Pundit urges Sheffield Wednesday to make “important” Bailey Cadamarteri decision

With Sheffield Wednesday struggling for goals all season since their return to the Championship, relatively new boss Danny Rohl has turned to youth in a bid to get the club’s season back on track.

And based on what he showed against Blackburn Rovers this past weekend, Bailey Cadamarteri could be the hope he has been looking for.

A prolific scorer at youth level for the Owls since joining at the age of eight, the 18-year-old was yet to make a league appearance at senior level until Rohl threw him on from the bench in a 4-0 home defeat against Millwall, where he entered the fray at half-time.

The teenager was given a further cameo against Birmingham City for the final seven minutes of normal time, but in what was a big leap of faith from Rohl, Cadamarteri was given a start against table-topping Leicester City last week to the surprise of many.

How did Bailey Cadamarteri perform against Leicester and Blackburn?

Cadamarteri was always likely going to find it tough against an experienced Foxes back-line that included Conor Coady, Wout Faes and Jannik Vestergaard, but he put himself about and had just the one shot – which ended up being blocked.

Rohl retained faith in Cadamarteri however for this past weekend’s clash at Hillsborough with Blackburn Rovers, and the faith well and truly paid off after just a few minutes.

The youngster showed his predatory instincts by firing a Josh Windass cross into the roof of the opposition goal, and perhaps showed what had been missing all season as he hadn’t previously gotten much of a chance.

In terms of his overall game, Cadamarteri had two more shots on target against Rovers in a 3-1 victory and a few more touches too than he did against Leicester, and whilst he’s clearly a work in progress, first-team football for now at Championship level will do him no harm.