James
01/03/2002, 2:50 PM
and it aint Murphy or the fans he blames...but Shamrock Rovers..!
from inthenet's robert reid.. (which btw has anyone noticed that inthenet.ie... now is redirecting to sports.com..)
from.. sports.com (http://www.sports.com/irl/football/news/2002/02/28/sIRL01MTAxNDkyMTMxNDA.html)
Ollie Cahill has blamed Cork’s FAI Carlsberg Cup exit at the hands of Shamrock Rovers as the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Cahill have been on a downward spiral ever since and even the consolation prize of European football next season could prove beyond them.
They have won just twice in the eircom League Premier Division since Alan Bennett’s bizzare own goal sent the Leesiders crashing out of the cup against the Hoops at Turner’s Cross in December.
"We aren’t playing for our pride, we need to get our pride back first before we can do that!”, Cahill told Sports.com. “We were flying before Christmas but the defeat against Rovers in the cup really knocked the stuffing out of us. We haven’t been the same since. We did our best to put it behind us but to no avail.
“Needless to say the heads are down but the spirit in the camp is still good.
“In situations like this it can be very difficult to put your finger on it and pinpoint the problem, but there is no escaping from the fact that we have struggled to score goals all season, and if you don’t score you can’t expect to win games.
“Also, our home form has been poor. That hasn’t helped either, and the fact that the fans have started to give the players a bit of stick and to give Liam (Murphy) a bit of grief as well hasn’t helped, but that isn’t a good enough excuse. In fact the fans are entitled to grumble, we have given them very little to cheer about recently.”
from inthenet's robert reid.. (which btw has anyone noticed that inthenet.ie... now is redirecting to sports.com..)
from.. sports.com (http://www.sports.com/irl/football/news/2002/02/28/sIRL01MTAxNDkyMTMxNDA.html)
Ollie Cahill has blamed Cork’s FAI Carlsberg Cup exit at the hands of Shamrock Rovers as the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Cahill have been on a downward spiral ever since and even the consolation prize of European football next season could prove beyond them.
They have won just twice in the eircom League Premier Division since Alan Bennett’s bizzare own goal sent the Leesiders crashing out of the cup against the Hoops at Turner’s Cross in December.
"We aren’t playing for our pride, we need to get our pride back first before we can do that!”, Cahill told Sports.com. “We were flying before Christmas but the defeat against Rovers in the cup really knocked the stuffing out of us. We haven’t been the same since. We did our best to put it behind us but to no avail.
“Needless to say the heads are down but the spirit in the camp is still good.
“In situations like this it can be very difficult to put your finger on it and pinpoint the problem, but there is no escaping from the fact that we have struggled to score goals all season, and if you don’t score you can’t expect to win games.
“Also, our home form has been poor. That hasn’t helped either, and the fact that the fans have started to give the players a bit of stick and to give Liam (Murphy) a bit of grief as well hasn’t helped, but that isn’t a good enough excuse. In fact the fans are entitled to grumble, we have given them very little to cheer about recently.”