MATCHWATCH : Walsall (a)

[Snowflake Royal]

It's 4, but the criteria is this from the West Ham thread:

Player eligibility

Each FL league club MUST play a minimum of four qualifying outfield players in their starting XI. A qualifying outfield player was one who met any of the following requirements:
Any player who started the previous or following first-team fixture.
Any player who is in the top 10 players at the club who has made the most starting appearances in league and domestic cup competitions this season.
Any player with forty or more first-team starting appearances in their career, including International matches.
Any player on loan from a Premier League club or any EFL Category One Academy club.
A club can play any eligible goalkeeper in the competition.
Any player out on a long loan term at a National League, National League North, or National League South team can play as long as the loaning team agree to allow the player to return for the match.

[Clyde1998]

It's 4, but the criteria is this from the West Ham thread:

Player eligibility

Each FL league club MUST play a minimum of four qualifying outfield players in their starting XI. A qualifying outfield player was one who met any of the following requirements:
Any player who started the previous or following first-team fixture.
Any player who is in the top 10 players at the club who has made the most starting appearances in league and domestic cup competitions this season.
Any player with forty or more first-team starting appearances in their career, including International matches.
Any player on loan from a Premier League club or any EFL Category One Academy club.
A club can play any eligible goalkeeper in the competition.
Any player out on a long loan term at a National League, National League North, or National League South team can play as long as the loaning team agree to allow the player to return for the match.

That matches the list I posted earlier:

The outfield qualifying players for this one (including anyone who's injured); players in grey are duplicates:

1. Started 40+ senior matches (11): Yiadom (485); Dean (474); Wing (236); Smith (203); Knibbs (152); Dorsett (86); Mbengue (75); Bindon (66); Savage (56); Ehibhatiomhan (45); Craig (41)
2. On loan from a Premier League or EFL Cat 1 academy (1): Campbell
3. Top ten most starts (all comps) this season (1): Wing (21); Elliott (20); Bindon (19); Craig (18); Mbengue (18); Savage (15); Smith (15); Knibbs (14); Campbell (13); Ehibhatiomhan (12)
4. Started the previous match (0): Craig; Bindon; Mbengue; Dorsett; Wing; Savage; Elliott; Campbell; Knibbs; Smith

Overall (13): Bindon; Campbell; Craig; Dean; Dorsett; Ehibhatiomhan; Elliott; Knibbs; Mbengue; Savage; Smith; Wing; Yiadom

Obviously Ehibhatiomhan and Yiadom are injured, so we need to select four outfield players from the eleven listed.

Craig now meets the forty match start threshold, although he'd qualify anyway via starting the last match and being in our top ten outfield starts this season.

Chem Campbell (38) and Ben Elliott (36) are close to reaching the forty match started threshold - both qualify via the top ten starts and starting the previous match criteria. Campbell additionally qualifies as a Premier League loanee.

[Snowflake Royal]

....................Button
Ahmed, Dean, Holzman, Garcia
...................Craig
Osho, Sackey, Savage, Camara
...............Wareham

[Royal Ginger]

Ha, how did Adomah miss that? We should be one down.

[Snowflake Royal]

How has Adomah missed that. Garcia nowhere

[Snowflake Royal]

Ahmed has already made their winger look like a schmuck twice. Really nice play to create some space and attack

[Orion1871]

Ahmed has already made their winger look like a schmuck twice. Really nice play to create some space and attack

Yep, like the look of him. Needs to sort out these loose touches in possession though.

[Royal Ginger]

Savage’s corners have looked good so far tonight.

[Royal Ginger]

Another massive let-off. That was on Garcia.

[Snowflake Royal]

They're targeting Garcia and he's giving the ball away dangerously.

They should be 2-0 up but two howlers

[Royal Ginger]

So sloppy.

[Snowflake Royal]

Should be 4-0.

They're closing so hard. Winning the ball off our first touch constantly.

[Snowflake Royal]

Should be 5. This is astounding.

And 6.

[Orion1871]

Have the injuries done for Camara's pace? He doesn't even try to beat anyone one on one and just generally seems slow.

[Royal Ginger]

Desperately need a change of philosophy at half time. Another day we’re 4 down already and still counting ourselves lucky.

[Snowflake Royal]

Have the injuries done for Camara's pace? He doesn't even try to beat anyone one on one and just generally seems slow.

Something is certainly not right there anymore.

[skipper]

I don't have a feed tonight, but have Walsall really managed 13 shots?

[traff]

Have the injuries done for Camara's pace? He doesn't even try to beat anyone one on one and just generally seems slow.

Something is certainly not right there anymore.

Said the same on Saturday. Cant remember him beating his man once this season.

[Snowflake Royal]

I don't have a feed tonight, but have Walsall really managed 13 shots?

And should have scored about 6 of them

[Sutekh]

I don't have a feed tonight, but have Walsall really managed 13 shots?

BBC stats say yes, but of those 13 only 1 has been on target. Reading have 1 on target from 3 shots.