After a bright start to his Cardiff City career, about a year ago Perry Ng's confidence took a nosedive.
While everyone thought last season was simply tapering off after fizzling brightly initially under Mick McCarthy's management, for Ng there was more going on beneath the surface. He can even pinpoint the moment that happened.
"When I came in, I was loving it," he said back in November. "But I think it was after the injury, after we beat Swansea [last March], it just turned and I lost my confidence very quickly. It was difficult to get that back."