The Bury manager Kevin Blackwell has said that he is extremely disappointed with the defending from his team in the 1-1 draw with Walsall during the weekend. This draw meant that they were unable to get to high positions of the table. Bury have made a poor start to the new season, and they have looked extremely shaky in the match against Walsall. Kevin Blackwell said that it was difficult to put a finger on the reason for their poor defensive showing in this match. Grigg scored after just 7 min on the clock following a defensive mix-up.
Even though the club managed to equalise the match through a goal from Poleon after just a few minutes, they were unable to recover from the early goal conceded. As a result, they could only draw the match 1-1. This was a disappointing result because Kevin Blackwell was hoping to get away from the relegation zone. Walsall were coming into the match after having not won the last five matches, which made Kevin Blackwell target this as an ideal three-pointer. A win from this match would have certainly added to the win achieved last week against Hartlepool United. As it is, Bury still remain in the relegation zone with nine points from the 15 matches played so far.
“The goal that’s gone in, I’m sorry, if I saw it down on a park on a Saturday I’d laugh my head off and I’m angry with that. I’m fed up with stupid, Mickey Mouse goals going in – that’s the one part of the game I’m really, really annoyed with. I let the players know that I’m fed up with giving teams a lift. We are getting punished all the time and we can’t carry on like this, that’s for sure,” said Blackwell after the match.
