"We molested football tonight"

[Steve Bruce]

And..according to the tax man, we reguarly get 2-3000 at games ;)

According to our chairman 2 weeks ago, we get 3000 average excluding the glentoran game.

[Steve Bruce]

Of course we know that :rolleyes: its just this "winning ugly" line thats being trotted out is entirely inappropriate for a game when for 85 minutes of the match you were outclassed on the pitch apart from one stupid **** up by the best player on the pitch, and out sung, as cosmo so helpfully points out, by 147 fans off it. Winning ugly is grinding out results in the face of pressure or adversity; what happened monday night was the football equivalent of finding a tenner down the back of a sofa.

Cosmo, just how many people did you expect to travel in fantastic weather around exam time for 22 hours to see a secondary cup football game on a monday, after 2 changes of plan? All four or five thousand that were in the ground tonight for the important match this week? :confused: It wasn't long ago 147 would be a decent attendance at a cobh v drogheda game :rolleyes:

You really do over estimate your dominance. It took you over an hour to force a save from our keeper.

We should have been 1 nil up at the start when Maccers back passed the ball rather than rattled it. Our heads went down after that and Cork capitalised.

But to say that you dominated to the extreme that your portraying is laughable at best. Yes you dominated, but to be honest there was only 1 or 2 times I was sweating.

[Peadar]

You really do over estimate your dominance. It took you over an hour to force a save from our keeper.


That's to be expected when you parked 10 men behind the ball.
We expected that though, just didn't expect you to be completely unable to string two passes together!
Your completely rested team were playing a team that had had a tough game 3 nights earlier and had to travel up & down the country twice, yet you couldn't manage any significant period of possession!
Lucky for you the semi-finals aren't a two legged affair.

[Steve Bruce]

That's to be expected when you parked 10 men behind the ball.
We expected that though, just didn't expect you to be completely unable to string two passes together!
Your completely rested team were playing a team that had had a tough game 3 nights earlier and had to travel up & down the country twice, yet you couldn't manage any significant period of possession!
Lucky for you the semi-finals aren't a two legged affair.

Our completely rested team who has played near 60 games? Dead on mate.

Missing our star striker, our main left midfielder, our main center midfielder, our two main Setanta center halfs and because our main left back was covering our main left midfielder, we had to field our aging and past his best left back.

You where practically playing our second string. A team that you still couldn't beat even though you have us down as the worst team to ever take the field.

We played terrible on Monday, everyone agrees, but if you think that is how Linfield plays week in and week out, you need your head checked.

Cork still aren't the best team we have played this season, a long way off in fact.

If it was a 2 legged affair we would have beat yous down there as well. We played that bad and still beat you, what would have happened if we played like our normal selves? We would have tanked you into oblivian.

[Steve Bruce]

Can I also point out to Real Cork fans, that you finished 2nd in your group a massive 6 points behind St Pats, whilst Linfield came top of our group with Drogs coming 2nd.

Drogs went and played the strong team in your group, beat them and are in the final.

Cork went to play the strongest team in our group and got beat and where sent home crying(and still are).

So what does that really tell you? Our group, which was the group of death are both in the final. You can go on about 1 game where you where the better team ON THE NIGHT, but this tournement is bigger than one game and Linfield and Drogs have proved to be the better teams in the tournement by consistantly getting the good results. And that my little Mourinhos is what it's all about.

[Peadar]

We played terrible on Monday, everyone agrees, but if you think that is how Linfield plays week in and week out, you need your head checked.

Of course you don't, because you've got no half decent teams to play against, so you can dictate matters. Once you were up against an actual football team of significant merit, you were shown up for the class-less outfit you really are.

[GavinZac]

This "secondary football game on a Monday" is worth at least 80,000 Euro to the winners of the semi-final, possibly 150,000 Euro! :cool: There is no club on this island that would turn down this dinero, if it had the chance to win it! ;)

Well thats why we entered it, isn't it? Mind you, we'll be getting far more than that for the sale of a striker we didn't even have playing when gave you "a lesson in football", and heres hoping doyler is snapped up in the summer when we'll get a few multiples of that aswell. We won't worry about it, but its bloody hilarious to see ye get so defensive. Obviously it means a fair bit more to you lads since that kind of money is unknown in your mickey mouse league, and no-one ever gives you credit for walking it every year. Hence the "No, well, er, winning ugly, not every week, er, bit tired, thems the breaks". Wheres the actual critical analysis of why your players let us walk all over them?

