The Walsall Chronicle
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Lewis Koumas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 46. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match11 Dec 2027
Nobody wins at Walsall
14 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Walsall
Lewie Coyle was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match11 Dec 2027
Still nobody has beaten Walsall
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Courtney Clarke falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Fábio Tavares stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.80 on the card, and the Walsall support went home talking about one name.
Market13 Dec 2027
Walsall sign Robert Richardson, one for the future
Robert Richardson is 14, and Walsall have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market13 Dec 2027
A long bet from Walsall on Christopher Turner
He is 14, and nobody at Walsall signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market13 Dec 2027
Walsall sign James Davis, one for the future
James Davis is 14, and Walsall have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Walsall on Thomas Robinson
- Squad When it matters, Lewis Koumas plays
- Squad Defences have started doubling up on Fábio Tavares