Boss ripped into players at half-time
Walsall manager Chris Hutchings admitted ripping into his under-performing side at half-time after they were outclassed by bottom side Wycombe.
The Saddlers snatched an improbable 3-2 victory at Adams Park on Saturday, after trailing 2-0 at the break.
Steve Jones, Mark Hughes and Alex Nicholls netted to steal a win for the visitors and Hutchings reckons they barely deserved the three points.
He said: "We had to sit down and we had to think about it. All 11 of them got a rollicking because they knew they had to do better, collectively and individually.
"We didn't pass the ball, didn't make a tackle or get anywhere near anyone. We gave them far too much room and allowed them to play.
"We did better in the second half but it still wasn't good enough and we've got to do better. We were very, very fortunate."
Jones replaced Peter Till just before half-time and had a hand in all three goals as he played just behind the front two.
Hutchings explained his decision to start his star man on the bench.
He said: "The previous week he had been off with a virus and the reason I didn't start him was because he'd only had a couple of days training.
"I thought it might have been too much, but after the incidents and the injuries we had to change the formation to stop the flow.
"Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. We know Jonah can play in that role behind the strikers or out wide and he came up trumps with that performance."
But Hutchings revealed his anger with Clayton Ince, after the goalkeeper let Scott Davies' 40-yard free-kick sail over his head for Wycombe's 14th minute opener.
He said: "The first goal was a joke and the second was a set piece we didn't deal with so they were very poor goals to concede. Clayton held his hand up for the first one.
"We gave ourselves a mountain to climb, but we came through it and move onto the next game. The lads take confidence out of it from not playing well but digging deep and getting something out of the game."
Richard Taundry and Till limped out in the first half with hamstring injuries but Hutchings praised his remaining men for having the courage to fight back.
He said: "We've been playing well in recent weeks, much better than that performance, and been getting beaten.
"So we've had a little bit of luck when other times we haven't so it's swings and roundabouts.
"They created chances and we were 2-0 down at half time but sometimes you have to show a bit of credit to our lads for coming back and getting the goals when we needed to."
Beaten Gary Waddock added his Wycombe side need to start making home advantage count.
He said: "Home form is vitally important. It doesn't matter where you are in the table teams always look to win their home games to give them a base to pick up points on the road.
"We've got to make sure we start picking up points and wins at Adams Park."
