For a coach, this is always a tough time as we realize we are not going to have these guys around much longer. It is also tough for the parents as well. It is just a special time.

We on the coaching staff have told our players this is the time to play our best ball if we want to repeat last year. We have been getting better and I am excited for them.

We were glued to the TV.

It's a long way across the Atlantic. By the time you arrive, you're very thirsty. Plus, the social atmosphere is different. You go to a local pub, the pints of Guinness are flowing, you're in a different zone.

It is sort of a different lineup, maybe not one we'd use all the time. But I think I can play any role coach asks of me.

Our revenue benefited from ... Champions League football, but we have, at the same time, controlled costs so that much of our increased revenue has come through as profit in this six-month period.