Handed the No.1 shirt on the eve of the campaign and stunning form - which has earned an England Under-21 call-up - has more than justified that Photo: BP
Despite starting the season on the back of only four days of pre-season, immediately showed why Shaun Maloney rated him his top transfer target of the summer Photo: BP
Nightmare display at Blackpool last time out shouldn't take away from his opening five matches where - up and down the left - he was as good as any of his colleagues Photo: BP