[BleusAvantTout]

Of course you don't, because you've got no half decent teams to play against, so you can dictate matters. Once you were up against an actual football team of significant merit, you were shown up for the class-less outfit you really are.
I feel I am debating with "simple minds" so I'll make this a simple post to enable the intellectually challenged to understand.

The prime object of a football game is to score goals - the side that scores the most goals wins the game. It is not rocket science. I have seen Linfield F.C. pulverise various teams over the years and lose because they couldn't score goals! Losing is second best - that's how CCFC finished on Monday night. Get over it and move on. The team you appear to be referring to as one of "significant merit" appears to be your own but you lost the game because you were unable to meet the winning criteria as set out in the rules of Association Football! Ya dig?

Linfield have been the most consistent side, North and South, since the Setanta Sports Cup began. They have never been overrun by any Eircom League side. That tells me your League is big, but only in your own minds. We play in our national league which is the right place for us to play. When we play against the Eircom League's "finest" we have not been overwhelmed or disgraced.

[Steve Bruce]

Of course you don't, because you've got no half decent teams to play against, so you can dictate matters. Once you were up against an actual football team of significant merit, you were shown up for the class-less outfit you really are.

Do you have a mental block or something? We have shown we are capable of beating anyone on this island, by beating every one over 3 years.

We have only ever got beat twice in 18 games in the Setanta cup. You have been beaten that amount of times this season alone.

I think you should actually read up a bit more on football because you seriously come across lacking in knowledge.

[GavinZac]

They have never been overrun by any Eircom League side.... When we play against the Eircom League's "finest" we have not been overwhelmed or disgraced.
:confused: Did you go to the game? Are you part of the famous home support that didnt show up? The other linfield fans are of course right in saying that its about putting your shots away so we can't have that many complaints except to our own players - but what on earth are you talking about?

[Steve Bruce]

:confused: Did you go to the game? Are you part of the famous home support that didnt show up? The other linfield fans are of course right in saying that its about putting your shots away so we can't have that many complaints except to our own players - but what on earth are you talking about?

You wheren't that dangerous, that's what he was talking about. You where decent untill the final 3rd, we only had 1 or 2 sweats the whole game. By and large you are decent team, but not great. Certainly not as good as Drogheda or Derry City(even though they are going through a rough time).

I think unless Cork win the FAI cup, you will be in the intertoto this year if your lucky. Your not good enough to win the league.(or challange)

[GavinZac]

You wheren't that dangerous, that's what he was talking about. You where decent untill the final 3rd, we only had 1 or 2 sweats the whole game.lads, seriously, look at the "shots off target" stats. we had one decent striker on the field who was half fit - Mssr O'Donovan would've put you to the sword like he did portadown. all ifs and buts, i know, but come on... 1 or 2? how many times were our strikers clean through on goal and wasted the chance? your defence was absolutely terrible and thats why behan/flynn got such a berating from their own team mates and fans.


By and large you are decent team, but not great. Certainly not as good as Drogheda or Derry City(even though they are going through a rough time).:confused: we trounced derry 4-1 away, and we would've deservedly beaten drogs 2-1 away save for a bizarre keeper **** up. Meanwhile, the real team we weren't expected to beat is St. Pats and we won deservedly against them too.


I think unless Cork win the FAI cup, you will be in the intertoto this year if your lucky. Your not good enough to win the league.(or challange)If we're lucky? :D Who's going to finish above us then? We have 2 irish internationals waiting on the sidelines dying to get on, and a striker on the way in june. by then sean kelly will be back in the defence - we won't be "lucky" to be challenging. stick to what you know, provincial football.

[BleusAvantTout]

:confused: Did you go to the game? Are you part of the famous home support that didnt show up? The other linfield fans are of course right in saying that its about putting your shots away so we can't have that many complaints except to our own players - but what on earth are you talking about?

