Alan Reynolds

Hungry to do well, so I think they'll add to the group.

We've lost some good lads, good people in JT, Rob Cornwall and Bucko.

hoping some of the new lads will step up to the plate.

Was that difficult to see him go up to Derry?

Yeah, it was.

We tried hard, every one of the clubs tried really hard to keep him, but it wasn't to be.

That's football, isn't it?

We wish him all the best, but it was a tough one at the time.

No, look, come here, ideally you're playing parts of Daly Mount, I said this, you know, but, you know, to have the opportunity, the players to play in the National Stadium and obviously to manage and coach there is brilliant, you know, and something to really look forward to.

Enjoy the occasion and obviously the result went their way last year and hopefully more the same this year.

Look, it's hard to know.

You know, it is hard to know on that end.

A lot of good teams and recruited good players.

All we know is that it's our last year playing in the Daily Mint.

So we'd like to do something special and that's probably the aim.

So we can just look after what we do.

We know it'll be tough, but look, we're excited.

I think we've recruited fairly well and possibly more to come.

Yeah, it is something to look forward to, something to embrace, and even our fans are going into Daly Mount to be the last Dublin derbies, like Dawson Devoy will be the last captain in such a famous stadium, so I'm privileged and honoured to be a manager there in their final year, so we want to make it something special.

Yeah, but look, I mean, I have kids myself that will go now three months without playing, you know, when people are calling the calendar football.