George Bennett brings you all the latest from Mat Sadler's pre-Crewe press conference.
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00:00Good afternoon Sadler's fans. I'm at Essenton where I've just spoke to Matt Sadler, head
00:05of Walsall's home fixture against Crew Alexandria at Bescott on Saturday. And there's an update
00:13on Harry Williams. You'll remember from the second half against Baltimore and there was
00:18a 2-1 win at the Bescott in the FA Cup first round last weekend that Williams suffered
00:24a nasty collision with the advertising hoardings and was forced off. There was some great concern
00:31as the medical staff ran over the stretcher, fortunately he returned to his feet with a
00:36bloodied head and then was sent to hospital after the game. The club then released a statement
00:42saying that he'd had the required scans and that they had suffered no further internal
00:49damage, which was really positive news to hear after that concerning incident. However,
00:54the club will follow the concussion protocol, so Matt Sadler said at the very least he will
01:01be missing for the next two games. So that's the game against Crew and the EFL trophy fixture
01:07against Shrewsbury. Ryan Sturck came off on the half hour. He had missed a training session
01:14last week with illness but came through it to start but unfortunately only lasted the
01:2030 minutes and Brandon Conley missed out on the squad because he was ill too but both
01:24are available for selection. Ahead of what will be a big game for Walsall against a local rival,
01:33a team who were in form, albeit having lost in the FA Cup first round against Dagenham and
01:38Redbridge last week, but that's seven wins in ten for Crew in League Two. But Walsall's home
01:43form are five wins from six so far at the Bescott and they'll be looking to continue that
01:49as they look to apply pressure to leaders Port Vale,
01:53who they trailed by four points but also boast a game in hand on.