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RO
I was happy that we managed to get the win, we should have really killed the game off before that but I am happy that I got the goal and that we got the three points.
PN
Personally for you, what went through your head when you saw that ball hit the back of the net?
RO
Erm, nothing just get there as I quick as I can and keep my head down and just slot it away really.
PN
How much pressure have you felt over these last few weeks to get your first goal?
RO
Well, every player puts pressure on themselves to do well. Strikers thrive on goals so every time you get on the pitch you want to score and do well and play well for the team. So it is just a normal pressure that every footballer goes through.
You have got to have the right people around you, a good family base and the fans and the coaching staff up there are all great. They support every one of us and we are all in it as a team and it helps. You have just got to keep mentally strong yourself.
PN
You have got that first goal, how confident are you that you can go on and build on that?
RO
Hopefully I can get a run in the side, keep working hard, get myself in the team and score a few more goals.
PN
Have you ever played in a game like that before?
RO
Yeah I have, and it would have felt like a loss if we had not got the win but thankfully we did. Football is a funny game, you never know what can happen and they were on the ascendancy which they would be because they are the home side, they have got the crowd behind them and they are fighting for their lives as well.
So it was tough but we expected it and thankfully we got the win. It made the journey a lot easier travelling back up, it is a long distance and it was a lot more enjoyable on the coach.
PN
Where are you at in terms of your fitness at the moment?
RO
I just need a couple more games, I played the other week in the reserves and that helped a lot. I got my match fitness and the longer I play the more sharp I become and hopefully I can get on the pitch and play a few more minutes.
PN
How crucial is game-time for you know?
RO
That is vital, every player needs that and once you have got a run of games under your belt and you have done well in those games you can feel like a total new player.
PN
How determined do you feel about proving yourself? Particularly to the supporters?
RO
Very determined, I am a very determined person, I need to prove it to myself first and foremost and I need to be able to look myself in the mirror and make sure that I am giving it my all every time I cross the white line. So very determined, I want to prove to the fans that I am here to score goals.
PN
At any point were you thinking perhaps you had made the wrong move?
RO
Not at all, that never crossed my mind at all. It happens to the best strikers, it happens to the worst strikers, you want to get that first goal so much that you think about it too much in the game and you put yourself under more pressure.
Then instead of relaxing you are more anxious while taking a shot. It is funny, you can easily sit back and say it is alright and that it will come but once you get your first goal you feel like a total new player.
PN
Is that a system which compliments your style of play? Can you play that lone striker role?
RO
I will play anywhere to get into the team to be honest, I would play in goal if need be. But I played that when I was up in Scotland, that is the system we played with the one up top and I played that system for four years up there. So I am used to it, it is a shift but I will be able to do a job.
PN
How would you compare the standard of football you are playing now to what you left in August?
RO
It is different but I wouldn't say the footballing standards is that great. You have got the top teams in Scotland which are miles apart from anyone else, and then the standard from the other teams isn't that much different to League One. So it put me in good stead before I came here.