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Express & Star 28 Feb 11
Walsall boss Dean Smith hopes ‘wildcard’ Argentinian signing Emmanuel Ledesma can provide the flair to steer the Saddlers to League One safety.
The 22-year-old former Genoa midfielder was unable to gain international clearance in time to feature on Saturday as an uninspired Walsall side fought out a dour goalless draw with Rochdale…
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Brian Halford Mercury 27 Feb 11
Walsall manager Dean Smith has hailed the input of his closest advisors Jon Whitney and Chris Nicholl into the team’s recent revival as they battle to beat relegation from League One.
In particular, the Saddlers boss appreciates his aides’ willingness to pipe up when they think he is wrong.
When Smith took over as manager in January, Whitney immediately stepped up from physio to assistant boss while Nicholl soon came back into the fold as defending coach.
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Michael Beardmore Advertiser 24 Feb 11
Saddlers boss Dean Smith has implored his side not to let ‘one blip’ spoil their survival bid as League One surprise packages Rochdale come to town this weekend.
Walsall lost 2-0 at Colchester last Saturday in possibly their worst display since Smith took charge at the turn of the year.
That meant they were still three points off safety – until, that is, Plymouth Argyle were deducted ten points by the Football League on Monday for going into administration…
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Paul Castles B'ham Mail 22 Feb 11
Walsall manager Dean Smith has challenged Paul Marshall and Richard Taundry to save him the trouble and expense of bringing in another loan midfielder to replace the departed Mat Gill.
Gill has returned to Norwich after an effective month with the Saddlers where he formed a strong central-midfield pairing with Matt Richards.
Now Smith must find another partner for Richards in there and the top candidates are 21-year-old Marshall and Taundry who has been deployed in a right-wing role of late…
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Express & Star 22 Feb 11
Walsall manager Dean Smith has targeted another loan raid as he bids to plug the midfield gap left by Matt Gill.
The Saddlers boss is keen to boost his armoury ahead of the relegation run-in and the final 14 games of the season.
Norwich recalled the midfielder after his loan spell ended following Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Colchester…
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Express & Star 21 Feb 11
Walsall manager Dean Smith has refused to blame refereeing blunders for defeat at Colchester but insisted the officials should be embarrassed.
The Saddlers missed their chance to escape the League One drop zone after a controversial 2-0 defeat in Essex on Saturday.
Referee Mick Russell awarded a second-half penalty when Aaron Lescott clearly won the ball from Ian Henderson. Smith also insisted Jon Macken was fouled in the build-up to David Perkins’ 17th minute opener and questioned Russell’s calls…
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Express & Star 17 Feb 11
Walsall boss Dean Smith today revealed he is still looking for more new signings to bolster his side’s League One survival bid.
The Saddlers manager is still combing the loan market for players who can improve his team’s chances of pulling of their ‘great escape’.
Smith already has Matt Gill on loan from Norwich and snapped up free agent Tom Williams last week…
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Express & Star 16 Feb 11
Walsall boss Dean Smith hailed his side resilience after they gave their survival hopes a shot in the arm with a win over fellow relegation battlers Dagenham & Redbridge.
Substitute Will Grigg came off the bench and bagged the decisive goal which left Smith’s side three points away from climbing out of the drop zone…
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Express & Star 14 Feb 11
Walsall were today counting the cost of a string of refereeing gaffes – with manager Dean Smith left baffled over official David Foster’s calls.
Referee Foster made a trio of wrong decisions as Bournemouth’s 1-0 win on Saturday ended the Saddlers’ four game unbeaten run…
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Glenn Moore The Independent 12 Feb 11
Towards the end of a day shadowing Dean Smith, the manager of Walsall, I mention Paul Simpson, his Stockport County counterpart who painted the dressing rooms last summer while his wife scrubbed the toilets.
“I did that when assistant manager at Orient,” recalls Smith with a rueful smile. Slapping on the emulsion did not save Simpson, he was fired last month. It did not save Smith either. He was sacked with the manager, Martin Ling, in January 2009.
Two years later he was offered a return to management …