The Walsall Chronicle
Market21 Aug 2028
Walsall turn down Asante Kotoko for Fábio Tavares
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Jack Porter at Walsall
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jack Porter is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Walsall
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Walsall are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Fábio Tavares signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fábio Tavares commits to Walsall for another 4 years.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Walsall
Sydie Peck 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Jamie Jellis has improved at 27, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 5 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Walsall
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market21 Aug 2028
Walsall promote Henry Green from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Green has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market21 Aug 2028
Andrew James steps up from the Walsall academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew James has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Christopher Smith steps up from the Walsall academy
- Player ratings Matěj Jurásek was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Boardroom Walsall board go back on their word