Friday, 27 April 2012

Walsall v Huddersfield Town

I'll be at Walsall's final home game of the season tomorrow to see them take on Huddersfield and - depending on results - Dean Smith's boys could guarantee themselves League One football ... or find themselves right back in the relegation mix.

You'd think that with the Terriers' play-off place assured, they may just take their foot off the gas a little. Yeah, you'd think.

Unfortunately I suspect boss Simon Grayson will have his side fired up and will want them going into the end of season knockout on a high.

And why would hot shot Jordan Rhodes want to take things easy now when there are still goals to be had?

Rhodes, 22, has found the net on 38 occasions this season, but is currently going through a major drought. Well, four games, and no doubt everyone at the Bescot will hope that run has stretched to five by tomorrow evening. Well they can hope. Rhodes longest barren spell this season (back in September) has been five games.

I saw this lad at Wycombe in the first week of the year when the Chairboys were stuffed 6-0 and Rhodes picked up five of those goals. It was a good team performance that night, but also the best display I've seen by a striker all season.

Fans of the Saddlers will be wondering which team will turn up tomorrow.

I have been fortunate enough to see Walsall's last two wins against Colchester and Chesterfield, but, worryingly, they've lost the last three matches.

One of those was against champions Charlton - and so no disgrace there. But then they followed that up with defeats to Tranmere and Exeter - two ties they really should have won.

It should be a nervy afternoon tomorrow and - like me - I suspect their will be a huge number of fans getting updates on their phones from Adams Park where relegation rivals Wycombe are taking on Notts County.

Fortunately for Walsall, County are still in with a shout of a play-off place and so the players won't be daydreaming about their summer hols. Unfortunately for Walsall, Wycombe have shown they can mix it with most teams this season even if the results haven't always gone for them.

It should be interesting and whichever way it goes I suspect the Black Country pubs will be busy tomorrow evening.





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