IN our second feature for the 2009/10 season, which appears each Thursday, we're asking past and present players, plus the coaching staff, what has inspired them both in their professional and personal lives.

This week we chat to young full-back Dwayne Samuels.

Q1. Which teacher?

DS: Mr Moody and Mr Brooks at Highfields School in Wolverhampton. They gave me half a chance and encouraged me.

Q2. Which song?

DS: 'Man in the Mirror' by Michael Jackson. It's because of the thoughts behind the song and what he did for charities.

Q3. Which person outside of football as a teenager?

DS: My family. I've got a big family and everyone is striving to do different things. My dad is a fireman and works hard.

Q4. Which coach as a youth team player?

DS: Michael Appleton. He is streetwise and has his own way of coaching and going about things. He's not scared to change things. He is a good one-on-one coach and good motivator. He knows how to get individuals up for a game as well as the team.

Q5. Which film?

DS: 300. The film is about 300 men taking on the whole world and no-one backs down. They know they are looking death in the face and still everyone is behind each other and willing to die for each other.

Q6. Which manager?

DS: Alan Caffrey was my Under-14s coach in the Albion Academy. He has gone back to Ireland now but he was really streetwise and knew how to motivate players.

Q7. Which book?

DS: Roy Keane's autobiography. It is interesting to see how he went about things. Similarly to me, he broke through early. I like his attitude to playing.

Q8. Which famous person?

DS: Michael Jackson. He entertained so many people and performed in front of hundreds of thousands with no nerves.

Q9. Which team-mate in your career?

DS: Sebastien Lake-Gaskin. We were together from Under-13s level until last season in the Academy and we would always be talking about football. When I was on a downer he would pick me up and vice versa. We just bounced well off each other. It was hard to see him go but we're still in touch now.

Q10. Which sportsperson outside of football?

DS: Muhammad Ali. Not just because he was a great boxer but also because of what he did outside the sport. He didn't follow the crowd.