Doug Loft is pleading for a run in the first team after securing his Albion future.

Loft believes he can show fans what he is really capable of if he is given more of a chance.

The 21-year-old former Hastings midfielder feared for his future despite being called up for his first League start of the season in the final game of the season at home to Swansea.

It was only his seventh start, to add to 24 substitute appearances, in two and a half years at the club.

However, Dean Wilkins handed him a new 12-month contract and, although Wilkins has now been replaced, Loft is determined to prove his worth under new manager Micky Adams.

He said: "I'm obviously delighted to be offered another year.

"I didn't really know what was going to happen but Dean Wilkins told me I have a lot of ability - he just told me to show it more regularly. He thinks I can play in the first team. So do I and other people who watch me all the time.

"It is the hardest thing ever when you are not given a chance. A lot of the players go through it but it's something the fans don't see, when you travel to a game and then you are not involved.

"I have come on in quite a few away games and feel as though I have done well when asked.

"If you get a run in the team then you become comfortable playing in a position and I could then make that position mine. When you are coming on, sometimes for five or ten minutes, it's a lot harder to make an impact.

"If I get a run in the team then I can express myself and be the player I want to be but it's getting that chance. I will keep on working as hard as I can until that happens."