In plain English......if you don't score you don't win. Linfield have not been overwhelmed by any Southern side who we have played in the Setanta!!

I was at the game and the CCFC fans I met were all sound. I hope they are not the ones on here and just about to contact the Samaritans!!! You brought at least 9 players back every time we had a "set piece" in your half. That kinda looked to me you were a side wanting to hit us on the break. This debate is going nowhere. It's like debating with tunnel visioned politicians!! :rolleyes:

[razor]

Your not good enough to win the league.(or challange)In our current weakened state I agree. Post July 1st when we have Healy & Farrelly available we'll certainly be a more formidable side, add to that a striker or two which are obviously badly needed and I definitely think we'll challenge.
Thread is going nowhere overall, Linfield mugged us ,as did Drogheda in last years final, and fair dues to them.

[GavinZac]

In plain English......if you don't score you don't win. Linfield have not been overwhelmed by any Southern side who we have played in the Setanta!!

I was at the game and the CCFC fans I met were all sound. I hope they are not the ones on here and just about to contact the Samaritans!!! You brought at least 9 players back every time we had a "set piece" in your half. That kinda looked to me you were a side wanting to hit us on the break. This debate is going nowhere. It's like debating with tunnel visioned politicians!! :rolleyes:

Its not even debate, you clearly don't understand the word overwhelmed enough to be using it regularly. And we defended set pieces :confused: thats unusual now? we have full time players, they have the fitness to get back out when (if) we win the ball back.

[Peadar]

Linfield have not been overwhelmed by any Southern side who we have played in the Setanta!!

Pardon us for not taking a pre-season competiton seriously.

[BohsPartisan]

Pardon us for not taking a pre-season competiton seriously.

Yeah I forgot you don't need the prize money :rolleyes:
The missus is coming to our game in the cross later this month, I'll tell her not to get any lemon in her vodka and coke as its bitter enough already down Cork way!

[GavinZac]

Yeah I forgot you don't need the prize money :rolleyes:
The missus is coming to our game in the cross later this month, I'll tell her not to get any lamon in her vodka and coke as its bitter enough already down Cork way!

You would be too! Only, you've never qualified.

[Peadar]

...Linfield mugged us ,as did Drogheda in last years final, and fair dues to them.

Exactly, and the final is going to be a battle of the balaclavas as the two greatest muggers try to nab the swag.

Could even result in the ball remaining static in the centre circle for 90 minutes, as both sides lump everyone behind the ball and wait for the other to attack.

[Steve Bruce]

lads, seriously, look at the "shots off target" stats. we had one decent striker on the field who was half fit - Mssr O'Donovan would've put you to the sword like he did portadown. all ifs and buts, i know, but come on... 1 or 2? how many times were our strikers clean through on goal and wasted the chance? your defence was absolutely terrible and thats why behan/flynn got such a berating from their own team mates and fans.

Shots off target, ffs that has me sweating....Not. If we had our best players fit do you honestly think we would have played as poorly? All ifs and buts, but one thing that is fact is, we beat you 1-0 fair and square in 90 minutes. Also are defence was very much a makeshift defence, far from our strongest back four.

:confused: we trounced derry 4-1 away, and we would've deservedly beaten drogs 2-1 away save for a bizarre keeper **** up. Meanwhile, the real team we weren't expected to beat is St. Pats and we won deservedly against them too.

As far as I could read, you never had a shot on target apart from your penalty, how is that deserving? Also your 8 points behind with only a hand full of matches played, your some team.

If we're lucky? :D Who's going to finish above us then? We have 2 irish internationals waiting on the sidelines dying to get on, and a striker on the way in june. by then sean kelly will be back in the defence - we won't be "lucky" to be challenging. stick to what you know, provincial football.

Drogheda, St Pats and Derry City will all finish in front of you, even though Derry are going through a hard time they will come good. Your not a great team. If we win the Setanta cup that will be twice that our league has beat your league in an all-ireland competition. 18 games, 2 defeats is our record in the Setanta what's yours?

Read bold.

