West Ham defender Levi Laing was delighted to feature in today's friendly win against Tottenham in Perth.
Laing featured at fullback for the 3-2 victory.
The youngster told whufc.com: I tried to hold on my own. You can tell though, with these Premier League stars, everything is just sharper and technically everything is quicker. But I tried to get involved and just do what I normally do in the U21s games. And I think I showed that in the game.
It's good that I can play both right-back and centre-back. It's good to understand both of those roles. I started the game at right-back and when we went to the three, I played on the right-side of the three and got an understanding of that as well.
It was easy to slot in because I've played right centre-back for the U21s, so it wasn't anything new for me. I enjoyed it."
Laing added: "The transition of coming into the first team has been good. The first team boys have been leaders and have given us help.
I want to stay part of this now. Every time I get an opportunity, I want to show what I can do and go from there. I want to work as hard as possible and let my football do the talking."