George Bennett and Jonny Drury return with the latest episode of the Bescot Beat
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00:00I think, you know, last season, obviously away form was an issue. Six wins on the road,
00:06which was twice as many as a campaign before. But I mean, 48 goals shipped. It was a major
00:12concern. And the biggest statistic for me, which was concerning, was conceding first in 19 of their
00:1923 away games. And that's something from the evidence of the performance on Saturday, which
00:24has clearly been addressed. Because in the first half an hour, that really created the platform
00:30for Walsall to go on and do what they did. I've seen Darren himself tweeted, and I did after the
00:37game as well, that I felt Ryan Sturck was very key to that. Composed in the centre of the park.
00:42Some of the passes he was spraying around just looked effortless at times. But not just that.
00:47I mean, you know, Walsall played with those overlapping wide centre backs and his ability
00:51just to tuck in every time. Sometimes goes unnoticed, but if we close for inspection,
00:56you realise just how important it is to the functioning of the team. And yeah, that performance
01:01really, other than I think Swindon had one cross where Harry Smith got his head on the ball
01:07with a wayward header at the near post, and then cracked one from distance. That was really
01:13all Swindon were reduced to. And that was also in thanks to what was a really solid
01:22defensive performance. But yeah, throughout that first half performance was
01:27very impressive. And then the shackles are off in the second half, really.