Now he has proven his Premier League quality, is being hailed as one of the division's standout defenders and tipped for England call-up, Adam Webster can find some humour when looking back on the days when he was battling confidence issues and things were not going quite as well.
'I remember once when I wasn't even playing [in a game],' he began, a smile at the memory emerging first which eventually developed into full on laughter.
'I was on the bench and we [Portsmouth] lost 1-0 away at Leyton Orient and one of the other young lads, who was a year above me, tried to play a pass back to the keeper.