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
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 ... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ...
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
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."  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ..
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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