I've seen him grow up from the last camp in Kuwait."
"It's a privilege for me, I'm 27, I see him and he's only 18 but he's going to be huge in the game, and I can say I started with Tommy Oar."
"He knows he has a long way to go ... he's not going to play excellently every week - it's a bit of pressure, but he'll be fine, he can handle it."
Oar's progress will take another major step in the coming weeks when he joins Roar team-mates Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota on a post-season trip to the Netherlands where they will have the chance to train with Dutch giants Feyenoord.
"Going overseas for a couple of weeks will help me develop and mature as a person, and the football over there is obviously of a very high standard, so hopefully I'll come back sharp," Oar said.
"I'm still contracted to the Roar for one more year - I'm just going to take things as they come, I really am not sure at the moment."
Oar pointed to a 'few silly fouls' as one of the areas he could improve on, but was generally pleased with his debut.
"I was pretty nervous before the game and I don't think I started off too well, but as the game wore on I got into it a bit more," he said.
"The boys spoke to me early in the first half and said 'be confident and get at them' - so I suppose I just tried to do that and luckily for me it worked out a few times."