 We're going to look forward now to the FEI Cup qualifying action this coming weekend. Two Ulster senior league sides on the road, Bono Guionaites, and the USL champions, Cockhill Celtic, Cockhill manager Gavin Collin joins us to look ahead to the game. Gavin, good to see you again. Welcome on to Highland. Hi, Arsene, thanks. So big game ahead, but before we look at your opposition, what's it been like for you over the last couple of weeks because we're going into a game that normally would be part of a season, but in your case it's not, Gavin. So how have you dealt with this out of season tie-in preparing for what is a huge game for the club? It is, yeah. Obviously it's very early in the season for us in terms of preparation and where we're at is probably coming a bit early, but at the same time it's been a great game to focus our minds on preparing for and we've got the players by and under it. No, they've been excellent the last few weeks. You can really see it ramping up towards the game in terms of training and then friendly. So we're looking forward to it. We're putting ourselves under no pressure going down there this week because of the timing of it and because it's exactly 12 months since we've played a competitive game. So look, we've not had to lose. We're not going to win the FA senior cup, that's for sure. So like anything we get out of this game will be a bonus at the weekend, you know. But we've been nice to one on the road, Swordwood, and you've done that before against it, Mockers, in this competition, haven't you? We have, yeah. We've beaten Mockers and the FA cup before. This is the third time we've played them. We've played them twice in the immediate. They beat us twice in that and we beat them the last time we've played. So look, they've been on between the teams. They're a very, very good side. They're current FA and the media champions, currently the favourites to win the Linserson League, apparently. So they're going to be strong, you know. Yeah. In relation to your squad, I know Gavin talking to you ahead of this game, a lot of change there. You've brought back a couple of household names for Kalkal Celtic football, but you've brought on, there's been a huge influx of players under your squad for the new season because you did win the title last year. You did feel that you were a bit light. Are you a much stronger unit now, are you, Gavin? I believe so. Time will tell. There's no doubt on paper. Early days saying that, but there's probably, in terms of sound from depth, probably the best squad we've ever had. That's very exciting. There's a lot of energy, a lot of young legs and training and stuff. We've brought on 10 players and held on to everybody from our squad from last season. So we've been delighted of how that went and we knew we had the ad. But what we've added is real quality and real competition for places. It's going under this weekend. It's the toughest I've had to actually select a squad of 18 or 20 to play in the squad. Never mind picking the team. Picking the team is probably easier than picking the squad. And that's sort of the depth that we have at the minute. Time will tell if we can bring that onto the pitch. That's what we've been doing on training. But look, I'm excited and can't wait to see this group in action over the next season. So thanks to Peter Dordy's back, Gavin Frillis back. Give us an outline of maybe who the 10 players are. Gavin, on who you've added. Right, so obviously Peter Dordy's back in the University and Gavin Frillis back in Australia. Two huge players at the Framley squad or at any level. I've signed two goalkeepers, Daniel Houten and Jamie Bell, both 21 years of age. A lot to prove. A lot of ability. In my opinion, both of them are more incapable of playing in the League of Ireland. At some stage, and I hope they use us, maybe, as a stepping stone or a pathway to to follow their potential. I've signed Finn McClure from Cardinoni. He was with Derry. He was with Gingad last season. He's been excellent. Pretty seasoned. He looks like a real player. We've brought in Corey McBride and Jack Dordy from Fun Herbs. Again, very exciting players. Young, energetic. Lots of ability. Lots of technical ability. Which, again, is no, we're really looking forward to seeing how they fit in and get in and fight for their places. Because they all, they all, they're up against some very good players. Like Peter is up against Osher McCogge and Jason Bresson and Johnny Haven and OBD for centre half position. So he's not even guaranteed to play, which is, which is, which is good and it'll be good for him as well. We've six or seven forwards in the squad. Like, like Sir Lauren Stone, Steven Duffy, Mark Moran, all still there. Christy Faldara, Adam Duffy. And Adam Garvenfield, that mix is, is really, really strong from depth, real quality. So look, it's up to the players and I keep telling them it's, it's not up to me who, who plays. It's up to the players who plays, you know, and that'll, that'll be interesting to move forward. We've added Daryl O'Connor and Keely McColgan, but at the minute were there, they've got to come up on. So they won't be, they won't be available for the weekend, but we'll have enough like both the boys and kind of what they see in boys trying to get in the squad and team as well when they're, when they're available. Listen, Gavin, by the sound of things, you could be lining out two teams this season under, under the Cockhouse Celtic, Banna, the way things are, are, are, are panning out, which is good for the club. It is good for the club. We have a strong youth team that play in the Shone Premier Division and, and the idea of that is having them strong competitive at the top end of that league and supplementing our squad and our squad players as well. So that's the plan. We trained together as well. And in the last couple of years, they've, they've been doing very well on the show and that's expected to continue or improve. So again, for our squad players and for their better players to be pushing into the XR squad, we have, we've have benefited over the last year. So we've had Keegan Higgardy, OBD, Armanis, Shanti, Michael Nunn, all youth team players coming in the first team squad and doing well. So Bradley Callan as well. So look, it's, it's working and that's the intention of, of the depth of the squad, you know? Yeah. And just ahead of the game on Saturday, any of those players carrying any knocks or injuries, Gavin? Yeah, we've, Johnny Havins probably out, Lawrence Tolans training tomorrow night. The fitness test is probably 50-50 and Ashley McAugans 50-50. So up three big players, but as I say, we have more than adequate replacements, but I'm hoping they're fit, hoping they're available and hoping it adds to the dyslexic affair. But we'll know tomorrow evening. Yeah. Listen, I know we're going into an FAI Cup weekend, Gavin, and just thinking, as you've rhymed off all these names and all these fantastic players that are, that are going to be playing in the season ahead for Cockhouse Celtic, obviously the Ulster Senior League title is, is your number one target to win that, yeah, Keegan. But I have it in the back of my mind here that, that the FAI Intermediate Cup is a competition that, that I know that you wanted to, to do well in and it's eluded you over the last number of years, Gavin. Are you pulling towards that, are you? No, not necessarily. Look, leagues, first and foremost every season, like the best team on the league, consistently, we've been lucky enough to do that. Intermediate Cup is brought up every year to us, and it is one of them things. It probably brought up more by other people than it is with, with us within a group. But of course we like to win it. Of course, of course we're good enough to win it. Although we do want it or not, that's a cup competition, you can be knocked out at any stage. So it'll be absolute madness for me to plan a season around a cup competition. But like when it comes around to that and whoever we get in the first round, we'll be focused on that and, and every round after that. And like I have no, I have no doubt in my mind we're good enough to win the competition. I don't think they'll be a stronger squad in the country than us. But again, it's a one off, it's a way draws, it's a refereeing decisions, you just, you just don't know. So like, of course we're going to aim to do well in the competition, but first and foremost is the league, you know. Finally, then you're good enough to one on Saturday against Maktus on the road? Yeah, we are. Yeah. Yeah. There's no doubt. I think ideally it would have been another six weeks down the line or whatever, and we would have had a lot more competitive games played and we would have been more ready. They've had their first league game last week and they've had a good pre-season more than us. So they're probably that way physically ahead of us. But look, 11, it's 11-11 and I'm not too sure if their 11 is better than our 11. So on the day, a couple of decisions, it's about luck. There's no reason why we can't go on the game, you know. Yeah. Okay. Listen, Gavin, the best of luck with Saturday against Maktus. Thanks for talking to us. Thanks, Austin. Thank you.