ratings updated 11 Oct 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Grimsby.
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All League Two standouts →One of the biggest game-time risers in the League Two: on the pitch for 93% of Grimsby's available minutes this season, up from 12% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.
S. Lavelle is a 30-year-old central defender at Grimsby, rated 14.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (24.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lavelle.
On the season, Lavelle graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 2 clean sheets and 4.491 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 26 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 15. At 30 Lavelle is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Grimsby finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
4.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 6 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 24.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 14.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
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