Jimmy Walker to Forest?

By Michael Lynch
May 15 2004

Walsall's Jimmy Walker has told the media of his ambitions to play at a higher level than he will be doing with the Saddlers. With him being a Forest fan... will he come here? It's highly likely, and Gerrard could be off soon. Sign him up, Joe!

Walsall have recently been relegated to Division Two. This means that it has been inevitable that some of their will be looking to move on.

At the moment we've still got Paul Gerrard on loan but unless Joe Kinnear offers him a contract and has it accepted by the Scouse keeper, then we won't be seeing him playing for us ever again.

The two goalies that we have in place at the moment- Roche and 'Wardy' are okay, Darren Ward has done quite well for us over the years but has never really got over his 'shakiness' in the air and he doesn't command his box too well.

If it turns out that we don't get to keep Paul, which is looking increasingly likely- then we're going to need at least one other 'keeper for when one gets injured or maybe as a replacement to go straight into the first-team scene. Walsall's Jimmy Walker could be the one. He is a Forest fan and today said to the media that he needs to move to a bigger club and play at a higher level than the second division.

Given the opportunity he'd probably sign for his favoured club so he's at least worth a try. Right?