Money hails Walsall pride

Walsall boss Richard Money hailed the pride and resilience of his players after seeing them claim a last-gasp win.

And Money hinted he would stick with youth after recalling Troy Deeney and Ishmel Demontagnac to the team and handing loan signing Dwayne Mattis his debut.

"We played with a lot of pride," said Money.

"I couldn't ask any more of any of them. We thoroughly deserved to get the three points.

'When you go to a team like Hartlepool, who are flying, you are going to come under pressure.

"You have to withstand it and you need your goalkeeper to be in the right place. You need your centre-halves ro perform well and they have done that.

"On the ball at times I thought we were very good.

"Clearly, after the last game, there needed to be changes and we have gone with five players on the pitch aged 21 or under and with two 19-year-olds and two more 19-year-olds on the bench.

"As we have said, there is a bright future for this football club, we have just got to make sure the short-term is dealt with.

"Paul Hall needed the goal and he is a very valuable sub to have. We went with Troy at the start because we need to give him as much experience as we can.

"Tommy (Mooney) and Troy were a good foil for each other but Paul gave us something different.

"All through his career Paul has always been liable to stick a chance away if it comes along. And he tucked it away very well.

"Dwayne was outstanding. He gave us some legs in there, is good in the air and can pass it - outstanding.

"We kept a close eye on Eddy Sonko but he kept getting stronger and stronger. He is a week into Ramadan now and his body is getting accustomed to it."

Money admitted he thought Walsall's chance had gone when Mooney put a header at keeper Jan Budtz late on.

The manager said: "Just before Tommy's header I said to the lads in the dugout 'we just need one chance'. It comes and the 'keeper saves it and you think 'well, that's it'.

"But we forced another chance and after Paul scored we could have had another two.

"We have played four away games now and won two and lost two. I genuinely think we should be unbeaten away from home."

Pools manager Danny Wilson admitted his team failed to find the form that had taken them to the top three in the early weeks of the season.

And he urged them to bounce back quickly in their fixture with Carlisle on Tuesday.

"I think we showed a lack of concentration for the goal quite honestly," Wilson said.

"It was a game of few chances really; Walsall made it difficult for us but I felt we lacked a bit of spark today and considering our performance last week it's amazing.

"It was quiet in the ground and we need the fans' help sometimes; I thought the crowd was disappointing given the fact we had the chance of going top.

"That's not the reason we lost the game though and we can't complain too much because we didn't create enough and got frustrated."