Walsall manager Dean Smith has spoken to his club's official website following Saturday afternoon's Sky Bet League 1 victory over Blackpool, and has praised his side as they collected their sixth win in a row.
Speaking to Saddlers.co.uk, Smith said; “We didn't start the game particularly well for the first 20 minutes but we scored a goal from a break. It’s a kick down the middle, Rom’s won the first header, Jason’s put him in and he has scored. hat calmed us down a little bit.
"Before the game, there was a lot of expectation on us to come here and win. No team rolls over for you. Just watching their game against Sheffield United last weekend, I knew it would be tough but that first goal settled us down. From there on we controlled the game and scored some really good goals.
“The fluidity of the team is impressing me at the moment. We had Sam getting in the box and scoring with a header. Romaine is sometimes helping out the deep-lying midfielders and then he’s popping up with goals.
“The fluidity in the team is really pleasing, and the people on the bench are pushing me to get selected all the time; it’s a manager’s dream at the moment. Our game management is getting better and better, and we’re maturing all the time.
“We had to get a few passes in our half of the pitch first to draw them out before we could go and attack. And that’s another really pleasing aspect of our game – the time to increase the tempo to go and attack. We looked a real threat."
"Before the game, there was a lot of expectation on us to come here and win. No team rolls over for you. Just watching their game against Sheffield United last weekend, I knew it would be tough but that first goal settled us down. From there on we controlled the game and scored some really good goals.
“The fluidity of the team is impressing me at the moment. We had Sam getting in the box and scoring with a header. Romaine is sometimes helping out the deep-lying midfielders and then he’s popping up with goals.
“The fluidity in the team is really pleasing, and the people on the bench are pushing me to get selected all the time; it’s a manager’s dream at the moment. Our game management is getting better and better, and we’re maturing all the time.
“We had to get a few passes in our half of the pitch first to draw them out before we could go and attack. And that’s another really pleasing aspect of our game – the time to increase the tempo to go and attack. We looked a real threat."
SOURCE: WALSALL FOOTBALL CLUB