Jamie Paterson: Walsall are improving
Saturday 31st December 2011, 9:59AM GMT.
Jamie Paterson today insisted Walsall have come on “leaps and bounds” in Dean Smith’s year in charge.
The Saddlers boss celebrates his first anniversary on Wednesday after a turbulent 12 months in which the side escaped the League One drop by a point last term.
They have struggled to make an impact this season despite a revamped team but Paterson said the club have improved under Smith.
“We’ve come on leaps and bounds since last season,” said the 20-year-old attacker, with the Saddlers 18th before today’s clash with Rochdale and Monday’s trip to Bury.
“This time last year we were bottom and quite a few points adrift of everyone else. We don’t deserve to be down where we are now.”
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So give us a goal and a win :)
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It seems that we can keep clean sheets which idicates the defence is sound, but unless we canfind some strikers who can score we are in trouble
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