jbrazil
02/12/2001, 4:18 PM
CORK boss Liam Murphy has called on the eircom League’s top referees to give livewire winger Ollie Cahill more protection.
Murphy claimed Cahill was on the receiving end of more cynical treatment after the Leesiders beat Shamrock Rovers 3-1 at Richmond Park on Friday to blow the eircom Premier Division title race wide open again.
Murphy was delighted with the win but less pleased with the treatment Cahill received.
"Yet again Ollie had a lot to put up with," Murphy told inthenet.ie. "It was the same the previous week in Galway. It seems everyone wanted to take a pop at the lad. There were a lot of cynical fouls flying around again and Ollie took the full force of most of them.
"In fairness to the guy he just gets up and gets on with it. He’s not the type of player to roll around and I’m not the type of manager to tell him to do that. But he could do with a bit more protection from referees. He is taking a lot of punishment in games."inthenet.ie
Murphy claimed Cahill was on the receiving end of more cynical treatment after the Leesiders beat Shamrock Rovers 3-1 at Richmond Park on Friday to blow the eircom Premier Division title race wide open again.
Murphy was delighted with the win but less pleased with the treatment Cahill received.
"Yet again Ollie had a lot to put up with," Murphy told inthenet.ie. "It was the same the previous week in Galway. It seems everyone wanted to take a pop at the lad. There were a lot of cynical fouls flying around again and Ollie took the full force of most of them.
"In fairness to the guy he just gets up and gets on with it. He’s not the type of player to roll around and I’m not the type of manager to tell him to do that. But he could do with a bit more protection from referees. He is taking a lot of punishment in games."inthenet.ie