 Big weekend of course with a Northwest Darby on the soccer front harps ticking on Derry City for a place in the quarter finals of the FEI Cup the match is live here on Highland on Friday night full match commentary in Association with B&S Credit Union Main Street in Balboffite German Dorthy is the commentator and the co-com and match analysis analysts once again We'll be former harps and Derry City and sliger over his man Declan Boyle who joins us now Declan good to see you again Cheers Ashley. Thanks very much. Looking forward to the match until we game. There's a great excitement about this game Declan particularly when harps are going under the tie off the back of two excellent results And probably the most impressive performance of the season against Pats last time out Yeah, very impressive performance against St. Pats I thought from start to finish they were very good even though They got a the score tonnage scores for schools and then St. Pats kind of scored straight away from a penalty spot Which I thought was a soft penalty against Brian McNamee But even from that bit of a setback they pushed on from there and we're very good throughout the home in 19 minutes And and Tundi Lavey scored as good as a hat-trick as I've seen it from a part of a long time And his overall performance just terrorized St. Pats defense and considering their St. Pats and Steven and Donald Sheehan's is back Four or five different times just to try to counteract Tundi That shows you how good he was in the vegan replicate that sort of form Friday night he'll cause a lot of problems with Darryl City back four or five even Yeah, and at times of course harps have have struggled to take victories against Darryl City But already they laid down a marker in the first part of the year deck And where they won for the very first time in the club's history at the brandy Well, they'll take confidence from that They're gonna take confidence from that from the recent run as well This is not a game that the harps are gonna be shying away from Absolutely, and even I'm the two one victory for Darryl City in film part area in the season Well, we'll patch and score from penalty spot and a free kick I thought Darryl City were lucky to get out there with three points because the harps performance was excellent on the night again And probably deserve to get something out of the game if not three points So yeah, listen, there's no doubt about it harps are in really good form And the last result to be next and obviously getting three ones on the bounce really helps This is obviously a week where they don't have to concentrate on the leagues on the cups and opportunity to get into the quarter finals Potentially as well with some of the other teams that are left in the draw You could get a nice soft considering draw in the quarter finals as well So it's a big match for both clubs and it's an opportunity to get into the last stages And I suppose Darryl will be looking for the same as well Their overall performance is a very good next in performance in Slago with Roman Boyce popping up and scoring a great goal Just to get three points from them. So Rory Higgins has them really play into a high level They're getting results so both teams come in a good form So it's just going to be who performs the best on the night and I'm looking really looking forward to it How important is a cup run to both of these sides Declan obviously harps priority staying in the tap flight Would there be maybe a quiet hope in the background of Silverware coming on the cup front to Bala Bifei While you flip it over to the other side to the Brandiwell and into Derry City There's always an expectation there around the Brandiwell of wanting Silverware Yeah, I mean I suppose in Derry City side they'll be looking to the squad they have and players wise They'll be looking to push on and gets to the lead stages and maybe to the semi-final and final You know what we know obviously with Shamrock was playing Bows and there's one of the big teams going to be knocked out of there And Doc are still left in the competition and it has been between Dundalk and Shamrock Overs in the last couple of years, but we know how the form of Dundalk hasn't been too convincing this year So there's an opportunity for one club and potentially Derry City We'll be looking to maybe push on and get to the ladder stages or into the final And then once you're in the final you have an opportunity to get in Silverware So Derry City will be totally focused potentially on that But they'll be taking it one game at a time and know how hard it must have been for them On the Harps perspective we're probably looking at I suppose for me as a player when I played I was looking forward to these couple matches You know your attention's away from the league It's an opportunity to go out and perform against the teams around you And it's a big match in Northwest Ireland As a player you look forward to those matches all the time Having the fans back in the stadium there will obviously be Small crowd from Derry City there as well and that'll add to the atmosphere So it's a big match for the players And I suppose hard for me to be looking to push on and can we get into the semi-final It's been a long time since we've been in the semi-final It'd be nice to be knocking the door and be great for the club and supporters Yeah but really Ollie Horgan with his priorities for the year at Declan Would he have rather had a legium this weekend maybe So they could continue with that good form and keep the gap between themselves And the bottom two there or increase it Or would it be a welcome distraction from Ollie's point of view Yeah I suppose every manager is different You know I mean in regards to their league form Their league form has been good and you know They'd probably rather play league matches Particularly when things are going so well And trying to keep at all more points And trying to put a bit of distance between themselves and Waterford And on Dofters down there as well We