[Peadar]

... I'll tell her not to get any lamon in her vodka and coke ...

Such a shame, since we were going to get it imported especially for her.

[GavinZac]

Exactly, and the final is going to be a battle of the balaclavas as the two greatest muggers try to nab the swag.

Could even result in the ball remaining static in the centre circle for 90 minutes, as both sides lump everyone behind the ball and wait for the other to attack.

Nah, I'd say Drogs will walk it. Thick as Doolin may be, I can't see drogheda's fine selection of players hanging back (listening to Doolin!) as usual when faced with a side as poor as linfield were monday. they've decent strikers too so i'd expect the margin to be 3 or 4 goals if we see a repeat of that, to be honest

[Steve Bruce]

Pardon us for not taking a pre-season competiton seriously.

If it was onyl a pre-season tournement, why gurn your eyes out like little woman?

Your just bitter and if you where in the final you would turn out in your thousands because you no it is an important tournement with good money involved.

Your obviously a small time bunch of people in Cork.

[Steve Bruce]

Nah, I'd say Drogs will walk it. Thick as Doolin may be, I can't see drogheda's fine selection of players hanging back (listening to Doolin!) as usual when faced with a side as poor as linfield were monday. they've decent strikers too so i'd expect the margin to be 3 or 4 goals if we see a repeat of that, to be honest

This poor side has won this trophy beating the best team in the ROI in there own back yard.

Then the next season we beat the best team in the country again

And then this season we ahve beaten every team we have played.

Yes we are a poor side and you are a great side who has won feck all squared.

I know which sort of team I would like to be watching, my side that goes out to win games, not show a toothless display like Cork did.

[Steve Bruce]

Exactly, and the final is going to be a battle of the balaclavas as the two greatest muggers try to nab the swag.

Could even result in the ball remaining static in the centre circle for 90 minutes, as both sides lump everyone behind the ball and wait for the other to attack.

The final your not a part of, why? Becauise you wheren't good enough to get their.

[Peadar]

Your just bitter and if you where in the final you would turn out in your thousands because you no it is an important tournement with good money involved.

I'm in tears alright, but it's from laughing a your mob and all the tripe you've been posting! You're just not used to banter and we're whipping your arse here as well!
:D

[Steve Bruce]

I'm in tears alright, but it's from laughing a your mob and all the tripe you've been posting! You're just not used to banter and we're whipping your arse here as well!
:D

I think most people are having a laugh at the way you lot are gurning pal. If you think I'm wound up, you must be more deluded than I thought:D

EASY EASY EASY

[GavinZac]

Read bold.
argh for **** sake answer properly i have to do the quote bits now.


Shots off target, ffs that has me sweating....Not. If we had our best players fit do you honestly think we would have played as poorly? All ifs and buts, but one thing that is fact is, we beat you 1-0 fair and square in 90 minutes. Also are defence was very much a makeshift defence, far from our strongest back four.You were under the cosh for 89 minutes. Thats a breeze i'm sure :rolleyes:


As far as I could read, you never had a shot on target apart from your penalty, how is that deserving? Also your 8 points behind with only a hand full of matches played, your some team.Yes, listen to dodge :rolleyes: neither team had a myriad of chances as we did monday, because they're both good defences. we had 4 or 5 chances, one of them being o'donovan in the clear for a goal when hacked down.


Drogheda, St Pats and Derry City will all finish in front of you, even though Derry are going through a hard time they will come good. Your not a great team.Well yeah, in our team for monday we had brian o'callaghan who couldn't get near the squad last season, admir softic from the u21s, colin o'brien and billy woods who saw their best action in the 90s, a crocked john o'flynn and denis behan, more of a battering ram than a striker. and we still outclassed you in (almost) every area of the pitch! as we've said, when we can pick all our players, we'll be stronger, and theres more on he way from the Stellar Group. so - we're beating the top teams, and we're going to get stronger. and that means we have no hope? :D yeah, its exciting being in a league where several teams will challenge! you should try it some time.

