How a goalkeeper of Danny Ward's quality can spend so little time playing football was one of the questions of Wales' summer.
Yet after his spell in the European Championship limelight, Ward is back in his all too familiar position in the shadows at Leicester City, where he is understudy to Kasper Schmeichel.
For Wales goalkeeping coach Tony Roberts - who does the same job for Wolverhampton Wanderers - it is frustrating, if understandable, to see Ward sitting on Leicester's bench.
"I spoke to Brendan [Rodgers] after the game [between Leicester and Wolves on 14 August] and said to him 'any danger of getting Danny a game?