'No panic' - Mat Sadler refuses to dwell on Walsall's back-to-back defeats

Despite their recent double setback, Walsall still occupy the league summit after the first 14 games, albeit on goal difference.

'Lick our wounds and go again'

"There is no panic. This is League Two football, it happens," Sadler said.

"You go from week to week and there are different challenges every week. 

"Cheltenham had their way of doing things and they've had a bounce with the new manager coming in. 

"I thought we played brilliantly for 91 and a half minutes of the game and then we get undone in a moment out of nothing.

"It's a shame there's not a league game for two weeks, but we have to lick our wounds and go again." 

'We're building a different team' 

Performances have not necessarily been the issue in the past 180 minutes, but an inability to convert chances into goals has been. 

Only Barnet (18) have scored fewer than Walsall's tally of 19 in the top half so far this season, but Sadler has refused to be too reactive to the last two results.

"I don't think anyone is overly qualified to know what to say in those moments because it's difficult to really assess straightaway," he added.

"My overriding message is to make sure that you don't forget the 91 minutes prior to a goal. 

"We have to make sure that we see that, reflect on that, and remember what a good team we're building to be. 

"I think we've got a very good squad of players, loads of different weapons at different times and we're building a different team. 

"We have to learn from that."