If we win the Setanta cup that will be twice that our league has beat your league in an all-ireland competition. 18 games, 2 defeats is our record in the Setanta what's yours?2 years in a row we've treated it as pre-season, even admitted by richardson before last years competition. i assume you didnt play as pathetically in those other 15 games you didnt lose. Nobody's saying you're that poor all the time but for pity's sake, admit when you were outplayed and got lucky, rather than trotting out inappropriate cliches about winning ugly.

Your just bitter and if you where in the final you would turn out in your thousands because you no it is an important tournement with good money involved.we turn out in our thousands ever week - obviously a concept unknown to yourselves. good money? relatively good, yeah. important? not a hope. get some teams from wales/scotland involved, then it might be an interesting concept, because frankly, at the moment its like the rest of ireland playing munster's top sides - one decent team, and the rest a collection of the ****-poor to the amatuer.

[Peadar]

Nah, I'd say Drogs will walk it.

Yeah, the Polydactyly Posse should walk it alright!

[Cosmo]

2 years in a row we've treated it as pre-season.

Hahaha, I love it!! I remember we were playing you lot in the group stages last year and at the time both of us were through and we were only [playing for 1st and 2nd in group and doolin said he didnt care if we were at home or away fdor the final and played a weakened side against corks full side in this meaningless preseason tournament (when both teams werre though to semis anyway) - and a load of corks fans were on mbs giving out about doolin for playing a weakened side haha- youre talking sh!te mate

[BohsPartisan]

2 years in a row we've treated it as pre-season, even admitted by richardson before last years competition.

Well he should be sacked then because he is effectively turning up his nose at a nice bag od swag. Can Cork afford not to compete for that prize money? I think not.

[Steve Bruce]

argh for **** sake answer properly i have to do the quote bits now.

You were under the cosh for 89 minutes. Thats a breeze i'm sure :rolleyes:

Yes, listen to dodge :rolleyes: neither team had a myriad of chances as we did monday, because they're both good defences. we had 4 or 5 chances, one of them being o'donovan in the clear for a goal when hacked down.

Well yeah, in our team for monday we had brian o'callaghan who couldn't get near the squad last season, admir softic from the u21s, colin o'brien and billy woods who saw their best action in the 90s, a crocked john o'flynn and denis behan, more of a battering ram than a striker. and we still outclassed you in (almost) every area of the pitch! as we've said, when we can pick all our players, we'll be stronger, and theres more on he way from the Stellar Group. so - we're beating the top teams, and we're going to get stronger. and that means we have no hope? :D yeah, its exciting being in a league where several teams will challenge! you should try it some time.
2 years in a row we've treated it as pre-season, even admitted by richardson before last years competition. i assume you didnt play as pathetically in those other 15 games you didnt lose. Nobody's saying you're that poor all the time but for pity's sake, admit when you were outplayed and got lucky, rather than trotting out inappropriate cliches about winning ugly.
we turn out in our thousands ever week - obviously a concept unknown to yourselves. good money? relatively good, yeah. important? not a hope. get some teams from wales/scotland involved, then it might be an interesting concept, because frankly, at the moment its like the rest of ireland playing munster's top sides - one decent team, and the rest a collection of the ****-poor to the amatuer.

Your average is 3000, our average according to our club chairman is 3000 outside Linfield vs Glentoran, which was 12000 this season,which if im not mistaken brings our average to 3800.

Mid week matches at Windsor is notorious for less crowds, why should it be any different when we play some Irish Club we have no history with?

[GavinZac]

Hahaha, I love it!! I remember we were playing you lot in the group stages last year and at the time both of us were through and we were only [playing for 1st and 2nd in group and doolin said he didnt care if we were at home or away fdor the final and played a weakened side against corks full side in this meaningless preseason tournament (when both teams werre though to semis anyway) - and a load of corks fans were on mbs giving out about doolin for playing a weakened side haha- youre talking sh!te mate

we wanted shels in the semis, but im talking about richardsons comments, not the various clowns on your beloved "langerweb"

[Steve Bruce]

Well he should be sacked then because he is effectively turning up his nose at a nice bag od swag. Can Cork afford not to compete for that prize money? I think not.

