Sunderland will take on Wycombe Wanderers in the League One play-off final this weekend to decide the final team to make it to the Championship this season to join Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.
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Bolton Wanderers attacker Kieran Sadlier is now fully integrated into life at the club now after his mid-season switch from Rotherham United and is now relishing the chance to play at wing-back.
The 27-year-old made the move from Yorkshire to Lancashire in January and has made an impact at Wanderers after joining on a two-and-a-half year deal.
He has now made more appearances in League One this season for Bolton than he did with the Millers, despite the fact he has only been at Wanderers for three months.
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Despite on his own admission his best position being a number 10, he has recently starred at wing-back on both flanks. Though it was a position he had not relished particularly at his old side Rotherham, it is one he is shining in at Bolton owing to his ability to get foward and high up the pitch.
And after a stop start campaign earlier on this season at the Millers, Sadlier feels he is now hitting his stride as match sharpness as the 2021/22 chapter nears a conclusion.
He said: “Firstly it is just nice to be appreciated for the second half of the season. I have loved it, played in all sorts of positions and learned lots of stuff from it.
“I am playing wing-back at the moment and enjoying it. I can get forward, get good chances, have a free role to get high and be a winger. I’m still learning a few things defensively. I think I have been caught out a couple of times position-wise, playing so high, but it is something I can improve on.
“I have enjoyed every minute of being at Bolton – the fans, the players, the staff – it has all been really good. People say I am still playing in the same position (as at
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