know that Longford are probably the team that will end up getting really good As it looks to manage But so then you're looking at who's the team that will be in the playoffs And you know this year of all years I think the first division is very competitive You don't want to be in the playoff position Because it will be very competitive You're playing against really good teams coming through And with a lot of confidence as well So yeah this and Ollie will probably look at maybe That they'd rather play league matches But this and it is what it is And you've got to deal with it And for me the players I think their management as well Will look forward to playing Derex So they know how good they are But if they can produce the same sort of performance As they did against St Pat's And there's no doubt about it They can get something out of this game As regards a victory But yeah I think on the night as well Actually it could go to semi-finals It could go to extra time and penalties potentially as well If it goes on a level with the first round So that'll obviously add a wee bit of excitement to it as well And it might take to go on extra time Or potentially penalties to separate both teams Could be a long night But one thing getting into the game is Harper's aren't shy of goal-stackling They've been finding the net Then BigTundee will be looking possibly for another one or two Yeah listen I suppose our last week's performance His performance was overall brilliant As good as his performance I've seen it from Park in a long time I showed great composure Three goals were excellent finishes And he has that pace But we know that times this season He's got opportunities and probably hasn't Put them away But last week his form and I suppose strikes And finishes were a pure quality So if we can reduce that sort of form Against Derex City But listen Derex City And last week they changed it up We've been in the 1-5 the back So that'll be interesting to see Will they do the same in front park So and on top of that to their own toll Is probably for me one of the better center halves In the league and he'll be looking to To keep Tundee as quiet as possible Over the 19 minutes around and into extra time So yeah that's an interesting game A lot of us, obviously Derex as well Since the last time they played in front park They battled and Jamie McGonigal And also juniors So they've got a real potent threat up top as well So yeah listen I do suspect there will be goals in the game So it'll be interesting and who can I suppose concede the least amount of goals On the day we'll absolutely win the game Just on a Derey point of view Declan early in the season We were talking about Derey Staying out of the bottom two It's amazing how things can turn around so quickly And now they find themselves chasing a European spot And maybe they will rather have a league game This weekend But Rory Higgins has definitely turned things round Even with the likes of patching leaving the brandy well He's brought on a serious caliber of player And into the team So he has them To be chasing a European spot So quickly after people talking about staying out of the bottom two Has been fantastic for them Yeah and now that's in the hats off to him You have to say there's since he came out to the club And he got those two big results straight away He beat Slager Rovers in the showgrounds And then he went up Dilema and got three points up there And he's just from there He's just pushed on straight away So you go after a fly and start And sometimes new managers come in And you get a nice kick start from The new manager coming in and then slowly fades away But it hasn't They've kept that momentum going They're driving forward Yeah this thing I suppose They've closed that gap between them Seriously now and Slager Rovers Take it that Slager haven't won Lost six games in the bounce in the league So that gives them an opportunity To close in on that very important European spot So they have the goal And they've added players They've lost players as well And all the patching has scored a lot of goals And they get six or seven goals for them And he went back to Dundalk So they've bought in Junior as well On top of that And I said Jamie McDonnell has come in as well So they've added goals And on top of that He's come in and he's secured the futures Of some of their bright players Young lads coming through as well And they've put in McLean And he lined up for next year And I wouldn't be surprised If Duffy doesn't come up from Dundalk as well So they've locked up to Vadoroi But they've extended the budget as well So they're bringing better quality of players So it's looking very rosy for Rory And Derry Sully going forward Just finally then Is this the best time maybe for Harps to meet Derry In a cup competition Given the run of form that they had Possibly another big result Could be in the yards In favour of the Fin Park boys We're very optimistic I would think that we can produce the performance That it will take a big performance Similar to St Pat's one to get over the line We know that obviously I think we played four times In a cup and Derry has beaten us in four occasions But in the last while To be fair to Ollie And the management team They have got good results And positive results Against Dresden in the last year So yeah, this all goes forward For a really looking forward To a big match Exciting match Plenty of goals Hopefully plenty of entertainment Hopefully no really cards But we're looking for a big match But yeah, if Harps can perform to the level They had against St Pat's They've got a real chance of getting Getting through this big tie And North West Derby Once again, full live match commentary On Highland on Friday night From the Cup Derby It's Harps against Derry Kickoff is at 8 o'clock On Highland's coverage and association With BNS Credit Union Main Street And Balboffay Check them out at BNSCU.ie Declan Boy We look forward to what we hope will be A cracking derby Thanks for joining us Thank you, Josh