Of course, it all depends on your perspective, doesn’t it? Walsall are off on their travels tomorrow to visit Nottingham Forest, in search of three points to either bolster their chances of staying in touch with the play offs, or to take the pressure off their home form, the only thing keeping them clear of the bottom four. Never a dull moment, is it? (Well, off the pitch, at least).

The line up and formation for the Saddlers tomorrow is anyone’s guess. In defence, Staunton and West wood are definitely out, so, presumably, Pead, Bennett, Roper, Gerrard and Fox will be competing for the places in either a back four, or possibly, a back five.

Leitao and Fryatt should keep their places, but whether Jorge is up front, or in midfield, is another matter. Constable and Larossa will be on the fringes, no doubt.

The main problem is in midfield. Skora is out with a knee injury picked up in the warm up on Tuesday (the third time this has happened this season, with Oakes and Staunton having previously suffered) and the club are waiting for the results of a scan which may mean the Frenchman’s loan is over. The injury is to the same knee that kept him out of the game for nearly twelve months recently. Kinsella is out, according to the Official Site (indeed, one wonders when he’ll ever play again), despite having played 45 minutes in the Staffs Senior Cup this week. Standing is still missing (for at least another two weeks) and Osborn looks at only 75% fitness, having been brought back from injury far too early. With the long term injuries to Wrack and Wright, Merson has decided to include himself in the squad, despite having been back in training for just two weeks and only having played 45 minutes at Chasetown in the week.

The likely line up? Pure guesswork, but I’d hazard a guess on a 4 5 1:

Murphy, Pead, Roper, Gerrard, Bennett, D Taylor, Leitao, Osborn, K Taylor or Fox, Demontagnac or Fox, Fryatt. Expect Merson, Bradley, Constable and Gilmartin to figure on the bench, along with whoever loses out between K Taylor and Demontagnac.

As for Forest, they have few problems, with former Norwich midfielder Gary Holt available again after suspension and only defender Danny Cullip, dangerous midfielder Kris Commons and long term injury victim David Johnson missing.

Predictions? Well, that tends to depend on where you look for form guides as well! Walsall are undefeated in their last eight League and Cup encounters with Forest, including no less than six wins. In our relegation season from the Championship, we even managed a superb 4 – 1 win, in one of Merson’s best games for the club (and Gary Birch’s finest hour!). We even managed a good home win this season, although we were more than helped by a very controversial sending off.

However, when you look at current league form, Forest are undefeated at home in the last six games, winning five and the Saddlers have, I’m afraid, lost five away on the bounce and have picked up only 8 points from 10 away games. One record is going to go by the wayside on Saturday, either our proud record against the Trees, or our appalling away form. The trouble is, with a very weak looking midfield unit, I have a horrible feeling it’s going to be our record against Forest that will suffer, especially given the possible potency of the Lester/Tyson striking partnership.