record against teams just up from the basement division. Last season the first round of games against the promoted teams yielded just one point, and it’s the same again so far this term with Scunthorpe on the horizon in a fortnight.

The E and S are reporting that Merson has told Ian Roper to lose weight and change his diet. The article contains possibly the all time greatest Merson quote: “At the end of the day it’s up to the player because I can’t go home with him and feed him”. Cue visions of Merse in a pinny Chez George’s.

On a more serious note, I’m sure everyone would like to join me in wishing Darren Wrack a swift recovery following what is thus far being reported as a “serious leg injury”, although it sounds likely it was a bad break.

The injury to Wrack enabled trialist Michael Husbands to earn a surprise debut as part of his extended trial following his promising showing in the reserves.

Apologies to all UptheSaddlers regulars and visitors for the unavailability of this website between Friday lunchtime and late Sunday night. The hosting company where the site is stored - Vizaweb - have been proving increasingly unreliable over recent months, and the latest incident was caused by the database server they rent to their clients crashing, and nobody bothering to restore it.

Moves are underway to get the site transferred to a new reliable hosting company - not a quick process, due to the large volume of content - so please bear with us.