00:00George, the big headline from Walsall Summer has been the departure of Isaac Hutchinson
00:13and the goals that he will sort of take away with him, with how impressive he was last
00:18season, how impressive he has been at Walsall. Couple that with the fact that Walsall's goalkeeping
00:25coach Dan Watson has departed the club this summer. Someone who has been praised for his
00:31work on set pieces, which have also supplied a third of goals last season. You couple that
00:37together with the departure of Hutchinson and that leaves a really big gap for Matt
00:43Sadler and his staff to fill in terms of finding the back of the net.
00:47Yeah, definitely. Hutchinson in his two years at Walsall is kind of a constant flow of progression.
00:56There were bouts of inconsistency, but his record speaks for itself. It was eight goals
01:01in his debut campaign and he went on to smash that out of the park last season, deservedly
01:09won the Player of the Season award and will be a huge void for Walsall to fill. You spoke
01:18there about Walsall's set piece record and Hutchinson with over a third of Walsall's goals
01:25he was directly involved in in the league last season. So it's clearly going to be a
01:31hole which Matt Sadler and his squad will have to fill. I mean, it was good to see them
01:37react quickly with the signing of Charlie Lakin, someone who's a local coming from originally
01:42from Birmingham's academy and had a really bright loan spell at Sutton United despite
01:47their relegation. Sutton would kind of cut adrift last season and then picked up some
01:55really good form and he was instrumental to that. They missed out on safety by about three
02:01points in the end and eight goals and five assists in 21 appearances bodes very, very
02:06well indeed. You've also got to consider playing in a team that were fighting at the
02:11bottom end of the table. So you'd hope that Walsall's aspirations will be to be more towards
02:16the top end of the table, hopefully fighting for that playoff spot again and he could hopefully
02:22make a real impact. Walsall last season, it was 23 different scorers. So the goals were
02:28definitely stretched across the squad, although Hutchinson and Draper earlier in the season
02:33were kind of the talisman. I mean, just kind of looking at the other options. Gakiring,
02:40if he could stay fit, he could definitely be a provider of goals. I think it's three
02:44goals in 17 games, but goals in back-to-back games when he first came back into the side
02:49against Wrexham and Grimsby. Cameron and Neymar step up this season, a really good loan spell
02:55at Russia Olympic and a bright academy prospect that Walsall fans will be hoping can succeed.
03:01Oshin McKenzie is back. What will Matt Sadler do with him next season? He played at centre
03:05back, but he was also converted into a midfielder. Six goals for him last season before his injury
03:10on Boxing Day, which abruptly ended his season. Jamil Matt started to find the goals. Can
03:18they get enough out of him? Can he stay fit because there were kind of injury issues towards
03:22the end of the season? And clearly Danny Johnson, will Matt Sadler find a more regular place
03:28for him in the side this season because all Walsall fans know about his capabilities in
03:33front of goal. And just lastly, Josh Gordon came in. One goal last season, he clearly
03:39offers so much off the ball, but in front of goal maybe he left a little bit to be desired.
03:45Can he rediscover his goalscoring boots and prove a really shrewd signing for Walsall
03:49again?
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