Was going to say. Youve literally never said that
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Baker-Richardson has re-signed for Newport.
Iām waiting for meltdown when Faal joins Shrewsbury on a season long loan and we re-sign Lalkovic.
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Letās wait till 5 o-clock.
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On what day though
Iāve got my Alexa timer set I would strongly advise this
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Now if its 24hr you might get a shock in the morning when it goes off, make sure its set to 1700
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Glad you could see it , I couldnāt.
But thanks for confirming .
Iāve just asked Alexa if weāre signing a player at 5 o clock today ?
Reply - Hmm I donāt know that one .
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On the flip side you make it sound so positive.
Since when do we make really good signingsā¦
Someone else try maybe better luck .
I actually think the upcoming season is a much stronger division than last theres potentially 10 teams who could at end of season be fighting for automatic let alone the play off positions
Better than being negative saying weāll get relegated.
Do i think weāll be in the top 3? Would be nice, but canāt see it.
Do i think weāll push to be in the top 7? Yes
Do i think we currently have a team for that? Not quite yet
Will a couple of good signings change that? Yes
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Amadou Bakayoko has left FGR any thoughts on him resigning for us?
Poor goals to games ratio for me.
1 goal in every 6 games on average.
Weāve lost Stockport, Mansfield, Wrexham, Crawley, Sutton and FGR.
Weāve gained Vale, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Fleetwood, Chesterfield and Bromley.
Every year we seem to say the same āstrong divisionā, āthereās teams with much bigger resources than usā. Compared to last year I think itās weaker and we need to make progress this year - no excuses.
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Vale carlisle chesterfield and cheltenham are all very strong teams in our league added to the fact some teams in our league from last season have drastically improved with the signings they have made , there are 10 teams who can gain automatic promotion. Last season the majority of us knew before a ball was kicked that two out the three in automatic would more than likely be wrexham and stockport this season there are more than just the two standouts its simple thats not down playing walsall its admitting the division is a lot stronger all round than last 
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I donāt think we will be anywhere near relegation, but I canāt see enough to make top 7.
I think the forward line was critical, and weāre pretty much unchanged. Unless we bring in a game changer and I canāt see that.
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Away form the obvious issue to improve on last season, only beat 1 of the top 12 away. Lost to the bottom 2. No point having a good home form when we canāt compete away.
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Yes, I agree there are strong teams this season too, it would be foolish to dismiss other sides before the season started.
But from Walsalls perspective, 12 months ago it was clear that Mansfield and Stockport were much better placed than us for a promotion push, and Wrexham were always going to be up there with their hollywood money.
Mk Dons should finish above us too remembering they nearly hit to the championship less than 2 years ago.
Whereas at this point in time, I honestly donāt fear another side in the division. I think weāre capable of beating anyone.
Whether that can be translated to a promotion push is where it gets difficult. But we should be trying.
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I think we will be relying on loans from now on in. I expect we will have a few triallists on Saturday- my guess is 4: to include a journeyman striker, fullback/midfielder, young winger, goalkeeper. But we still await the 3-4 quality players who will give us some competitive edge.
Joe Bugner of football
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