 First question, Ryan probably the easiest telling by smile on your face. You must be delighted to be here at AFC Bournemouth Yeah, definitely happy I could get over the line and I'll just can't wait to get a season start And how did the move come about because obviously you've had a bit of a you know You had a bit of a quiet summer because obviously West Ham news. How did it come about? You know, just got just got in touch. You know our first first person spoke to was a manager You know when I when a player comes into this country Obviously he's gonna have the office from clubs and speak to various various clubs and various people But I feel like the manager was the one who really showed the most interest to me and the club in general and really sold it Well to me you mentioned the manager there obviously been an influential part of why you're here How impressed have you been with what he's done here at this football club? Yes, but amazing. I think You know the type of player is he he's installed that kind of hard work ethic into the club And obviously the quality and the games I've watched over the last couple of seasons of Bournemouth You know, they've they've pretty much dominated every game and playing a really nice style of football and Yeah, I'm not surprised the impact he's had on the club. Did you always know he'd be he'd be a good coach Obviously you played with him back in the day. Did you always know he's gonna go into management? Yeah, I think so I think even you know back then he was still he was still playing but the advice he would give you on and off the pitch a Little bits of advice from his experiences. He's had you know the highest level of football You know, there's a pretty much a no-brainer that he was gonna gonna go into the coach inside And we understand that you know some of the lads as well. How did they sell the vision to you and who sold the vision of the Clubs here. Yeah, really well spoke to junior Stanislaus yesterday You know told me a bit about the club and the area and how good it is He told me obviously the manager sessions. I love, you know, they're fun exciting sessions a lot sort of ball But the Kellan Wilson obviously used used to be at the club. He sold it really well as well You know, they said every every player that comes in ends up loving the club And you know a lot of them you want to stay in retire after after football So I think that that says enough for supporters who maybe haven't seen much of you down the years Just tell us what sort of fallback you are and what they can expect Obviously first and foremost like he said I'm a defender. So I like to defend But yeah, I enjoy getting forward and putting balls in the box You know like getting assists and stuff like that and hopefully bring a bit of excitement to the fans It's it's a physically demanding position fallback And you must be looking forward to the hard runs that are coming in preseason under the regime Yeah, I don't know about looking forwards Yeah, I know the the fitness coach sports scientists The team very well and I know hard He works at lads, but I'm looking forward to it. You know, you've got to be you've got to be really fit in this league You've got to be ready to run For 90 minutes and you know the the shape they had the lads in last season I think was a you know one of the main facts of them doing so well You mentioned last season obviously promoted from the championship. You were a Premier League player last year What's the difference between a Premier League player and a championship player? The level is just astronomical, isn't it? Yeah, I think obviously first of all most the intensity is Yeah, there's a lot you've got you got to be switched on for 90 minutes You know you can you can be playing well for 89 minutes and then you know one bit of magic from someone on the other team And if you switch off, you know, you're gonna get punished Nothing you can really make them them types of mistakes in you know in your own half in your own box You're gonna get punished by world-class players You're only young yourself really but we had quite a young dressing room last season and heading into the preseason campaign Are you has the manager said anything about you being more of an experienced player to lead the young young team mates? Yeah, of course I think hopefully I can bring my my experiences from you know The last few years of playing in the premiership to maybe some younger lads haven't played But you know from from the games. I've seen and what I've heard about the lads You know, they're more than capable the young lads of of stepping up and doing a business in the Premier League And just finally you must be really excited for a fresh adventure in your career Yeah, definitely. I think you know this this stage my careers is actually what I needed bit of fresh excitement into into my life and into my career and Hopefully I can reward the manager in a club for bring me