based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Barrow.
Scout report
S. Smith is a 25-year-old central midfielder at Barrow, rated 27.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 60th of 134 on scout potential in the League Two. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (45.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.01 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smith.
Judged on this season alone, Smith graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 32 of the 32 central midfielders in the League Two, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 3.008 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 14). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 14th of 32 of the 32 central midfielders in the League Two. At 25 Smith is in his prime years, and a market index of 3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Barrow finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
3.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 45.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 27.5, Smith carries the 14th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League Two of 32, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Barrow finished 24th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
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