Mattis and Richards in fitness boost
Thursday 25th March 2010, 10:36AM GMT.
Walsall duo Dwayne Mattis and Matt Richards are set hand the beleaguered Saddlers a boost and win their fitness battles ahead of the trip to Exeter on Saturday.
Both limped out of Tuesday’s disappointing 3-0 defeat at Southend and were rated doubtful, but boss Chris Hutchings has confirmed they are due to rejoin training ahead of the Devon outing.
The manager said: “Matt will train tomorrow and hopefully Dwayne will too, it’s just a matter of time to let the injuries settle down and hopefully they will be available for Saturday.
“Dwayne’s was a flare up of his Achilles and they are a nightmare as I have had them myself and Matty just got his knock on the ankle.
“Hopefully we can get Dwayne through because we haven’t got a midweek game the following week.”
The Saddlers are already without suspended defenders Mark Hughes and Clayton McDonald.
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A better boost would be matt richards joining a peculiar religous sect and going to live in Tibet.
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