L 2-1 vs Mansfield Town (A) - League Two - Sat 28th Oct, 3pm

[Bernie]

@el_nombre

I actually don’t think we are as bad as “16th League Two”, and I actually haven’t put much stock in the position this year because I didn’t expect much, but I don’t ever remember being this bored with the actual football as a Walsall fan.

I think that we look just a like a team that is 16th in League Two.

We have won 5, drawn 5 and lost 6 in League Two and been knocked out of the two cups at the earliest opportunity. We are 23rd in the table in terms of possession, just 40.9%, only slightly better than Sutton. The technical quality of most of our players, when it comes to passing and ball control, is below average for this division.

We have 30 games left, so a lot could happen to change things round, but we are just as likely to have a bad run that takes us down to 20th as to have a good run that takes us up to 8th. Most likely we will have some good and bad spells and finish around where we are, needing a clear out of under-performing players at the end of the season.

[Thanatos]

Remember the other day when I said about the collective bar lowering?

[Sephiroth92]

We aren’t going down!!!
We should all praise trivela and sadler and be delighted in our position!
Some of us want and expected more than crap every single dam season and people being happy that ‘ we didn’t lose by as many as we thought we would’ amazes and shocks me that that’s acceptable
How will we ever improve when we are happy with not being thrashed

[derbysaddler]

Literally no one is chuffed we lost for fooks sake.

The hyperbolic tantrums just get really tedious.

[Saddlertd]

@Southwestern

@Saddlertd

I’d be on the phone to Plymouth if I were Mat Sadler!

Plymouth?

They were supposedly interested in Knowles!

[Stretch]

@KingCrod

Would love to hear your master plan Stretch.

I’m not the head of a football ownership group. I’m not paid nor do I have the know how.

But I do see other clubs smaller than us getting more out of their players.

I see managers we’d turn our noses up at like Evans getting promoted.

[Saddlertd]

@derbysaddler

Literally no one is chuffed we lost for fooks sake.

The hyperbolic tantrums just get really tedious.

I think it’s just a bit of a pressure release after another disappointing result. We should be getting used to it by now though!!

[Blazing_Saddler]

Fair point but they have challenged every one of those seasons, and had a worse injury crisis than us last season which cost them bad. They may not make it this season but they sure as hell want it.

We are in our usual position, season almost over bar the F.A Cup now in October. I’ll still follow us and get behind the team and all that but let’s not pretend any real progress is being made at Walsall.

[Southwestern]

Thats mental, missed that rumour!

Id more likely see him going to a team in our own division… probably doing better and then working his way up to league one while we continue to stagnate. But thats being kind. Likely he will develop but needs a firm and disciplined coaching set up to knock out his ‘gamesmanship’ and inconsistencies.

[WeYamTheMods]

@JoaquinErnesto

Yes we lost but not as badly as many predicted.
Could be worse, but we aint going down.

If any post ever sums up Walsall FC and the way it has sucked any expectation out of it is this

[Thanatos]

Yeah, it’s terrible isn’t it that?

We should all be happy it wasnt 4-1!

Next, we will be celebrating corners and throw ins.

[ulstersaddler]

Agree 100%, I am certainly picking up the vibe where we do seem to be lowering our expectations ever so gradually as time progresses. I really wonder at times what our expectations, and thus what we are willing to accept as satisfactory, will be in a few months time.
UP THE SADDLERS

[Southwestern]

We do celebrate corners… throw ins can fuc* off!

[Cowsheddek]

I’ll take a bit of that play offs

[WeYamTheMods]

The club should use it as the next early bird marketing campaign, at least it’s honest rather than the normal “get behind the lads” shite

[Sephiroth92]

Can’t wait for the ‘ we only lost to Mansfield 2-1’ stadium photo

[WestieJack]

Just walked in and seen the score. Not surprised we lost today, but having only read the last dozen or so posts the nature of the defeat is more concerning to me. Had we won on Tuesday night, today’s defeat would not have seemed quite as bad.

We just dont seem to learn from previous games and the problems we.create upon ourselves. Yes i know we have injuries but i said,. like many, the squad building this summer has been like throwing darts blindfolded. Critical areas of the squad have been neglected.

Sadler needs to learn, and learn quick. I am dreading FA Cup game already. Artificial pitch against a bunch of keen eager semi-professionals, with absolutely nothing to lose. I mean, what could go wrong.

[Killer78]

[Cowsheddek]

We all mostly expected this result today me included so why get bitter about it .well I for one am bloody mad,
Passed off with it and won’t except it .and never will .I want better for my Walsall .

[CompletelySaddled]

@Southwestern

Id more likely see him going to a team in our own division… probably doing better and then working his way up to league one while we continue to stagnate. But thats being kind. Likely he will develop but needs a firm and disciplined coaching set up to knock out his ‘gamesmanship’ and inconsistencies.

I’m not sure who in our league would take him right now tbh

I’m not sure Yeovil would take him back on current form!

I’ve said it before we need to stop hoping for development…he’s 25 isnt he? He is what he is.

Again today he did one thing (as he did at Newport) which I believe he should base his game around and cut out everything else….take a touch and cross it. End off.