Warren O'Hora will be listening into MK Dons' Emirates FA Cup third round match on Saturday praying Russell Martin's team can get the better of Burnley.
Currently on a season-long loan at Stadium MK, the Republic of Ireland under-21 international will miss the match against the Clarets with an ankle injury.
Should MK progress though, O'Hora is hopeful he will be back in time to play.
“There’s a massive buzz in the dressing room. We have a right chance to go out and show what we can do against Premier League opposition.
“You want to play against these types of players and opposition. Unfortunately I won't be playing, but I will be watching and hoping that we reach the next round. Hopefully I will be fit, please God.
“Every game you go into you want to win, but especially in the FA Cup. You see teams in the past who go on runs in the competition and you want to replicate it.”
With this season being the 21-year-old's first taste of EFL action, the magic of the competition has certainly not been lost on the young defender.
“I never thought about the FA Cup when I was at Brighton to be honest, but when I came here I played in our first round match against Eastleigh and then you chat with the lads and you realise how big a deal reaching the third round is.
“I was asking the lads what round do we have to get in to play against the big dogs? I went in all guns blazing against a Non-League side in the first round, it went to penalties and you're there thinking we could go out!”
O'Hora is living something of a childhood dream as he plays alongside former Republic of Ireland defender Richard Keogh.
“I watched the Ireland games when Richard Keogh was captain, I never thought a few years ago I would end up playing in the same team as him, especially with our age difference.
“It's weird because I would watch him on the TV leading out our country hoping he played well and a few years later I am sitting in the same dressing room. That's the way football goes sometimes. I just try and look up to people like him and replicate his work-rate.
“He's a proper leader. He speaks to all the boys at the right time and the way he explains things is excellent. It's easy to see why he was captain of teams like Derby and Ireland. That's why the gaffer here has brought him in, he's top drawer.”