Bedeau forced to bide his time

Bedeau spoke of his disappointment at failing to make an instant impact following his summer move from Devon to the West Midlands. Keep up with the action with our online text commentary.

And he admitted he was out of the team on merit after injury wrecked the opening months of his Saddlers career.

"It's been very frustrating, because I wanted to come here and make and impact and it's not worked out like that," he said.

"I've been injured and I've been on the bench for most of the time since I've been fit, but I've just got to bide my time and wait for my chance.

"Martin Butler and Hector Sam have been playing very well up front and Mark Wright has had a great season out wide, so the gaffer hasn't really had any reason to change things.

"It's part and parcel of football and I've just got to be patient."

The 27 year-old spent 10 years with Torquay, earning a testimonial last season after almost 350 senior appearances for the south coast outfit.

But he moved to Bescot in the summer, and despite a stuttering start to life in the West Midlands he has no regrets about the move.

"No disrespect to Torquay, but Walsall is a a step up for me," he said.

Meanwhile, manager Richard Money has insisted protecting their eight-game clean sheets sequence at home will not distract Walsall tomorrow.

"The most important thing is to score more than the opposition," he said. "We are proud of our defensive record, but we are not going to let it hold us back from attacking teams."

By Steve Madeley