Walsall boss fumes after cup exit

Walsall boss Chris Hutchings has slammed his players and warned they must improve after being dumped out of the FA Cup by Brentford.

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The Saddlers went down to a 1-0 second-round defeat at Griffin Park on Saturday just a week after drawing 1-1 in League One at the same venue.

Hutchings revealed his anger that his men hadn't learned from their previous mistakes.

He said: "If people don't learn quickly they won't stay in the side. That's how it always is and always will be. If people don't perform then they won't stay in the side and keep the shirt.

"They didn't surprise us, we didn't deal with their strikers in the first half. We didn't learn from last week."

Leon Legge's 13th-minute header settled the tie and handed Brentford a home clash with Doncaster in the third round. Hutchings will now review his side's mistakes.

He said: "You can always take things out of the game. We'll look at the DVD, go through it with the players and highlight a few things we need to work on."