The Saddlers lost 3-1 to an Ipswich Town side who had failed to win any of their last 5 away games.  It was a clueless performance by the Saddlers who lacked imagination and never looked like worrying Ipswich. 

Why on earth did Colin Lee tinker with the team that got 3 points on Saturday? Ok, so Leitao was injured, but why change the system. Emblen was man of the match on Saturday, so why move him in to the midfield where he quite clearly struggles. 

The Saddlers never looked likely to win the game, and the first 15 minutes provided the proof. It was some time before we managed to get hold of the ball and have a decent spell of possession. Ipswich outplayed, out maneuvered and out passed the pedestrian Saddlers.

The best Walsall chance of the game came courtesy of Paul Ritchie, who saw his powerful goal bound header cleared of the line by an Ipswich defender. Tommy Miller and Ben Bowditch put in excellent performances for the Tractor boys. Miller saw 1 effort come off the cross bar, while his other forced Jim Walker in to an outstanding save. 

It was Ipswich who opened the scoring 5 minutes after the restart as a Wright cross was palmed in to the path of Darren Bent who sent the ball in to the back of the net. . As the Saddlers threw men forward looking to get back in the game the they were caught short at the back, as Bowditch played in Bent who was given to much space Ritchie to score his and the games 2nd goal. It was poor defending by Ritchie who gave Bent a lot of space, but with a lack of support from his fellow defenders, committing himself would have been suicide.  

Paul Merson had a good chance inside the 6 box, but fired his effort in to the side netting. Merse showed some nice touches and along with Andrews looked like our most creative player. Andrews worked hard throughout the game and seemed like the only player who realised that the Saddlers were in a relegation battle. 

The fans chanted "Too late, too late" as Fryatt and Taylor were introduced towards the end of the game. This was followed by cries of "What a load of rubbish". It is easy to understand just why the fans are so frustrated. Why leave it so late to try and change things? 

We did get back in to the game as the clock ran down, Andrews caught the Ipswich wall napping and stuck a free kick in to the bottom right hand corner of the Ipswich goal. 

The fight back didn't last long as Bent got his 3rd goal of the game, finishing off a good ball by Westlake, as Aranalde lost his man in the box.

It is disappointing to see us losing games like this. This time last season, no matter who the opposition we were having a go. Trying to get a result. It wasn't to long ago that Colin Lee promised to build a young squad who would play attacking football  This is not happening. Radio WM was flooded with calls calling for Colin Lee's head.

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