Anthony Gerrard has been speaking to the Evening Mail about how he sees the Saddlers prospects for next season. He believes fielding a settled side will be the biggest factor in helping the club bounce straight back up.
A big factor in our troubles over the last two seasons has been an an ever-changing team, culminating in using a club-record 49 players last year.
Richard Money is aiming at halving that figure next season and Gerrard believes that will be a key element in the campaign.
“We’ve got to be looking for promotion straight away,” Gerrard told the Evening Mail.
“Staying in League Two would be bad for the club as it doesn’t belong there. We want to start well and, if we can do that, it will give a springboard to stay strong all the way through.
Hopefully we will have a much more settled side this season and that will help a lot. It got to be a joke last season when we didn’t know what the team would be one week to the next. That did make it difficult. It helps so much when you have a settled side.”
Saddlers fans will only hope that this will be the case.