Dan McDonnell

There is definitely a situation here that he's just not been brought in for the crack.

I think there was a comparison to Kevin O'Toole.

I mean, Kevin O'Toole was very much, I think, in for a look in November.

You get the sense that Vail has been brought in to have a chance of playing.

I mean, he's been spoken about.

I'm probably listening to comments he's been spoken about as an alternative to Finn Azaz, possessing some of Finn Azaz's attributes.

Are you going to start with two of those on the pitch?

You know, I...

I'd be a little bit surprised because for Harvey Vale to start, then who are you taking out of the team?

The reality is you're probably taking out O'Benny because I don't think you're going to go into this game without two of...

Malum B. Knight and Taylor so if you sort of go and Azaz will obviously play and Parrott will obviously play and you've got your back five so the only space you have left is Ogbene's place really yeah and how's his fitness okay I know he's played a little bit against Wrexham

Yeah, I mean, we don't know.

I mean, we're going off the positive vibes.

Everyone apparently is, you know, come in fresh and well.

Like, Benny in his last game for Ireland played 53 minutes in Budapest and his body sort of gave up.

He hasn't started a game other than under-21 football since then.

But he has generally started them when he can.

Al Grimson and there is definitely this thing around the personnel decisions that we suspect that this is and we know from Budapest it was Johnny Kenny it was Jack Taylor it was certain players that were thrown in at the end there who had a role to play there's a 90 minute game maybe a 120 minute game here

just looking at the past it's more likely that he would if he thinks like Benny is fine that he would start him does that mean then though that you you hold back of Robbie Brady rather than playing him ahead of Ryan Manning on the other side I think you wanted to keep some experience and I just would have thought that the wild card would come in a bit later but I could be wrong

No, I suppose, what's your definition of ambitious in this context, I suppose?