Tom Butler believes he is finally starting to show the Swansea City faithful exactly what he's all about.
Having arrived from Hartlepool in the summer of 2006 for an undisclosed fee, the wide midfielder had a stop-start beginning to his Liberty Stadium career under former manager Kenny Jackett as he found himself playing second fiddle to the likes of Andy Robinson and Leon Britton.
But having struck two goals and the headlines to see off Premiership Sheffield United in the FA Cup back in January, Butler has slowly but surely been forcing his way up the team-sheet priority list.
Progress has been such under new boss Roberto Martinez that the former Sunderland midfielder went into last Saturday's fixture at Bristol City having started the previous three League games.
His performance was such after the home win against Northampton that he walked away with the Man-of-the Match award and a top bottle of Champagne courtesy of FirstPlus.
"I had a frustrating time when I first came to Swansea,'' admitted Butler. "I had been playing well at Hartlepool, but it just didn't get going for me early on at the Liberty.
"Injury played its part, but when I got back in the side if there was going to be anyone dropped it tended to be me nine times out of 10.
"But that's one of those things in football. While it was frustrating, I was still determined to enjoy my football.''
But enjoyment has always been top of the 25-year-old's agenda. Born into a "typically large Irish Catholic family'', Butler grew up near Dublin airport as one of five brothers and sisters.
"We were a sporting family,'' adds Butler. "My sisters were involved in athletics and one represented Ireland in basketball. But me and my brother always lived and breathed football.
"We grew up watching the Irish side reach the 1990 and 1994 World Cups as the whole nation was gripped by football fever.
"At the time Tom was following his brother through the Irish Schoolboy sides that were attracting a host of English scouts looking for talent from across the water.

In fact his brother John, who was one year older, eventually joined Leeds United as a 16-year-old and came through the same Youth side as the likes of Harry Kewell, Alan Smith and Jonathan Woodgate before earning himself a one-year pro contract.
Although John eventually left Elland Road and the world of professional football to earn a Computer Studies degree at SunderlandUniversity, it didn't put young Tom off pursuing his own footballing dream.
By that time, Tom had been snapped up by Sunderland as a 17-year-old and was on his way to earning Republic of Ireland Under-21 honours and two senior caps.
He earned rave reviews for his performances in the Black Cats Youth team and was regarded as one of the club's brightest young prospects - a view summed up by experienced Sunderland striker Danny Dichio who went on to earn transfer fees of nearly £2.5m.
Dichio played with Butler in a FA Premier Reserve League match against Blackburn where he predicted the young Butler would emerge as the new Joe Cole - the Irish version, at least!
Dichio reckoned that if the teenager could continue his progress he could emerge as one of the finest young talents in the game.
"I have seen Tom on the training pitch and in games and he is very highly-rated at our club by the players and the staff,'' said Dichio at the time.
"I think he's got everything - ability on the ball, skill, he can beat men quite easily and then his end product crossing or shooting is very good as well.
"I think he could be the next Joe Cole - for Ireland, of course!''
While Butler went on to play 36 first team games for Sunderland - including 19 in the Premiership - he couldn't force his way into the side on a regular basis and after a loan spell at Darlington he joined Scottish Premier League side Dunfermline in September 2004.
"It was a fantastic experience as Sunderland. I was in the first team at just 19 with 28,000 fans behind you.
"It wasn't pretty when things weren't going well, however, but when you were winning the atmosphere was unbelievable.''

But Butler made just 12 appearances before moving back over the border to Hartlepool in March 2005.
After an impressive 16 months and 37 League appearances back in the North East, Jackett snapped him up for Swansea.
"I enjoyed my football at Hartlepool, even though I picked up a few injuries,'' added Butler. "But I needed to step up a level and Swansea was the right move for me.''
And with the wide-man starting to make his mark, he hopes it will coincide with a Swans switch to the Championship.
"With the players we have in our squad, if we don't get promotion then it will be a crime,'' adds Butler.
"To be honest, I think the Championship will suit us better. League One is the hardest League in the country to get out of - it's a nightmare division. It's scrappy and you don't know what type of team you are playing from one week to the next. One week you play a passing team and the next it's a team who launches the ball and squeezes the game.
"It's even worst for us at the Liberty Stadium because so many clubs come here with a negative attitude and no ambition. They come looking for the draw and it's hard to break them down.''

But Butler believes Swansea has the right man at the helm in Roberto Martinez to break that negativity down.
"The Gaffer does a lot of pre-match preparation work on the opposition,'' he added. "He identifies their weaknesses right from the start and we work towards exploiting them in training.
"He's very thorough, he does his homework and the training has been fantastic. We are doing a lot of technique and sharpness work and I think it has paid off.
"Against Chesterfield and Northampton at home he introduced a 4-2-3-1 system which only tends to be used on the international scene.
"The Gaffer gave the four attacking players freedom to play. He didn't give us any restrictions and told us we shouldn't be afraid to get on the ball. For an attacking player that's music to your ears.
"At the end of the day, you don't want to be part of a team where all the emphasis is on defending.''
And with the season coming to a climax and Butler producing his peak performances of the season, the only thing he is prepared to defend is Swansea's hopes of a play-off place.
"With the players we've got and the ambition of the club and the fans, the natural progression for Swansea City Football Club is the Championship.''