Macarthur FC attacker Al Hassan Toure is relishing coach Dwight Yorke's simple mantra: be free.
Toure again clashes with his former A-League Men's teammates when the Bulls host Adelaide United on Sunday.
And he'll do so with Yorke's mantra ringing in his ears.
"He has always told me to express myself," Toure told AAP.
"He has given me the confidence, he has always told me to believe in myself and every time I go out there to show people what I am made of.
"And that is what he has brought to the team.
"Being an attacker himself, he has told all the attackers to be free, to do what they want.
"Obviously you have to help out with the team, you have to do the team work. But when you get the ball in the final third, you do what you're best at."
The Bulls and Toure's old club United both logged draws in their season openers.
Toure departed Adelaide at the end of the 2020-21 season and scored against them first-up in January last year.
"I go into every game thinking that I am going to score or play well or assist and do something," he said.
"It's not really about the other team for me. It's really about myself and my team.
"Even though I left Adelaide, I am still friendly with most of the players there so it was a bit of banter between us but no hard feelings.
"It's just a game, at the end of it."
The 22-year-old also scored in the Bulls' Australia Cup triumph, heightening his belief of a more fruitful second season in south-western Sydney after starting only seven of his 22 games last campaign.
"Last year because of my injuries it was hard to get my body working," he said.
"But this year, the physios and the coaching staff have done well to get me back to full fitness.
"I am just loving life at the moment, just playing well, helping the team out as much as possible."
Toure said the Bulls were hell-bent on rebounding from a lacklustre last season, when seventh with nine wins.
"Every individual has goals that he wants to achieve for his club," he said.
"The club wants to go into a better direction considering last year we didn't finish where we wanted to.
"We have already started off the season well with the Cup so the players have confidence in our team to do better."
