Alan Reynolds

They just have a way of playing, they stick to that, so I think they might go a little bit direct Friday, which will be unusual for them, but look, we just need to prepare for everything.

Have you got any inside information there?

No, I don't, but there were games against us recently.

Nothing to do with the tactics board behind you anyway?

Oh no, that's irrelevant, me being with Rovers, that's well forgotten about.

All I know is that we'll bring it, bring the intensity, the atmosphere, it'll be through the roof on Friday and it's a great one.

It's our last time we're playing Rovers on a Friday night in Dalymount and this is a cup draw, the next one is a Monday so it's the last of certain things going on this year so we want to make it a special night.

Does that have an added effect?

Yeah, look, we're all well aware of it.

We've spoken about it wanting to be a special year and finishing Daily Mountain style.

So that's the aim.

for my staff, it's the collective thing that we're really driven by that.

So I'm sure the Ross Tierneys and Dawson Devoy, Keane Burns, who've been at the club a while, will know what it means to the fans.

But we're all well aware of that.

Yeah, look, they've been outstanding.

But the one thing about it, we had the most clean sheets in the league last year.

So people forget and for some reason they're pointing the finger that defensively we weren't as good.

But we had the most clean sheets, so we've added and the lads have come in, there's more competition.

But the four that are playing, are playing, have been really strong and really good and complement each other very well.

very well.