The Walsall Chronicle
Squad15 Mar 2027
Zach Jeacock in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Walsall this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Walsall
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hlynur Freyr Karlsson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match13 Mar 2027
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 91 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Walsall had all but put away. Fleetwood Town will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Jack Bray is a square peg at Walsall
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Zach Jeacock dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Match13 Mar 2027
Aaron Pressley rescues a point for Walsall
It needed Aaron Pressley to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Fleetwood Town, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Alex Murphy
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Murphy, and the manager let it.
Market15 Mar 2027
Still no ink between Walsall and Jack Shepherd
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Walsall, another week without a signature from Jack Shepherd.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Charlie Crew asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Christopher Turner on the draw
- Looking ahead Jack Bray goes back to face Harrogate Town
- Squad Elkan Baggott remains an outsider