The word "mad" pops up quite a few times when Moses Dyer reflects on his stay at Galway United to date.
The in-form attacker was named the SWI/SSE Airtricity Player of the Month for April on Wednesday.
His signing looks like a masterstroke by John Caulfield, who first approached Dyer last September when he was on loan at Canadian club Pacific FC from Vancouver.
Caulfield, sitting to Dyer's right for their media duties, describes the New Zealand international as "a beautiful person" and smiles like a proud father when the 28-year-old lays out the story of his career to date, and journey to the west.
Dyer has certainly been around the block - 11 clubs in 11 years is testament to that - and has played in Australia, Canada, North America and Norway.
So it's worth paying attention when he says he's never experienced anything quite like the League of Ireland.
"The first game of the season was crazy, it was against Cork away," he recalls.
"I didn't know what to expect at all. I'd been playing in Canada and America. You get some big crowds over there, sometimes 12,000. But what was it, 6,000, 7,000 at that Cork game? You could have a full stadium, a 20,000-seater in North America and it wouldn't even compare to Ireland.
"Even our home games, it's what, 4,500/5,000? I've played in front of massive crowds for New Zealand, but never in front of passionate fans like this.
"That's kind of what I mean by 'mad'."
"It's 90 minutes, 95 minutes of hectic, high intensity energy, but he's physically strong."
It's always a roll of the dice to bring overseas players into the league, but Caulfield hit the jackpot this time. Dyer has won 11 caps for his country, and though he hasn't played for the All Whites since 2018, he still has belief he'll get another chance.
Scoring goals here won't do him any harm. Nando Pijnaker and Max Mata both received New Zealand call-ups during their spells at Sligo Rovers.
"We saw his qualities on video, but there's so many players that you look at, hundreds of players over the years, and you wonder whether you bring in," Caulfield adds. "I suppose with the humility he had in the sense that our league is mad, Moses has said that... it's 90 minutes, 95 minutes of hectic, high intensity energy, but he's physically strong.
"Certainly after the first couple of weeks in training, in my head, there was no doubt that he was going to do very well for us."
Dyer has been a big hit at Eamonn Deacy Park. He has a knack for scoring spectacular goals, while his tenacity and appetite for the battle has further endeared him to the fans.
Galway have lost their last three games to trickle down to eighth in an incredibly congested table. But they're still only six points off league leaders Shamrock Rovers.
There'll be no panic in the ranks ahead of Friday's home clash against a struggling Sligo Rovers.
"The fans are very intense," Dyer smiles. "The football is 100 miles per hour. Every time we get on the ball, we're trying to do something with it. We're not messing about with it, just trying to keep the ball, keep the ball. We have a purpose. And I guess that's what I mean by mad. Just get the ball up the field and try to score."
Caulfield highlighted a mounting injury list that's perhaps contributed towards Galway's recent stutter.
A Connacht derby offers them a great opportunity to get things back on track.
"I suppose you're all used to the Dublin derbies above with Rovers, Bohs, Pat's, Shels, and probably down here it's just that supporter-driven, I suppose, having a cut off each other in the best possible way," Caulfield says.
"It's just that bit of friendly rivalry between both supporters because there's only two teams in Connacht.
"The investment in the league nationwide has grown dramatically. And the stakes have been upped.
"The challenge for the provincial clubs - particularly Sligo, Galway, Cork and possibly Waterford - is competing because you're on a much lesser budget than the four Dublin clubs and Derry.
"That's the challenge. That's why you have to work so hard. That's why you have to try and see can you find the likes of Moses and these guys who are maybe not in the public eye.
"There are ways you can find these guys that will come in and make a difference."
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