 So time to look forward now to the big championship encounter this weekend. It is of course live on Highland, Donegal against Derriott, McCool Park in Ballet Buffet. Championship quarter final, Declan Bonner, Donegal manager joins us now. Good to see you again Declan. Yeah likewise Oshin. Well first question is relation to the injured party and obviously your captain Michael Murphy. What's the latest on him Declan? Will he be available for this weekend and is he training at the moment? Yeah back on the pitch and we're very very hopeful that he's going to be available. Yeah and the other guys have all come back in the last week, 10 days also. So this is a full deck to pick from the weekend which is great. A number of weeks back we had a number of guys struggling with injuries but you know the medical team with Cahill and the team doctors have done a great job now and yeah we're looking forward to the matches weekend and to see looking like a full strength squad to pick from. Yeah obviously in relation to Michael Murphy it's a huge worry for you Declan. I'm sure it was when you said him looking to come off before halftime in the down game. Yeah listen it's yeah it is no doubt being you know there's been a huge number of those type of injuries not just within Donegal camp but within a lot of the teams right around the country you know with the games coming very very very quick short running period when we go back on the pitch to put into a nice league campaign so it brought his own difficulties but you know over the period as I said the medical team is not a great way to work in this any period of stroke of injury you're always concerned but you know yeah Michael Murphy is such an important part of the whole group that you're always wanting to see him back on the pitch. Yeah maybe was there too much med in relation to Michael's injury and Park asked her because some quarters had thought that he shouldn't have been played if he will still carry in the knock from when he picked it up on Ishti against Mayo. Was there maybe too much being made of it do you think Declan? Given the fact that it was Michael they were talking about obviously. Yeah listen I mean it's you know the media and people you know they're entitled to their opinions but we and no more than any other players carrying an injury or she and not just Michael Murphy but you have to go through the protocol you have to go through a series of testing you have to be back on the pitch so that's not a case of that Michael's you know the chances are going to break down we risk them that's not going to be the case the medical team will come to us and say he's here to go we set the players at the play some part and we're advised by the medical team and we may get a decision around that but it's the same for any player who's come back from injury not just Michael Murphy. Yeah so Orton McNeill is okay as well back training and looking good for the weekend? Yeah listen Orton's been back on the pitch yeah over the last 10 days now and yeah it's been a little bit sharp and Oshun Yellen back on the pitch started off with so the guys are all back Andy McLean just got back there also so yeah no listen it's good it's good to get all those guys back and yeah the squad's looking fairly healthy at this stage. Yeah it's good to have it at the stage of the competition Declan so it is because the way Gillik football has been played over the last decade or so it's it's vitally important that it's a squad game like. Yeah there's no doubt and in the centre of the squad has been tested we used 30 players throughout the National League campaign and yeah it's important that we got those guys up to speed we're always knew there's going to be injuries we're no different than any other squad but once that game finished in the Nury it was all systems go getting ready for the challenge Oshun which we know this Sunday it's going to be a huge huge challenge for us but you know it's one good opportunity. Yeah so what do you make of Derry then Declan and I'm sure you've been knuckling down and doing the homework on them since you left Park Gasler nearly two weeks ago now? Yeah listen you know we give Derry the same respect as we would give a Dublin or a Kerry or anyone else we get the work done in terms of their games played they've been very very impressed and there's no doubt about that there you know they ran through division three and you know they're back playing division two football and to me like they're a top 10 team there's no doubt about that there a lot of really really good players and they're supposed to be luck at their on-the-race system once over the not over the years their colleagues system their club system I mean it's always been top class but you know they've got they've got their house in order and listen to the seniors now at the minute and they're formidable side there's no doubt about that there. Defensively will you have to be on on your game at the weekend because we've seen what they can do up top and particularly when they've got somebody like like Shane McGuigan and involved in their front three as well Declan the pose of serious threat up top and going forward? Yeah listen you know you come up against any of the top teams now they're always going to have that attack and threat and you know Derry are no different there are a number of really really top class players like Stenny Hearn the likes of Bradley, McGuigan, Nile Lopkins a little number of really really top class players going forward and yeah we've got to be on our guard and as I say there's two sides to every game and you know what you're defending and then there's your offensive play so we've got to get both sides right on Sunday if we're going to get over the line and listen to us you we're just looking at if we can get over the line because that's where a point or whatever next Sunday evening to get into the semi-final that's that's all we're looking for. Yeah if you were looking for improvements from the down game Declan because we can't really look a while on to that because as we hit the mark the halfway stage in the game it was really overdone and dusted at that stage but if you're looking for improvements to tweak things what sort of areas would you be would you be focusing in from another point of view Declan? Yeah listen people love it you know we probably like score but you know there's a lot of things we need to get we need to get better on there's no doubt about that there you know we touched on you know without the ball we've got to be better we've got to be a much tighter unit and you know at the minute we play good to go to tag and football and but it's getting that balance right actually in between the between the fans and the tag and yeah we've been working towards it not just in the last number of weeks over the last couple of years and you know you've seen through it a nice league campaign where there's an awful big score being shut up and a lot of teams are really working hard on their offensive play but there's always that balance to get that right and and you know it's always working working progress and every night we work on it and every game we go we want to improve on it and again next time there's going to be no difference and we're going to have to get both ends right we've got that hat well on Sunday actually and we've got to defend well if we're going to get over the line. Yeah I was speaking to Rory Geller earlier in the week at Declan and I sort of said to him that he probably might be best positioned of all the opposition to maybe mastermind upset at the weekend given the fact that he had such a big link with Donagall in the past from your point of view given the fact that that Derya are going to present a formidable opposition come into Balib afaid do you have to alter your approach much? No not really as I said before Oshin we give the opposition the respect to this area I mean Derya is a good side there's no doubt about that there's no get away from that there and as I say they are really really good offensively but also defensively they're well set up and they'll be difficult to break down so listen we have been working on on on that but the fact that Rory's there you know to us of that you know we're trading into him over the years when he was in charge for Manah also so listen to me it's another match it's a it's what it's going to be a really it's going to be a tight battle there's no doubt about that there because I say Derya are a really good side they're in there in that top bracket within Ulster now and so it's going to be a really test for us a real challenging test we need to be ready for in Sunday. Yeah okay listen Declan thanks for talking to us in the best of luck this week and your next championship item. Okay listen Arsha thank you