Kealey Adamson

Adamson built his name in Australian football as a right back who refuses to sit still. He gets forward whenever the game allows and supports the winger ahead of him, rather than staying pinned to his own touchline. He describes his own game around that engine, pace to join the attack and enough discipline to recover once the ball is lost. That balance is exactly what persuaded an old English club to bring him across the world.

The real test for any full back arriving from outside Europe is whether that engine holds up once match tempo rises. Recovery runs have to happen far more often across a longer season than he was used to at home. How quickly he settles into Championship rhythm will decide how much of that early promise actually survives the move.