(Moved my reply to Patterson thread as it’s off topic in Young thread).
Couple of reasons why he has spent his career as 2nd/3rd choice. At both his clubs, he has been behind established club captains in his position. And he is also only just 22. Coleman wasn’t our first choice RB until 24.
Lampard also did give Patterson a run of games at the start of last season and he performed fairly well and consistently, including keeping Coleman out the team when he had recovered from injury. (We had like the 3rd or 4th best defence in the league during that time) Patterson then got injured and Coleman came back in and performed well so rightly wasn’t dropped.
Like I’ve said in other thread, an actual run of games and we would likely see improvement, but coming in and out the team won’t help. And after helping the team to a win and a clean sheet and being immediately dropped again for a player who is also not setting the world alight won’t then help his confidence or his performance levels.