Ten-man Walsall slipped to defeat at Colchester after Andy Butler’s red card KO’d the Saddlers.

Lee Beevers was on the Colchester scrapheap six months ago – now the Walsall defender wants to prove time is a great healer.

Wolves winger Matt Jarvis is likely to be out of action for a week after suffering a groin injury in training.

Walsall were today set to hand trialists Lee Beevers, Anton Peterlin and David Grof their shot in Scotland.

Walsall missed the chance to climb out of the League One drop zone after slipping to defeat at Colchester.

Walsall slumped to their third successive defeat as Colchester’s late punch KO’d the sloppy Saddlers.

Walsall boss Chris Hutchings hopes the Banks’s Stadium’s ailing attendances can be boosted by the absence of the West Midlands’ big four from action.

Walsall boss Chris Hutchings has revealed he has “high hopes” for Saddlers starlet Jamie Paterson who stands by for his full debut.

Wolves have extended the contracts of six homegrown first year professionals who will form the backbone of their reserve team next season.

Walsall chief executive Roy Whalley has promised to ban the banner-waving protesters after launching an angry attack on chairman Jeff Bonser’s critics.