George Bennett discusses Walsall's need for defensive improvement

George Bennett reviews Walsall's season on this week's Bescot Beat.

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00:00What I mean, firstly, they're going to lose a Cagpué and Adepiéga by the looks of it.

00:04Both of their loans have expired and especially second half of the season, they've been massively

00:09crucial, which kind of leaves you then with a back line of Farkassen, Daniels and Allen.

00:18I guess importantly would be firstly hoping that the injury situation is nowhere near

00:25as severe as it's been this season, because we've listed there the players that they've

00:31been missing.

00:35Possibly the wing back areas has been one of the concerns we've spoken about defending

00:40from wide areas.

00:41Walsall have been letting far too many crosses into the box and that's ultimately led to

00:47them conceding the amount of goals that they've conceded.

00:52But yeah, I expect reinforcements in the summer.

00:56Mattsdorf has already said that it's an area that he needs to address.

01:00They can't keep conceding that amount of goals.

01:02They can't keep affording days like they had on Saturday where they lost 5-1 against Wimbledon

01:08and they need to get out of that rut.

01:12But yeah, it's going to be interesting.

01:16I think firstly, Farkassen came back in on the final day and that wasn't Deprecy Farkassen

01:21that we love and know.

01:23He was crucial when he came back from injury in November, but he hasn't been sat on the

01:29bench really since he came back on the Easter weekend and that was the first time we'd seen

01:36anything from him.

01:38He just didn't look right and you just hope that hopefully now he can get a pre-season

01:41under his belt, hit the reset button and come back in the new season fresh because

01:47I feel like a fully fit Presley Farkassen throughout the campaign hopefully, touch wood,

01:53will be a massive boost.

01:55Donovan Daniels has struggled since he came back.

01:57I think he's another one that needs to hit the reset button, but I would fully expect

02:02Matt Sadler to bring in reinforcements, firstly for competition, but maybe even just to bolster

02:06those areas.