I agree - he had two summers that I think really raised hopes

summer 2018 - he came back from Fortuna and obviously worked his arse off and put himself into that first promotion winning side.

Summer 2019 - he really seemed to kick on, looking stronger, fitter and better drilled in that first prem campaign.

Dunno what his baseline potential is/was, but those two summers, whatever he did during them, or however he was coached, he made massive leaps forward in his performance. There's been plenty of examples of the not most technically gifted players making the most of what they had, and early career Todd seemed to fit that mould.

whatever has happened since is a bit of conjecture - but those two summers pointed to how he could improve. Hasn't happened since and it's really gone into reverse. If he could go back to whatever he did those summers he'd have a good shot of rebuilding. Would be kind of fascinating to know if that was stuff he did off of his own back, or things we did with him in training...

Or whether he just physically matured.

Doesn't look like even he knows, so I doubt we'll ever get to the bottom of it... but yep, it's a pity.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary, Jul 25, 11:57:30