Now that the Saddlers have secured their place in League One for 2012/13 with one whole game to go, just imagine if this was the conversation going on with Dean Smith right now . . . writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

There will be no Great Escape for the Saddlers this season; it simply doesn’t feel the same as it did last year when we had come back from a seemingly hopeless situation and Project Ginger Mourinho had brought everyone closer together, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

Once a Saddler always a Saddler. It was a pleasure to see a sprightly Bert Williams MBE at Bescot last Saturday, writes Walsall blogger Mark Jones.

Once a Saddler always a Saddler. It was a pleasure to see a sprightly Bert Williams MBE at Bescot last Saturday, writes Walsall FC blogger Mark Jones.

For a team that’s specialised in draws this season, there’s a certain irony that Walsall managed to end up with nothing at Charlton from a game where we were well worth a point, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

Football has had a bit of a reality check in the last few weeks. Both Fabrice Muamba and Stiliyan Petrov remain in critical conditions and our thoughts and best wishes go out to them and their families, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

Isn’t it amazing what football teams can achieve when they actually try and play a bit of football? writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

Walsall Football Club was founded in 1888. The NHS came along 60 years later. Unfortunately Tuesday 20th March 2012 will not go down as a great day for either of these fine institutions, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

Earlier this week I filled in an online survey posted on one of the Walsall message boards by a fellow Saddler, writes Walsall blogger Mark Jones.

Watching Walsall has always been a bit like riding a rollercoaster, albeit one with plenty more troughs than peaks, writes Walsall blogger Mark Jones.

The recent timely upturn in form for the Saddlers has led to fairly obvious comparisons with last season’s successful run-in, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.

This time last week we were staring down the barrel, third from bottom with a worse record than at the same stage last year, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.