Sam Mantom is happy for Emmanuel Ledesma to take the plaudits if it means
Walsall beat the drop.
Mantom scored a 58th minute winner to move the Saddlers up the League One
table and leave Chesterfield adrift at the bottom, but scheming striker Ledesma
caught the eye with a first half brace.
West Brom loanee midfielder and local lad Mantom, 20, said:
"Emmanuel's skilful and tricky and gives us something different. I'll do
the dirty work and he can take all the glory as long as we stay up. Besides
that's the first time I've scored a winning goal and so I'm
happy.
I last played here when I was twelve and so I have a personal interest in
seeing them do well. No-one hates Walsall and so I think fans of all the local
clubs would like to see them stay up."
Ledesma, 23, returned home to Argentina last summer for family reasons, but
has now scored four goals in four starts in his second spell at the Bescot and
revealed:
"Walsall is my second home now. I'm here for two months, but would like to
sign a longer contract and stay. I've done well so far, but couldn't do it
without my team mates."
Franck Moussa, 23, opened the scoring for the Spireites in the 20th minute
and fellow midfielder Mark Randall gave the bottom club brief hope with a 54th
minute equaliser, but boss John Sheridan knows the club are doomed and
said:
"If I'm here next season there'll be big changes."
Walsall manager Dean Smith admitted:
"We were average, but it was the result that mattered."
My clippings from both yesterday (top) and today
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