Odhrán Johnson

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Fitzgerald, staring down the barrel of another League of Ireland season.

Obviously, with Sligo since 2022, I mean, three years on the trot now, are you feeling like a regular down there now?

I am, I am.

I mean if you look at the end of last season probably a very dramatic end probably not the one you would have wanted really on paper to be coming down to those final game of the season but to have I suppose rallied around the troops and gotten such great results near the end of the season is there a way in which you're going to hopefully channel that form into this season now?

Was it only the one season you played with him during 2022, was it?

You've got a very tough first game to the season against Derry City.

You're always stomping ground as well.

You know how difficult it is to go up to the brandy well and get points on the board.

I do, I do.

Is there excitement around the community coming up to this season?

I know obviously the Cup campaign probably didn't end the way you wanted it to but getting that far there was obviously a lot of excitement around that and that Bohemians result I think in particular got a load of people on their feet and regardless of where you were in the league people were looking forward to the next Cup game.

Is that something that you'll hopefully be able to channel again this year and really target into the FAI Cup?

Absolutely.

I have to ask this question, and you're probably going to be asked it a lot today, but Owen Elding, obviously, and Highburn, how big of a change will that be for you guys now?

It'll be massive.

Obviously manager John Russell, you and him kind of occupy a similar position of the field when he was playing, like how much of an influence is he on your game?

Him obviously signing a multi-year deal, does that make it a lot more enticing for you to continue on with Sligo and obviously shows a lot of faith in his vision for the team as well?

I have to ask a very random question because I was telling my family I was going to be interviewing you and they were all like, oh, geez, we have to ask some Sligo related questions.