Fran Kirby

tired and so I would start a conversation and then I would kind of switch off and not finish that conversation even if someone else is talking to me I would just completely switch off so that was quite tough but you know having people around me who could see that I was that poorly and still trying to help me even though sometimes I may come across quite rude because I didn't want to talk to people I was just

in a fog in my head if i'm being honest um so yeah to have people who were still trying messaging me every day some people you know players who i played with back at red in my friend lois she was messaging me every single day how are you doing today how are you feeling and you know little things like that they mean so much especially when i wasn't giving much back or i was taking maybe two to three days to answer because i just wasn't going on my phone i was exhausted i didn't even want to look at my phone um yeah so that was really important for me and now

I can actually have them conversations with people and just say, you know, thank you so much for everything that you've done.

It meant a lot.

I think a bit of both.

I think I've probably been able to deal with lockdown a lot easier than other people because I was kind of in it for four months at least, you know, because I just couldn't go out really.

I wasn't doing anything.

I was just staying in the house until obviously I started to feel a bit better and I could go to the training ground or, you know, do little things like that.

But I think obviously with no football is probably good for me because in a selfish way, because obviously I wouldn't be ready to quite play yet.

But at the same time, you know, I loved going down and watching the girls and actually becoming more of a fan.

I really enjoyed it.

And I really enjoyed being on the side as much as it was frustrating when I wanted to be a part of it.

It was really nice to see the girls doing well and to be able to, you know, be within the fans and actually hear them chant in and actually being part of it for a longer period.

That was really nice.

So, you know, it's frustrating.

But at the same time now, I'm kind of at the same level as everyone else.

So in the selfish way, it's good for me, but not in terms of what's going on.

Yeah, I think it's been a really positive season for us.

I think we've, you know, we started off a bit slow.

We got the draw at Brighton away.