Walsall boss Mat Sadler praised his team for their brave display as they defeated second-placed Wrexham at a bustling Bescot Stadium on Friday evening.
Goals from Jack Earing, Isaac Hutchinson, and Taylor Allen saw the Saddlers end 2023 on a high, with Sadler's side moving to the top of the bottom half of the table, just five points off the coveted Play-Off places.
Adding to their Boxing Day win over Crewe Alexandra, Sadler believes his team were able to show what they're about as they didn't allow Paul Mullin's first-half leveller to sway them as two second-half goals secured a welcome win.
Speaking to members of the local media, including the Express & Star, Sadler said; "We were brave, we were bold, which is what I asked the guys to be.
"I thought we played some fantastic football tonight. It was a real good one for belief, it was a really good one for evidence because we were great, and that team will go up.
"Wrexham will go up. They are a fantastic team, Phil has set them up really well, and they've got some really good players.
"I thought we played fantastically well tonight and showed what we're all about. Now, we need to dust ourselves down and count the walking wounded.
"We've got a few bodies on the treatment table. Obviously, Oisin and Stirk didn't play tonight, Jamille had to go off at half-time.
"We're counting the bodies, the guys are throwing their bodies on the line for us, and doing everything they can as a team when called upon."