Dale kept the Saddlers at bay in a second half that saw the hosts pile the pressure on, earning a first away point of the campaign.
“Away from home, sometimes you have to set up differently, and with these being in a really good moment, we spoke about the mentality that we would have to have,” commented the Head Coach.
“We didn’t want as many moments without the ball as we had. I didn’t think we were clean enough with the ball, and we caused turnovers which allowed them to come onto us.
“But you saw how much the players want to run for the Football Club and want to get in the way of the ball. It’s important that we have that within the group.”
Dale went toe-to-toe with Walsall in the opening 45 minutes and finished the half strongly, creating a number of chances that Watson felt his side could have converted.
“I think we should have scored in the first half. We created some really good moments off the counter, and we spoke about doing that.
“In the second half we turned the ball over too easily, and I don’t want to criticise the boys, because they gave absolutely everything, but if we were better with the ball and had more control, it can give us more moments to attack their goal, which we didn’t in the second half.
“But I’ve got nothing but pride in the boys for everything that they’ve given. Sometimes away from home you need to do that because a point coming here is a really good point in my opinion.”
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