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FANS of the glass half-full persuasion will say its good that Town are winning games without  playing at their best.
The half-empties will claim that after doing it against Plymouth and now Walsall, it probably cant carry on.
But one thing is undisputed.
Lee Clarks side have won three on the spin in League I, and four in all competitions, and are back  in the automatic promotion places.
Only Brighton, a side they deservedly beat at the Galpharm in mid-
December, have more  points.
Sure, the sides around them have games in hand, but that doesnt always translate into  points.
And while Town certainly need to tighten up defensively, they have an in-form striker in Jordan  Rhodes, who made it 16 for the season with Saturdays stoppage-time clincher.
And they are scoring goals from a variety of positions, with centre-backs Jamie McCombe and  Peter Clarke both weighing in after Kevin Kilbane notched his first for Town at the Bankss  Stadium.
That came in the 19th minute, five after the home side had capped a busy start by going ahead  through Alex Nicholls, who slotted home Will Griggs pass left-footed from just inside the penalty  box.
Kilbane, on loan from Hull, looks a class act, and as soon as he pounced on a slip-up by former  Town defender Andy Butler just inside the home half, Walsall looked in trouble.
The Republic of Ireland ace swept past centre-back Manny Smith, drew keeper David Bevan and  shot home on the angle to provide the perfect response to Nicholls effort.
And there was more to come.
Towns height advantage in most areas of the pitch was causing the West Midlanders problems, and McCombe hardly had to jump to head home Anthony Pilkingtons 24th-minute corner to put his  side 2-1 ahead.
McCombe, back in the starting XI for the first time in six games, had shown some deft footwork  to win the flag kick in the first place, and his sixth goal of the season lifted Town and shook a Walsall side desperate for a win in Dean Smiths first home match as caretaker manager following the exit of ex-Town player Chris Hutchings.

Jon Macken brought a smart save from Alex Smithies with a 33rd-minute header from a cross by the tricky Julian Gray, but otherwise, Town were on top, with Lee Novak mis-kicking when in a good position in the 26th minute and Kay shooting narrowly wide after another Kilbane run in the 36th.
It all changed in the second half as Walsall levelled just 90 seconds in, Matt Richards firing home direct from a 20-yard free-kick.
That sparked a spell of home pressure during which Gray shot over, Butler headed too high from a corner and Richards had a shot blocked by Kilbane before being denied by Smithies from another free-kick.
Town had looked dangerous on the counter, with Scott Arfield racing through in the 52nd minute only to drive a shot over and Pilkington testing Bevan in the 55th.
Having started with a 4-3-3 set-up, Pilkington, Alan Lee and Novak playing up front, Town switched to 4-4-2 with the introduction of Rhodes for Lee in the 68th minute.
And as the game began to swing back towards the visitors, Clarke struck with a sweet overhead kick, his 76th-minute effort from a Gary Roberts corner which was deflected into his path bringing delight to Towns highly vociferous 898 fans behind that goal.
It was the skippers second goal in as many games and now the whole side were flying, with Rhodes shooting over before settling the game in the third minute of time added on after keeper Bevan gifted possession to Roberts.
The winger darted past Darryl Westlake with Pilkington unselfishly stepping over the cross to allow Rhodes to pick his spot and seal the points.