Anton Rodgers is hoping to gain experience of first-team football after joining Exeter City on loan from npower Championship promotion-chasers Brighton & Hove Albion.
At 20 years of age, many young footballers will have played at least a handful of first-team games by now, but it is something that has eluded Rodgers, the son of Liverpool boss Brendan.
He has been something of a victim of the Seagulls' steady rise under Gus Poyet, who has perhaps overlooked the development in youth in preference of big signings, so Rodgers felt the time had come to try pastures new.
"It's nice to get away, come down and try and play some football," Rodgers said. "Obviously the team are doing well, so I am not going to play straight away or get straight into the team. I have come for the experience really.
"It's great to be in and among a first-team squad day in and day out and work for a manager like Paul Tisdale. I'm looking forward to it.
"I need to be playing football and I wanted to come here to give myself the best chance.
"Brighton are doing really well at the minute and they are going further and further. There isn't much time for the young ones at the minute, but that is how it is. Exeter are doing well and hopefully I can get a few games while I am here.
"It's difficult to get that opportunity at Brighton, but that happens in football and when you are at a good club like Brighton. Fortunately, I have been able to come to a good club like Exeter and hopefully I will get my chance here."
That opportunity could come sooner than perhaps he expected if Exeter's midfield injury crisis continues to worsen. Liam Sercombe and Matt Oakley have both been ruled out for the remainder of the campaign, while Alan Gow is still some way off a return.
Tommy Doherty is expected to return to action soon, but with only Scot Bennett, Mark Molesley, Aaron Dawson and borrowed Reading play-maker Lawson D'Ath at his disposal, Tisdale's options are limited.
However, this move is very much about the longer-term and the chance for Rodgers to establish himself as a professional footballer.
"I am getting to that age where I want to play and obviously with the team doing so well this season, it will be hard to get in," he said."Hopefully I can impress in training and if my chance comes, it comes. But if not, hopefully with a view to next season, it could happen. You never know.
"If it happened where I could come here again, then I am sure I will. It is all about opportunity and I think this experience now, until the end of the season, will stand me in good stead for that."
Another factor in Rodgers' decision to come to Exeter was the ever-increasing reputation Tisdale has in the game. The manager is renowned for taking on, coaching, improving and ultimately selling on at a profit for the club. Rodgers hopes to follow that trend.
"That was definitely a factor in me coming here. It's rare nowadays that you see a manager that has been here for so long, so that definitely attracts you," he said.
"I also know Ryan Harley from Brighton and he speaks well of him. Everyone speaks well of the manager and I'm fortunate with the position my dad is in as well that I get to know who and how he is, so it definitely attracted me.
"He's a carer, he's a people's person. He takes people's situations into consideration, he knows where I am at as a footballer."
Rodgers added: "It would mean everything to me to get my chance. I think a lot of people can take football for granted, but I am a young boy that wants to be in the first team. It's as simple as that.
"It's not about money, I want to play on those horrible wet Tuesday nights when you are away and you have to travel for miles. I want that. I want to be a part of that."
