Martin Allen has said on the Brentford web site that Walsall will be taking former Watford striker Scott Fitzgerald on loan.

The 5 foot 11 inch centre forward burst onto the scene at Watford in 2003, scoring a creditable 11 goals (all in his first season) in 29 league starts, with another 26 substitute appearances for the home counties club.

His career at Watford soon stagnated, however, and he went on a couple of not very successful loan spells at Swansea and Leyton Orient, before Brentford picked him up on a free in March 2005.

Since then, he has made 11 full appearances for Brentford, scoring 3 goals and 2 (plus one as sub) with 1 goal while on loan at Oxford United.

The biggest threat to Walsall’s survival this season is our lack of goals and extremely inexperienced strike force, so this should be a welcome addition to the squad.