On that note, is Scarr the last Keates signing to leave?
Didnāt we want him to resign for us? So it seems quite a few people paid to manage football teams think heās a L1/L2 footballer.
Still, what do they know 
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Guess so unless he extended Roberts stay?
If itās those at Walsall very little.
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And Port Vale and Plymouth 
No great loss - perhaps we should have kept James Clarke though. Iām surprised that Plymouth want Scarr though - he hasnāt shown League1 quality in his time at Walsall. Letās hope we can get a decent replacement - thereās lots of players gone out but nothing coming in. I know itās only 10th June but other clubs are already signing players.
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So you dont rate him then?
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James Clarke was trying to negotiate silly money to stay with us! Not sorry to see Scarr or Clarke go. We move forwardā¦
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How do you know that?
I was with someone very close to the club yesterday. Clarke wasnāt training under Dutton and wanted big money to stay. Glad to see the pair of them gone.
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That seems to be at odds with what Clarke has been quoted as saying in the E&S: he said that he had unfinished business at the club - sounded quite humble, not Billy Big ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā !
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Iām sure he did have unfinished business if Walsall would of paid him what he was wanting! Glad to see him gone, letās start againā¦
Any news on new players yet lol
I know Iāve said it before but he was good enough to play half the games for a Wycombe team which went up automatically from this division, and only lost his place because he got injured.
I donāt think heās one of our best but having good players around you makes a difference, and imagine him with a 19 year old Scott Dann alongside him, or a 34 year old Derek Mountfield. And a proper Manager calling the shots, not an egomaniacal clown.
Having said that, I wouldnāt have been that bothered if everyone bar the kids had left, itās been a crap few years and a new slate is welcome. I wish him good luck though, he always tried.
In a few years heāll be a decent quiz answer to this question; name the Walsall player whose father had previously run the line in a League match at Bescot?
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Not fussed about this. Easily replaceable.
As a club we need to up the standard of player we recruit. As fans, itās easy to say āhe was good in the air, good professional etc.ā Reality is he wouldnāt be anywhere near the 15/16 side, or the 06/07 side.
Best of luck for the future Dan and wish you a great career. We wonāt miss you
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Two youngsters from Villa linked. No idea who at the momentā¦
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All Hail the Dominant Defender.
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I thought that he always gave 100% and had some good attributes. Lowe intends to play him in a back 3 so if the other two can play a bit and read the game he may prove to be the right guy for that combination. I think he was OK for L2 but his distribution was poor and if we want to get out of this league and stay in L1 we need better. Need to look to the future now.
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I wonder why he didnāt sign a new deal? Was the salary not good enough? Or was it the two year contract offered by Plymouth compared to our usual one year offers that swung it? Be interesting to see who we can get through the door, our first couple of signings will set the agenda I feel for the rest of the signings.