Whatever Keith Curle and Colin Lee put in the Torquay player’s tea at half time worked, as they dominated the second half possession completely, getting a goal back via Reid. Clayton Ince, however, had a superb half, dominating his box and holding the defense together.

Richard Money even found time to give debuts to Manny Smith in place of Craig Pead, with Westwood moving to full back and to Troy Deeney, who came on in place on Martin Butler.

The Fat Controller reports that both had good debuts, with Smith getting in some important headers and Deeney almost scoring with his first touch, after being out through, only for a defender to just get a tackle in in time.

Despite one or two “hairy” moments, the Fat Controller says that we always just had the edge, despite all the second half possession being in our half, as opposed to the first forty five minutes, when all of the play was in the Torquay half of the field, even though they had more of the ball.

The Fat Controller’s man of the match, after a lot of thought, goes to Dean Keates, for the job the midfield did covering in fron of the defense.

However, this turned out to be a pivotal day in the Walsall promotion campaign, as results elsewhere went our way, with Swindon only getting a point at Hereford (and picking up no fewer than six bookings in the process), while the Franchise crashed 1 - 2 at home to Alan Buckley’s Grimsby and Hartlepool’s long unbeaten run came to an end at Barnet.

With just five games left, we are in second place, two points behind Hartlepool, with Swindon in third, four points behind and the Franchise fourth, a whole seven points behind.

Meanwhile, Richard Money has said that the three absentees, Harper, Cooper and Sam are all likely to be fit for Monday.