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Saddlers look set for an uncomfortable ride
Walsall are desperate to hold on to Erhun OztumerCredit: Pete Norton
Walsall regressed dramatically last season and it may pay to presume the trend continues downwards, with relegation a possibility.
The team bequeathed by Dean Smith was good enough to make the playoffs in 2015-16 under Jon Whitney, who was initially seen as no more than a stand-in but after guiding the Saddlers to third place was inevitably handed the reins for longer.
There was a sense that flirting with promotion was probably an overachievement and it certainly went flat last term.
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