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CE
I have not really been here for long, but I have enjoyed my first couple of days. Today was the first time I trained with the team and hopefully I can get a few more training sessions under my belt, try to impress and hopefully play a part in the game on Saturday.
JP
How did the move come about for you? When was the first you heard about it?
CE
Warren Joyce, the assistant manager of the reserves, he is good friends with the gaffer here at Carlisle (Greg Abbott) and he mentioned to me that they were in need of a midfielder for a month. So, that was on Thursday and then by the Friday he came around and said that if I wanted to go up then I was going to go up tonight. So, I signed the forms on the Friday and I was in the squad on the bench on the Saturday.
JP
It was quite a whirlwind for you, did James Chester or Oliver Norwood talk to you about what it was like at Brunton Park?
CE
Yeah, I had words with both of them before I came and they had nothing but positive things to say about Carlisle, the lads and the facilities and the games that they are playing in, they have thoroughly enjoyed it.
JP
For the fans who perhaps don't know so much about you, what sort of player would you describe yourself as?
CE
I would probably be classed as more of a holding role in the centre of midfield. But, I do look to try to get forward at times, I am always committed to the game and I try to give my all every match.
JP
Is there anyone at Old Trafford or perhaps anywhere else in the world of football that you aspire to be like as a player?
CE
You have got so many great role models at Manchester United, when you are training alongside the likes of Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs it is a boyhood dream.
They are the players that you have grown up watching on television over the years and I have always tried to stay positive and learn things from them every time I have played with them. I just aspire to be my own player, I don't really look up to anyone, I just try to learn from every experience that I get, and hopefully the Carlisle experience will stand me in good stead.
JP
You mentioned Warren Joyce as your assistant manager in the reserves at Manchester United, you have got rather a famous manager there as well with the reserves haven't you?
CE
Yeah, with Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) as well, I haven't actually seen Ole this week as he has been away. But, I will probably see him during the week or so, I know he was keen for me to get on loan and get some experience as well.
JP
So, Solskjaer the reserve boss, the main boss of course is Sir Alex Ferguson, your brother (Jonny) has made it up into his first-team plans, is that your main hope now then?
CE
Yeah, definitely, being at Manchester United the first thought for yourself is that the ultimate aim is to get into that first-team. You have got a chance every day in training and especially you have got a chance when you are training with the first-team. So, that is definitely my aim for the future, so hopefully the Carlisle experience, the next month or maybe longer, will help me.
JP
And you are already a goalscoring full international with your country Northern Ireland, how have you found that experience?
CE
Yeah, I wasn't expecting to get on in the match at all (against Slovenia), but the manager for Northern Ireland in Nigel Worthington showed great faith in me, he has put me on in the last three games. It is a bit weird having a goal and playing eight international games before I have actually made my league debut, but it has all been a learning experience for me, and it has helped me a lot.
JP
Yeah, it must be a real honour, I can't even imagine what it would be like to represent your country. Just back with Carlisle, during this initial month, I don't know whether there is any view to extending that depending on how things go, what are you hoping to achieve here?
CE
Well, my main aim is just to get some games under my belt. The way it is in the reserves at the minute, there are not very many games, there is a game every two weeks maybe. At the start of the season my goal was to go on loan and get some first-team experience, some proper games against men and against experienced players, and take learning curves out of the loan and come back to Manchester United hopefully a better player and a better person.
JP
And you mentioned that you were on the bench at the weekend, and you have trained with the squad this week. What has the mood been like after Saturday's defeat against Charlton? Because it was an inspiring comeback but then the blow of conceding that late goal must have been a hard one to swallow?
CE
Yeah, definitely, the changing room after the game was very disappointed. The lads did tremendously to come back from three down to pull it back to three all and we were just really unlucky at the end to concede like that. This week they have just got to put it behind themselves, although it will be hard, it will still be in the minds of some of the players, but you have just got to look forward to the next match and put it right.
JP
And you have already said that you are hoping to impress this week enough to maybe get involved against Bristol Rovers at the weekend, are you and your squad ready to go out there and make a point then after that defeat?
CE
Yeah, definitely, the best way to respond to a defeat is to win your next match, and that is definitely something the manager and the lads will be looking to do on Saturday.