Jamille Matt hails interim Darren Byfield's "positive influence" at Walsall

"It's continuity but Daz is always a positive influence. He knows all of the lads because he has been in the building," Matt said. 

"Obviously he has had to tweak a few things because there has been a change and you can't do the same things as before. 

"He's just figuring out how that looks. Daz has been brilliant over the last few days. 

"Things have moved fast but we're picking things up in terms of what he wants from us and it's all positive." 

Walsall parted ways with Sadler following a run of just two wins from his last 14 games at the helm in League Two.

But Matt feels his legacy at the club will become much more clear in years to come, after leading Walsall into a position to compete for promotion in both of his last two seasons.

"I also look at where the club was when he took over to what he achieved in terms of allowing us to dream again," he noted. 

"We've been promotion chasers for the past couple of years, which I don't think the club had been in the few years previously. 

"He has raised the expectation levels and the standards. Walsall became the team that a lot of people spoke about. 

"Maybe for the wrong reasons towards the end of last year and recently in terms of how we look at things. 

"But the expectations have been raised now and that's something he can always be proud of. 

"That will be his legacy that we're now a promotion chasing team regularly.

"When you do look back in years to come, it will be from the point of view of him doing a brilliant job."

But sentiment aside, Matt is still hungry to remain in the promotion mix this season, as they look to revive their play-off pursuit.

"We are still in it now. What can we do now? There's eight games to go, so let's give it everything for the last eight games," he concluded.