Dan McDonnell

I'm not sure that's been... I think he's had that scrutiny last year when Ireland didn't think they would have a chance of being in the World Cup shake-up.

I think he came on so heavy.

I think there is just this interest.

I don't think it's built just purely around his availability for March and beyond.

I think it is in general.

He's just going to be one of these...

heavily analysed players because so much expectation rests on their shoulders.

It'll move on then to Euro 2028 in Dublin.

He's born in 2004.

So he's, yeah, he's 21.

That was an amazing deal.

So the €105 jersey.

I know.

I mean, obviously, yeah.

It's steep, isn't it?

It's steep.

It's annoying in the same way that everything being expensive is annoying and it feels wrong, you know.

But again, there's a flip side here.

I'm looking, God, this association is insane.

broke like this association so we bailed them out as taxpayers and now as jersey buyers we have to bail them out again but when Troy Parrott scores the goal a lot of people speak about oh this is great you know there's a great it's a great buzz back around the national team again and look this is the national team and look how it lifts the nation