Carlisle United boss Paul Simpson says the pace Terry Ablade showed in his cameo against Shrewsbury Town was “scary" and "phenomenal”.

And the Blues manager said the Fulham loanee showcased his game-changing qualities in the 2-0 win.

Ablade, handed his home debut in the second half, showed electric speed on a number of occasions as Carlisle looked to close out their victory.

The 21-year-old then helped set up Joe Garner’s injury-time goal which sealed a positive afternoon for the Cumbrians.

Manager Simpson said the speedy sub was the ideal player for the situation.

“I think, to defend a lead, you need an attacking threat, and when you put someone like Terry on – especially on our pitch, a big, lovely surface – he is going to cause chaos.

“He’s got a good spring, too – there was one in front of the dugout where he got up and won the header and I could hear people behind me in the Paddock going, ‘Wow’, because he can get up, he can win headers.

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“And that pace to go and stretch teams is phenomenal. He did it for the goal, he did for one where he won a free-kick.

“When he’s like that he’s actually unplayable, because his pace is scary.”

United have been short of raw pace in their attack since the departure of Omari Patrick.

But Ablade’s recent arrival on a season-long loan has clearly restored this attribute to their squad.

“What it does is it makes teams drop off a little bit and creates the space in midfield,” said Simpson.

“When we don’t have that pace the pitch becomes congested. To have that threat is good.

“We’ve got it in Dan Butterworth, with Luke Plange, who hasn’t got the blistering pace but has that gangly sort of stride that can get away from people.

“It gives you a threat. Bringing JJ Kayode into it gives us another option as well.

“I think we’ve got a good mix of strikers with Edmo, with Joe, with the smaller ones in Sean Maguire, and Dan and Terry.

“We’ve got a good mix of forward players that hopefully we can find the right permutations and we can pick up some more results.”