Walsall Vs Vale - MATCH PREVIEW
By 4two
August 5 2004
Our first league game of 04-05 is just days away. How will Merson's men fair in this Midlands derby. Vale are bringing 2000 fans. It should be a good atmosphere.
| MATCH DAY INFO | |
| FIXTURE | Walsall Vs Port Vale |
| STADIUM | Bescot Stadium |
| LOCATION | Walsall |
| COMPETITION | League One |
| DATE | 05.08.2004 |
| KICK OFF | 15:00 |
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| TEAM NEWS | WALSALL Vs PORT VALE |LEAGUE ONE | |
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There are no reports of any injury worries for Martin Foyle's men. Dean Smith looks set to face his former Club in his first League Game for Vale. Former Bristol man Lee Matthews also looks set to make his league debut. More news on the Vale team as we get it. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ............ ......... v ... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... |
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Zigor Aranalde has been carrying an injury. So have Jorge Leitao and Gary Birch. Merse knows how fit they will be to play. We expect a 4-3-1-2. Bennett or Taylor at Left Back. Broad or Standing for a midfield slot. Fryatt and Leitao are believed to be the favored strike partnership. Merson will probably start himself. Simon Osborn is out of the game. He is serving a suspension following his red card against Rotherham. |
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| WALSALL SQUAD | PORT VALE SQUAD |
| Manager - Paul Merson | Manager - Martin Foyle | |
| 1. Mark Paston | 1 Mark Goodlad | |
| 2. Bazeley, Darren | 2 George Pilkington | |
| 3. Aranalde, Zigor | 3 Craig James | |
| 4. Simon Osborn Suspended | 4 Andreas Lipa | |
| 5. Neil Emblen | 5 David Walsh | |
| 6. Roper, Ian | 6 Sam Collins | |
| 7. Michael Standing | 7 Lee Matthews | |
| 8. Gary Birch | 8 Mike Cummins | |
| 9. Leitao, Jorge | 9 Stephen Brooker | |
| 10. Merson, Paul | 10 Billy Paynter | |
| 11. Wrack, Darren | 11 Jeff Smith | |
| 12. Matty Fryatt | 12 Dean Smith | |
| 14. Mark Wright | 13 Levi Reid | |
| 15. Kris Taylor | 14 Ryan Brown | |
| 16. Corica, Stevie | 15 Ian Armstrong | |
| 17. Julian Bennett | 16 Steve Rowland | |
| 18. Ryan Willetts | 17 Chris Birchall | |
| 19. Taiwo Atieno | 18 Simon Robinson | |
| 20. Daryl Taylor | 19 Simon Eldshaw | |
| 21. Nathan Jamerson | 20 Robert Hulbert | |
| 22. Mark Kinsella | 21. Jon Brain | |
| 23. Kofi Dakinah | ||
| 24. Scott Dann | ||
| 25. Leroy Williams | ||
| 26. Joe Broad | ||
| 27. Richard McKinney | ||
| 29. Iffy Onura |
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| BOSS TALK | FOYLE AND MERSON | |
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MARTIN FOYLE - I went down to Walsall last week and they were absolutely magnificent against Aston Villa, so we know that we are going in to a very, very hard derby game for the first fixture of the season. He went on to say But we are going there full of confidence and if we do certain things, I am sure we will come away with something." ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. |
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PAUL MERSON - We know only too well that teams are going to come here, sit back and try to frustrate us, but it is up to us to break them down. What I don't want to see is us going 1-0 up and then sitting back, because I am a firm believer in attack being the best form of defence. "I've said all along that I want to see us playing free-flowing, attacking football. ... ... ... ...... ... ....... . . . |
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