Sadler: I’ll take our play-off bid to the wire
MAT Sadler insists his Walsall team will be in the play-off race right to the wire after an impressive comeback win at Prenton Park.
Goals from Jamille Matt, Taylor Allen and Brandon Comley mean the Saddlers are now just three points outside of the top-seven.
Regan Hendy opened the scoring for the home side in the 24th minute when he placed a left footed effort past Jackson Smith in the Walsall goal.
At the other end, Isaac Hutchinson and Emmanuel Adegboyega were both denied by Luke McGee in the Rovers’ goal before Matt equalized on the stroke of half time.
The visitors started the second period on the front foot and went close through Ryan Strik and Josh Gordon.
But it was a Allen free kick that deceived the Tranmere defence to put the Saddlers ahead after 57 minutes.
And the points were secured 10 minutes later when Comley found the bottom corner with a perfectly placed right footed effort.
Walsall manager Sadler said: “It was a fantastic away performance today and I’m delighted for the near 800 fans who have followed us up the road once again.
“I thought we settled into the game really well and their goal shocked us a little bit, but the resilience of the guys to come in at half time at 1-1 really impressed me.
“We can only control what we do and try to accumulate as many points as possible and it’s up to us now to recover after this and go again against Doncaster on Tuesday night.
“It’s going to go right down to the wire in terms of the play-off places and we’re going to be in there shouting.
“We’re a group that the supporters are proud of, and we want to make them proud, we’ve known for a while that we can believe in ourselves and we have to keep showing the ability we showed today.” Tranmere boss Nigel Adkins said the conditions made the game challenging for both sides.
I thought we started really well, but I was disappointed with our performance in the second half,” he said.
“Just before half time they scored and we went in level, which I thought was against the run of play. We’ve hit the woodwork twice but it’s fair to say that we didn’t start the second half in the same way that we started the first.
“We’ve conceded three goals that I feel we could have done a hell of a lot better with.”