2020/21 Season New Arrivals

After finishing 10th in last year Premiere League campaign, I was given more than $60M in transfer budget by the new owner to buy and try to improve the squad. My expectation for this year is to make an attempt at top 5 and European Football, but would be satisfied to stay clear out of relegation zone.


My early expectation of the season is to have a good start in compare to my previous 2 years in the Premiere League where we started poorly.....Below are the new arrivals for my Walsall team...I had to over-pay to get some of these guys in the door since my team is not well known.

Rodri - DM/CM - $19.75M

Spanish midfielder who played in Belgium top league. Probably overpaid for this guy but felt I really needed to get a more talented big midfielder with steel. His attributes looks better than Osbourne and Butterfield in many areas

Odsonne Edouard - ST - $23.5M($27.5M)

Big target striker who had a nice year playing for Torino in Italy last year.. Again, had to grossly overpaid for an unknown French striker, but attributes looked great. Odsonne is also competent at playing on both wing which should give me flexibility with Noriega and Clough who can also play through the middle.

Constantin Frommann - GK - $18M

German striker with great sweeper attributes which is exactly the type of GK I was looking for because I play a high defensive line. Paid $18M but he's very young and could improve further,

Kortney Hause - CB - $10M

Bringing in another left footed ball-playing central back was one of my main target for the new season and Hause attribute fits the bill. Will compete with Cargill for the left Central back spot.

Louis Schraub - ST/CM/AM.L.R - $7M.

Schraub can basically play all over the field, so I should be able

to fill this guy in the line-up with ease. His price tag was very cheap and him being a left footed attacker helps since I do look to have a balance attack.

Vlad Dragomir - AMC/ CM - Loan

Vlad will be coming back for a second stint at the club, having done well enough to merit a second look. He set up 4 goals last year while making 30 appearances on all competition and scoring 1 lone goal. Made 13 Premiere League starts and 11 off the bench.

This year, I'm expecting a bit more and a few more goals.

Walsall Finished 10th in the League

2019-2020 Premiere League Season

After a not so good start of the year, my Walsall managed to right the ship, escape relegation by a large margin and finished the season in 10th place on the Premiere League table.

The top Walsall performer for the 2019/20 season were Jesus Noriega and Almamy Toure.
Jesus knocked in 11 PL goals and 12 goal set ups. He finished with a 7.13 rating.

Right back Almamy Toure finished with one of the highest rating, 7.39.

Walsall In Relegation Fight

With 11 games played into the 2018-2019 Premiere League season, my Walsall squad is fully stranded in a relegation zone with only 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 lost. We're currently the 19th seeded team with only Burnley.

On a positive note, Walsall won its last game and Jesus Noriega managed to score his first goal of the season. If Walsall is to escape relegation, Noriega will have to find his scoring boot very fast.

Noriega First Goal of The Season

New Signings Performance

2 of my top signings, Almamy Toure and Zach Clough have had different level of success so far. Toure has done much better, managing a Premiere League rating of 6.98 with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Zach Clough has made 9 Premiere League appearances with 2 goals while posting a PL rating of 6.69. Clough also has an additional goal in 1 League Cup appearance.

Walsall FC New Arrival for 2019/2020 Campaign

With a transfer budget of about $35M pound, I was able to bring in new players to help me improve on last year Premiere League successful campaign after fending off expected relegation, to finish in 16th place on 43 points. This year, we are hoping to do better.

Almany Toure: $15M pound Right Back

Largest transfer Fee spent on a player by Walsall so far. Can also play at CB where I will use him in a 3 central formation.

Zach Clough: $5.75M Pound Striker

Tried to buy him from MLS outfit Atlanta during my year in the Championship but failed, Got him this year for the Premiere League and his stats looks good as a skillful deep lying striker on 1 of my formation. Currently injured and as unfortunately shown to be injury-prone.

Paul Dummett: $375K Left Back

Paul is also familiar in playing CB and will also be an option for selection there under my 3 CB formation. Will compete against Brad Smith for the LB job.

(Previous Loan)Ryan Gauld: $8M Pound Central Midfielder

Brought back Ryan  as a full own player from Sporting CP, after he spent last year with me on loan. Played well enough to warrant spending the 8M pound and bring him back as a full time player. Needed a left footed CM so had to buy him.

Brad Shaun Smith: $2.3M Pound Left Back

Brad had been on loan at Walsall for the past 3 years since my arrival in League 1, so he's been here from the start. His previous parent team Bournemouth had loaned him to Walsall for 3 years and he had managed to improved as Walsall climbed all the way to the Premiere League. This year, we decided to fully buy him from Bournemouth.

Bradley Gilbey: Free Transfer  Central Back

Was previously on Arsenal youth system. Very good attributes so when he decided to not sign with Arsenal, decided to offer a contract sheet alongside many other Championship team. Accepted my offer. Promised him I will give him Cup games + a few extra games to prove himself.

Vlad Dragomir: Advanced CM(Loan-Arsenal)

Needed an extra left footed modified player and Vlad looks more than adequate. Spent last year on loan at Nottm Forest, a Championship outfit and he managed 8 goals and 10 assist while there with a 6.91 league match rating.

Tammy Abraham: Striker/Forward On Loan from Chelsea.

Last year, Bagged 8 goals on 40 appearances and 14 starts with Championship outfit Cardiff F.C.

At 6'4, Tammy offers me a taller target among all my striker option, but he can also play out wide on either side and has good pace.

Walsall Survive First Year in Premiere League

2018 - 2019 Premiere League Campaign

With my full year in the British Premiere League completed, Walsall has managed to easily survived relegation back into the Championship. Walsall finished in 16th seed on 43 points.

Our expectation were to simply survive the drop in our first year and we were able to do this easily.

Manchester United won the title while being carried by Italian Mauro Icardi's 38 league goals

 19 year old American wonderkid, Jesus Noriega was Walsall best player on a 7.29 rating, 17 goals and 8 assist.



Jesus also won a place into the Premiere League team of the year which consist the league best 11.

Other Walsall player who had good season were  CB Matt Preston at 7.12 ratings....Milan Butterfield at 6.99.....Andreas Makris at 6.97, 7 goals and 10 assist.

Premiere League Update - Walsall F.C

While Walsall is 6 point clear of relegation zone, we've currently lost 5 games in a row and morals has fallen from the good feeling at the beginning of the year. But even worse, Jesus Noriega, our key player who got injured early on and was scheduled to return soon, recently got re-injured and would missed 2-3 weeks.

MARCH 1ST 2019

KEY PLAYERS STATISTICS

Ryan Gauld - Advanced Midfielder

The Scottish on-loan from Sporting CP has been one of the top performer for Walsall so far with a 6.95 ratings, 3 goals and 4 assist.

Walsall F.C Premiere League Update, Nov. 10th 2018

As of November 10th 2018, having played 10 Premiere League matches, my Walsall squad has already accumulated 12 points on 4 wins and 6 defeats. We are currently occupying the 14th seed.

Jesus Noriega leads the team with 3 PL goals on 10 appearances with a 6.94 ratings. Jesus has 2 more goals on cup competition for a grand total of 5 goals in 12 appearances.

Jesus Noriega first Premiere League goal came against Tottenham Hotspur where Walsall defeated them 1-0.  The 19 year old American currently has 3 Premiere League goals.