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Walsall boss plea to fans

Walsall manager Richard today appealed with fans to stay patient with teenage starlet Mark Bradley. Walsall manager Richard today appealed with fans to stay patient with teenage starlet Mark Bradley. The Wales under-21 international has been quiet in the last two matches after exploding onto the scene with eye-catching displays against Doncaster and Huddersfield. But Money has warned that the 19-year-old will suffer bouts of inconsistency as he tries to establish himself as a senior player. The manager said: "We can't go from thinking he is the best midfield player we've got and the big clubs are going to be signing him then the next week discarding him. "He is going to be up and down and we have to accept that, although it's not easy." Read the full story in the Express & Star.

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The Wales under-21 international has been quiet in the last two matches after exploding onto the scene with eye-catching displays against Doncaster and Huddersfield.

But Money has warned that the 19-year-old will suffer bouts of inconsistency as he tries to establish himself as a senior player.

The manager said: "We can't go from thinking he is the best midfield player we've got and the big clubs are going to be signing him then the next week discarding him.

"He is going to be up and down and we have to accept that, although it's not easy."He picked the right pass for the goal at Bournemouth and Darren Wrack got on the end of it and he has that quality.

"With young players we keep talking about consistency and sometimes also they get a bit ahead of themselves and need to be brought down to earth a little bit at times.

"But we have to show some consistency with our young players and continue to show faith in them."

Bradley seems certain to retain his place against Cheltenham at the Banks's Stadium on Saturday as the Saddlers look to return to winning ways.

And the manager has warned all of his players that their four-match unbeaten run before last Saturday's defeat to Southend have caught the eye of League One and led to new challenged.

He said: "People have watched us play over the last few weeks. Southend came last week and put 10 men behind the ball and Bournemouth took the opposite view on Saturday.

"They matched us up, went man-for-man in the middle of the pitch and that was a problem we didn't solve particularly well in the first half."

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