Walsall manager Jon Whitney has spoken to club journalists following Saturday afternoon's Sky Bet League One victory over Shrewsbury Town, and has insisted that he was happy to see his side win ugly as they secured their third victory in a row.
Speaking via Saddlers.co.uk, Jon said; "It was a proper derby. The only threat to us was ourselves when we perhaps had too many touches, similar to the Bolton game where they didn’t pass it quick enough.
"We fell into that trap a little bit and for 5-10 minutes we didn’t pass it well enough or quick enough, but then we clicked a bit, pressed higher and created quite a few opportunities.
"Sometimes it’s not about winning comfortably and playing great football, sometimes it’s about winning ugly and doing the basics better than the opposition, and I thought we did that.”
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