Whitney Praise for 'Natural Goalscorer' Mitchel Candlin Whitney Praise for 'Natural Goalscorer' Mitchel Candlin

Whitney Praise for 'Natural Goalscorer' Mitchel Candlin

Manager Whitney was pleased as his squad continued to build towards the 2017/18 campaign with a victory over Chester.
Walsall manager Jon Whitney has spoken to the press following Saturday afternoon's pre-season victory over National League outfit Chester, and praised young striker Mitchel Candlin, before looking back at his teams' overall display.

Jon, who was speaking via the Express & Star, insisted Candlin, who scored just minutes after coming on as a substitute late in the second-half - adding to his midweek brace against Stafford Rangers, has a natural eye for goal, he said; "For getting those two goals in midweek he deserved that chance, those ten minutes. As you can see he does not need many chances to take his goals. I think he is a natural goalscorer."

The manager then went on to discuss the match, he said; "From a fitness point of view I was really pleased. In the first half I felt we did enough to go in two or three up. It was nice to win the game, nice for Luke to get his first as well and from a set piece too.

"It’s great for Mitch to score too. Overall it was great to get some minutes into the legs. Reece has a game under his belt. I thought my two centre-halves were really good again, very commanding.

"When the weather turned they put us under a bit of pressure but we came through and won it. Everyone says you have to get your first win in pre-season and we have done that."
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