Mat Sadler and Richard O’Kelly prove to be a good Walsall double act
Walsall interim head coach Mat Sadler says his and Richard O’Kelly’s work on the training ground is a joint effort.
Sadler has enjoyed his first full week in the position since taking over only three days before the Salford City game.
He quickly brought in Walsall legend O’Kelly, who played for the club as a player and was coach under Dean Smith – also going on to work for him at Villa in the Premier League.
Sadler joked recently O’Kelly had forgotten more about coaching than he would ever know, but said the transition from the Salford game to a full week training had been seamless.
He said: “Richard has been brilliant, both with me and the players, some of who might not know his reputation at the club and what he has done in the game. That doesn’t matter as it is a clean slate after what has happened, but what has struck me about Richard in particular is his positivity and attention to detail.
