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Mat Sadler pleased with key character of Walsall keeper

Mat Sadler says Walsall goalkeeper Tommy Simkin has demonstrated a “maturity beyond his years” since joining the club in the summer.

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Simkin, signed on loan from Championship side Stoke City, has kept clean sheets in each of his first two league games.

The 19-year-old also produced shoot-out heroics against Exeter City with a strong right-handed save to deny Ilmari Niskanen from the spot, as Walslal progressed to the EFL Cup second round.