Walsall boss Mat Sadler was beaming after seeing his side thump visitors Colchester United by four-goals-to-nil in their early kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
Goals from Jamie Jellis, Albert Adomh and Jack Earing - who grabbed a brace off the bench - were enough to see the Saddlers rise to the top of League Two ahead of the 3.00pm kick-offs.
Though the scoreline was comfortable, the Saddlers had to be patient during the first forty-five as their opponents prodded and probed for an opener before Walsall eased to victory in the second-half.
Speaking to George Bennett of the Express & Star, Sadler first looked back at Tuesday evening's Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out defeat to Leicester City, which saw the Saddlers enter an aenergy-sapping performance, he said: "It was a monumental effort on Tuesday but the reasons why we changed a couple was with an eye on today.
"Listen, there was some tough times in that game, especially in the first half.
"I talk about winning in different ways all the time and we had to be really resilient in that period against one of the best attacking outlets in the division.
"Lyle Taylor alongside Samson Tovide with Jack Payne and Owura Edwards backing that up.
"We knew that we had to be extremely resilient as a unit and we knew we were going to have to come into a real physical battle.
"During those periods we did really well as a team to ride that out. We won so many headers in our penalty area, clearances, tracked runners, tackles, blocked crosses.
"All of the stuff that you have to do and that period then set us up for the win.
"I know it says 4-0 on the score sheet and it was a really impressive performance from us but the real work and the proper blood and guts then paved the way for the ending of the pitch where the subs that came on were top drawer.
"That second goal was probably as good a goal as we've seen down here for a while in terms of the amount of passes we made.
"We worked that ball from one side to the other with that real composure which is something we all felt we wanted to improve on from the first half.
"That little bit of extra composure so it was a great, proper team performance."