Mat Sadler set to utilise Walsall wing-back Nathan Asiimwe's versatility
Walsall boss Mat Sadler has hinted that there is scope for him to deploy Charlton Athletic loanee Nathan Asiimwe on the left over the course of the final two games.
Sadler has relied heavily on Connor Barrett and Liam Gordon in the wing-back slots this season, and only turned to Asiimwe once Barrett was handed a two-game suspension last month.
Asiimwe replaced Barrett in the XI once again in the goalless stalemate at Newport County on Easter Monday, after an exciting cameo from the bench in the 2-2 draw against Harrogate Town on Good Friday.
The Ugandan, who joined on loan in January, then switched over to left wing-back for the closing stages in South Wales, and Sadler has suggested it might be a tactic he'll exercise again.
He said: "I thought Nathan did really well. He has got a lovely knack of finding some fantastic deliveries into the box and it's a pattern and something that we'll keep leaning on.
"So we're very lucky to have the three of them [Asiimwe, Connor Barrett and Liam Gordon].
"That's something that we thought as the game went on [switching Asiimwe to left wing-back].
"It's something we've been thinking about a lot recently in terms of how we can slightly change our patterns and how we can slightly change things that have served us very well this season.
"But can we freshen things up a little bit? And that was one of the things that I'd thought about."
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