To play for this Club is unbelievable.

I’m a local lad, I'm literally two minutes away from the stadium.

Day to day people come up to me and for them to think something of me is unbelievable.

I've always wanted that, because I've always seen other players coming through and I've been in the same position looking up to them.

It shows that it’s real, that players my age can go on and break into the First Team.

To be honest, I’ve always looked up to any Scouser that played football, whether it was for Everton or anybody else.

Liverpool is not an easy place to come from, so to see them go on and make something good of themselves was inspiring.

I grew up with this Club. I used to go to the games and that's where I used to see what the fans were shouting at the players.

I know what fans want from a young lad coming through because I’ve been there.

Now, to hear them chant my name, it was probably the best moment of my life.

I've dreamed about that since I was a kid.

Like the fans, I’ve loved singing in the crowd.

I think every day about scoring my first goal for Everton and celebrating with the fans, but I think I enjoyed hearing my name being sung at Old Trafford more than a goal.

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed it. It made me day.

As cliché as it sounds, football is really nothing without the fans.

The games we played in lockdown were really hard to get up for.

You have to really self-motivate yourself. You have no pumping adrenaline that comes with the fans being in the stadiums. It was difficult.

I think the QPR game, for me, was like a whole new debut because I've obviously experienced that before at Old Trafford.

That environment in the stadium, the away fans shouting stuff at you. I really enjoyed it.

I embraced it and it made me perform better.

The manager helps me, too. He gives you praise if you do well.

But he's a really intense coach and doesn't allow you to get ahead of yourself, which for me is really good.

I enjoy that because I never get to relax. I'm always locked in and focused on trying to improve.

He tells you that you are doing well, but he also tells you that you have to keep going.

His style of play suits me, too.

I feel like I'm a short, sharp player and I'm quick over the first few yards.

It benefits me - I can let my legs go and have a good couple of runs during the game.

I could have gone out on loan this season, but I felt from pre-season and how I was training... I felt ready to be involved.

This year, I knew that any opportunities that would come my way, I felt ready to go and take them.

A lot of people blame managers if they don't get opportunities, but it's totally down to me.

To be honest, last year the lads were training better than me, so I probably didn't deserve to play.

At the end of the day, it's not really up to the manager. If you are performing well enough and working hard enough, you make his decisions for him.

That's what I feel like I'm doing now, whether I'm starting or I'm on the bench, I feel like I'm always in the manager's mind because I'm working really hard and no one can deny that.

As a local lad, you are judged to a higher standard because the fans expect a lot more of you.

But nobody holds me to a higher standard than myself.

People can hold me to whatever standard they want because it won't be as high as what I'm holding myself to.