Mat Sadler: 'Inspiring' Albert Adomah didn't need to apologise for penalty miss
Walsall boss Mat Sadler says Albert Adomah had no reason to apologise for his Stoke penalty miss after hailing the winger as an example for others to follow.
The 37-year-old was one of two Saddlers players to miss from the spot as they bowed out of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night and later posted a self-deprecating message on social media, apologising for his shoot-out miss.
But Sadler believes the veteran, who returns with the Saddlers to his former club Barnet on Saturday, is only deserving of praise after revealing how his workrate became a focus of the post-match debrief.
He said: “I wouldn’t have done it (apologised), if I was him. But then he is him and he is such a great character.
“He doesn’t need to apologise to anyone from my perspective because when you show the stats he had in that game.
“To have run as hard as he did during the game and the stats showed that - in terms of highest sprint distance and highest total distance, highest this and highest that. He works his socks off for the team.
“I showed the guys a clip on Thursday of a recovery run he made when we lost it in the middle of the pitch and Albert is defending our six yard box.
“When you have someone who is willing to do that for the team, everyone else can follow suit with that and it is really important for our group.”
Adomah made his professional debut for Barnet in 2008 and went on to make more than 100 appearances for the Bees.
Sadler quipped: "I think he is filling the stadium on Saturday. A lot of people are coming to support him."
