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George Bennett previews Walsall's huge promotion clash with Port Vale
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03/04/2025
George Bennett brings you all the latest from Mat Sadler's pre-match press conference.
The Saddlers face the third game in a big week in the promotion race - as they look to back up two draws with a victory over Vale.
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Hi folks, I was speaking to Matt Sadler at Essington on Thursday ahead of Walsall's crunch
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clash against promotion rivals and of course local rivals Port Vale on Saturday and just
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a few updates on the team news and Matt Sadler was unable to clarify whether George Hall
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will be in any condition to start the game but he said he will be available for selection.
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He obviously made his comeback from a four-month layoff due to a hamstring injury as a substitute
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in the 1-1 draw against AFC Wimbledon.
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It best got on Saturday last week and then he was a surprise absence initially in the
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squad for the draw against Doncaster in South Yorkshire and Matt Sadler then later explained
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it was a pre-arranged thing with his parent club, Birmingham City, whereby he would make
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half an hour to around 20 minutes from the bench against Wimbledon, then sit out the
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midweek game and do specialised work in training sessions during the week and then be back
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ready to play on the weekend so that's a major boost for Walsall.
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Elsewhere, Ellis Harrison and Josh Gordon both in contention but Matt Sadler was unable
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to confirm whether both will definitely be available for selection so I guess it's kind
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of a wait and see on that one, they'll be monitoring both of them before the game.
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Elsewhere in terms of the team news, Priestley Farquharson obviously was kind of earmarked
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for a return towards the end of March and that's not quite turned out to be the case
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unfortunately and it's still unlikely for him to feature or be available for Walsall
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against Port Vale and the same case for Jack Earing but Matt Sadler did previously state
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a couple of weeks ago that Jack Earing would be targeting a return for the game against
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Barrow which is of course on the 12th April so that one might be one to keep an eye out
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for over the coming week.
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