I agree regarding the result, but this late into preseason I’d expect to see more than we have regarding the performance. The next two weeks will be very telling, dependant on who we sign.
If we didn’t sign them we’d have no strikers
Maybe the club knew we couldn’t get anyone decent uptop to sign for us or couldn’t afford to sign a league 2 striker ?
Drinking isn’t the answer mate…seek help
That would cost the club next to nothing tbf
I didn’t watch it but didn’t we play pretty well against Blues? We know we are toothless up front and th hierarchy know it as well.
Friendly or no friendly , saddler should be starting to get a tune out of this lot by now , they are not interested, don’t look like they have trained together, no punch up front either .
If it a draw do we share the cup
Important to note in context to the game Aswell -
We are in preseason , Our players are not fit , our players are not yet drilled into saddlers tactics and don’t know eachother
They have been allowed to have a holiday to Ireland due to hard work and your expecting a performance after team bonding down the pub and beach all day?
Drogheda are midway through a season. - they are super fit , organised and know each others strength and weaknesses.
If this friendly was played in December we’d Nick it
Think we need a new defence and midfield as well as two strikers
DJT looks better than anything we have up front
We're level after 90 minutes.⏹️
— Walsall FC Official (@WFCOfficial) July 30, 2024
The winner this evening will be decided on penalties... pic.twitter.com/pHdERQxRBC
Also interesting to note
The strike force they finished with looked a class above the strike force we started with . That’s the difference between a top Irish team and a 4th Division English team
When they went to there first choice strikers we could not cope and there class shone
Disappointed not to see a penalty shootout for the cup…
But they’ll run around a lot, that’s what he wants, not putting the ball in the back of the net
Who would you have as our 5 penalty takers
Maher
Lakin
Priest
Barrett
Jellis
For me
Played better than we did tonight. Can only judge on what I’m watching though. The blues game has passed and to say we played well against blues has no significance on tonight’s performance.
The club and management team know we need strikers - this much is evident. But as I said, the next few weeks will be telling.
Looks like we are having a shootout, nobody knows…
Can we offer Drogheda a trade for co commentators?
Ours just said its great for alot of players to be getting 90 minutes of football, despite only three out of twenty players playing the full 90 minutes
Can we borrow DJT for the penalties?
Surely we have a recall clause