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A player that has caught my eye in the early part of the season but is, for now, under the radar is Carlisle’s Bournemouth loanee Dominic Sadi. He’s made just three league appearances for a total of 164 minutes. He came on as a half time substitute in the 3-0 away defeat to MK Dons. He was introduced after ’60 minutes of the 2-1 home defeat to Tranmere. But last weekend he played the full game against Bradford.
Carlisle had a blunt look to them at the start of the season and have moved on from Paul Simpson as manager. This has paved the way for Sadi’s introduction into the starting XI. Sadi can play anywhere across the front line but is most effective as an inverted right winger – a role that wasn’t a thing in Simpson’s favoured 5-3-2.
With Simpson no more, currently managerless Carlisle have gone with a more handbrake off looking 4-2-3-1. Admittedly, they still haven’t got into a high gear. But Sadi, at least, is showing signs of attacking threat. He’s had three shots, all on target. Two in the Bradford match last Saturday. The xG of his three efforts aren’t of great value but Sadi is getting into good areas. He drifts inside from the right flank and is a magnet for picking up pockets of space.
Looking for some historical data to back up my hunch led me to Bournemouth’s 2023/24 Professional Development League season. Sadi scored five goals in 1,872 minutes. Prolific? No. But when you dig a little deeper there’s enough to give credence to the bet.
A look through the Wyscout data appears to show that Sadi was deployed on the left wing for 17 of his 22 appearances in the competition. A position that wouldn’t lend itself to a left footer getting lots of shots off. Four of Sadi’s five goals came in the other five matches – when he was played from the right.
Right wing-back Barry Cotter scored three goals last season from 1,514 minutes which works out on average as a goal every 5.6 matches.
He’s yet to trouble the scoreboard this season but in last weekend’s victory over Bristol Rovers he showed signs that a first goal of the season isn’t far away. Cotter had two shots, both in the early stages of the match. Both efforts were low xG opportunities from the angle of the penalty area but Cotter is a very good ball striker, he got both strikes on target and did well to work the goalkeeper.
A look at the average position map from Barnsley’s league matches this season shows that in the Bristol Rovers game Cotter got higher up the pitch than in any other match played so far. This tallies with the set up that they’re deploying following the deadline days signing of Davis Keillor-Dunn.
Barnsley are effectively playing with two #10’s in Keillor-Dunn and Adam Phillips playing off target man Sam Cosgrove with Cotter having the right flank to himself. The three central defenders shielded by Matthew Craig gives Cotter free reign to get forward.
Stevenage don’t give up many chances. In fact they’ve faced the least amount of shots in the division up to now. Barnsley have the look of an attacking force but it may take something special for them to trouble Stevenage. Looking beyond the likes of Keillor-Dunn and Phillips to somebody at a bigger price who can strike a ball from range is the play.
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Written by Andy Robson
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