The 2017-18 campaign was a turbulent fight for survival for Walsall, with The Saddlers finishing 19th in League One, yet securing their eleventh consecutive season in the third tier. The side's creative spark came almost entirely from the talismanic Erhun Oztumer, whose 17 goals across all competitions earned him the Players' Player of the Season and provided vital points in a campaign built on inconsistency and a mid-season managerial change. The season, which also saw vice-captain Joe Edwards named Player of the Season, remains a chapter defined by Oztumer's individual brilliance amid the club's struggle for stability at the Bescot Stadium.