George Bennett on Walsall's 'alarming' drop off as promotion race heats up

George Bennett and Jonny Drury bring you the latest episode of the Baggies Broadcast.

Transcript

00:00It's concerning the drastic drop-off in terms of performance levels. Before they headed

00:10into this run of form, it was a club-record nine-match winning streak. The contrast between

00:15that and the performances we're seeing now is night and day. I guess from a supporter's

00:21perspective, I'd probably gauge that there's anger and disappointment with the fact that

00:28they have dropped off so drastically. That 12-point lead has been cut to two in the space

00:32of several weeks. If they continue that sort of form between now and the end of the season,

00:39there is that risk that they could drop out of the automatics, which if you look at the

00:43position Water were in, it would have took a capitulation of the most iconic proportions

00:49for them to do that. You've just got to hope really now that they can pick up enough points.

00:54What I gauge from the supporters really is that it's been a long time now in League Two.

01:00If they were to crawl over the line and get promotion, it would be an anti-climactic way

01:04in which to do so. But they're in League One at the end of the day. I think if you'd asked

01:10any supporter before the start of the season, would you take third place? Would you take

01:15second place? Of course they would.