Daryl Horgan has settled well into life at Preston North End.
Horgan joined the Championship side from Dundalk in January, and has already worked his way into the first-team.
The 24-year-old winger has played five games in total over the last month, including a substitute appearance against Arsenal in the FA Cup.
Horgan also showed his talent with a brilliant assist on his first start for the club against Brighton and Hove Albion last month.
The Galway-native, who joined the club with his former Dundalk teammate Andy Boyle, has been speaking about the difference between training at his old club and at Preston.
Horgan said that the main difference is the time training takes place.
At Dundalk, training session were in the evening due to some of the players being part-time and at work during the day. The winger was on a professional contract with the League of Ireland champions, and would therefore have to wait around during the day to go training.
“It was evening sessions back home,” Horgan told the Lancashire Evening Post.
“We were pretty much full-time but a couple of the lads had jobs as well so that would mean you’d train in the evenings. You would do your gym work in the morning and then train at 6pm. I was still in the gym at the crack of dawn back home.
“It’s a different set-up here but one that’s going to be good for me. I’m enjoying the training, with it being in the morning – it’s brilliant.
“Playing in the Europa League definitely helped me get up to the intensity a lot quicker.”
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Horgan also set his sights on the play-off places.
Preston are currently in 11th place, seven points behind Sheffield Wednesday in the final play-off position. He reckons the squad is good enough to bridge the gap.
“I’ve said ever since I came that there’s a brilliant squad,” Horgan said.
“You don’t even have to look at the bench – look at the players who aren’t even on the bench. Anyone within the squad could do a job and bring something different. For the manager to have those decisions to make, it’s obviously not easy for him. To be honest we’ve a very strong squad.
“From a team point of view, I want to push for the play-offs and get as high as we possibly can. It definitely won’t be out of our grasp, it’ll be difficult but that will have to be the aim.
“Personally I’m just going to try and get into the team as much as a possibly can. When I do I’ve got to try and affect games and stay in the manager’s mind.”
