[choirboy]

An excellent win and three points in a well deserved victory for the Stanley. An inspired selection of Pritchard as Captain today! Joe Led by example and inspired his team mates to produce some of our best football of the season throughout the first half. We could have been three up when we gave away what looked like a bit of a soft penalty to end the first half on level terms. That score line certainly did not reflect the dominance by Stanley in the really bad conditions up to half time. Stanley took the lead again after several minutes of the second half and although not quite as dominant as in the first half the boys in red fully deserved the lead. Walsall made some fairly early substitutions as the rain eased off and for about fifteen minutes they matched the Stanley. Stanley came on strong again towards the end of the match and managed the added time really well for the win. The young players really stepped up to cover the missing injured players and are deserving of much praise. I believe that the two burly Walsall central defenders looked at the rosy cheeked youngster Josh Woods and thought they were in for an easy afternoon. Josh ran them ragged and won so any headers and gave them a really hard time! Our central midfield pair of Martin and Ben Woods controlled midfield like really experienced players. This allowed Pritchard and Leigh to do so much of the creative attacking which was a delight to watch. Keeper Joe Walsh had another solid game as did the back four which looked very solid. A sensible fairly early substitution of Pritchard based on protecting him was a good move IMHO. I really enjoyed the match today and Stanley are looking good!!!! ON STANLEY ON!