But how else should we judge Wharton. He’s at an age now where he should have played far far more than he has for us. That’s either due to not being physically robust enough so being regularly injured or just not being fancied by the managers. They’re the ones who judge him and deem him not suitable for said “normal set ups”.
He’s been in and around the senior squad for 9 years now and has been what would be classed as a regular for one spell and that was when we had 3 at the back, so was probably the “extra” defender in there. 89 appearances according to Wikipedia (I know).
Seems a good lad and fairly intelligent, especially for a footballer, but that unfortunately counts for little.