Toby Collyer

Collyer covers ground relentlessly in midfield, tracking runners and closing passing lanes rather than waiting to react once an opponent already has the ball. His positioning is genuinely disciplined, which means he wins possession through anticipation more often than through a last-ditch tackle. He has also shown real awareness in dangerous moments, clearing the ball off his own goal line when a mistake elsewhere had put his side in trouble.

The tension is that a midfielder built this way rarely gets the credit that goes to more expressive players, because his best contributions are often the problems that never happened. Coaches value that kind of discipline highly, even when it goes unnoticed by everyone watching from outside the training ground. Watch how many dangerous situations he defuses before they become a genuine chance, because that tells you far more about him than goals or assists.