Key 'turning point' which revived Jamille Matt's Walsall career
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't difficult at the start."
In the winter of 2023, Jamille Matt joined his hometown club Walsall at the ripe old age of 33.
The experienced frontman had plundered 19 goals for League Two title-winning Forest Green Rovers during the previous campaign, but saw injury and form hamper his hopes in the third-tier.
Those injury issues would initially follow him to Bescot, as he failed to deliver the goods in the wake of Danny Johnson's costly January recall.
"When I signed, I had all of the emotions of really wanting to sign for the club and I was probably struggling with injury initially," he reflected.
"That meant I was not necessarily able to show the best of me but I think I've been able to show that in spells since."
Matt scored twice during his first six months, including the first goal of Mat Sadler's caretaker spell in a 3-2 home defeat against Salford City in April 2023.
