Eoin Doyle: No better man than Alan Reynolds to rally Bohemians troops for his derby debut as manager

If Bohemians are to get the immediate benefit of a new manager bounce, it won't have been better timed given a trip to Tallaght to face derby rivals Shamrock Rovers is their next assignment.

On Friday night, live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player, Alan Reynolds will take charge of Bohs for the first time and it's a daunting debut.

While reigning four-in-a-row champions Rovers have made a slow start to their title defence, they did pick up a first win of the campaign away at Galway United before the international break and that will have eased the pressure on Stephen Bradley's side.

Bohs, on the other hand, will hope Reynolds can kickstart a resurgence in style and speaking on this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast, former Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic striker Eoin Doyle

"One of the great characters of the league and they've finally got their man," he said.

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Eoin Doyle and Johnny McDonnell previewed the double round of LOI fixtures on the podcast. Watch above via YouTube or listen in below.

"They obviously went in after him last year and couldn't get him, and it shows how good he has been doing in the sense they came back for him about 18 months later to seal the deal again.

"He's probably started in there (Wednesday) morning and he'll definitely be getting right to it straight away.

"He'll be very practical in his set-up I'd imagine in how he's going to go up to Tallaght and try and get out of there with a result.

"It's going to be a great occasion - 10,000 fans coming to