It's only important if Cork had a chance of winning it, but as they have failed miserably 2 seasons in a row, they are now dismissing it as a nothing tournement.

[Cosmo]

we wanted shels in the semis, but im talking about richardsons comments, not the various clowns on your beloved "langerweb"

But he played his full side out risking injuries in a useless preseason match tournament that he was already through to the semi finals - he obviously treated it as seriuous an any other match during teh season and thus your argument about treating it as a preseason tournament is w"nk (no offence :o )

[BohsPartisan]

Such a shame, since we were going to get it imported especially for her.

Well if you are going to all that trouble, go on then. Its a lovely gesture I'm sure she'll be honoured.

[GavinZac]

Your average is 3000, our average according to our club chairman is 3000 outside Linfield vs Glentoran, which was 12000 this season,which if im not mistaken brings our average to 3800.if only we could have one big game a season against another team in the same city! then we'd be great like ye. meanwhile, we sell out our ground when the stakes are high, regardless of whether the opposition fill half the ground.


Mid week matches at Windsor is notorious for less crowds, why should it be any different when we play some Irish Club we have no history with?because its a semi-final of "a very important cup", according to yourself?

thanks for ignoring 90% of my post and concentrating on attendance figures :rolleyes:

[Peadar]

...they are now dismissing it as a nothing tournement.

It has failed to live up to our expectations.
We had been promised this wonderful cross-border challenge, from the big teams of the north.
We went up to play the Ajax of the north but we got Altrincham instead.
Talk about false advertising!

[pete]

I think its fairly clear that Linfield are the best side in the IL as the others have done nothing in the Setanta Cup.

We have beaten Swedish League Champions two years running in Europe but if I was honest I do not believe we would beat them week in week if we played in the Swedish League. Similarily Linfield would not be beating sides at the top end of the eL every week.

[Cosmo]

It has failed to live up to our expectations.
We had been promised this wonderful cross-border challenge, from the big teams of the north.
We went up to play the Ajax of the north but we got Altrincham instead.
Talk about false advertising!

Cork City obviously failed to live up to expectations. Funny ye only made the final 1 out of 3 times - and lost that one :o

Even that small pub team linfield have won it more times than ye :eek:

[GavinZac]

It's only important if Cork had a chance of winning it, but as they have failed miserably 2 seasons in a row, they are now dismissing it as a nothing tournement.
We've been to a final and a semi final in those 2 years, same as you, and it was BEFORE that that we called it a preseason tournetment. says much, eh?

[BohsPartisan]

We've been to a final and a semi final in those 2 years, same as you, and it was BEFORE that that we called it a preseason tournetment. says much, eh?

Yeah it says rico was making up excuses before a ball was kicked.

[GavinZac]

Yeah it says rico was making up excuses before a ball was kicked.yeah, it does. wouldn't want to give the obvious media interest the impression that half fit, half committed players is what cork city is about.

i'm sure bohs wouldn't make any excuses, should they qualify some day.

[BohsPartisan]

i'm sure bohs wouldn't make any excuses, should they qualify some day.

We don't accept excuses, we demand results! :cool:

[Steve Bruce]

if only we could have one big game a season against another team in the same city! then we'd be great like ye. meanwhile, we sell out our ground when the stakes are high, regardless of whether the opposition fill half the ground.

because its a semi-final of "a very important cup", according to yourself?

thanks for ignoring 90% of my post and concentrating on attendance figures :rolleyes:

Your ground would be lost in our ground. It is hardly like for like.

It would also be lovely to have a whole big city catchment to ourselves. Think of the crowds we would get then. It's sad to think that a club who has the whole of cork for a catchement cannot attract more than an average of 3000.

But hey, what ever gets yourself off.:rolleyes:

[GavinZac]

Your ground would be lost in our ground. It is hardly like for like."yours" is the national stadium :rolleyes:


It would also be lovely to have a whole big city catchment to ourselves. Think of the crowds we would get then. It's sad to think that a club who has the whole of cork for a catchement cannot attract more than an average of 3000.
(i) cork is significantly smaller than belfast
(ii) there were bigger crowds when there was a city rivarly.
(iii) we have seasonal competition from the GAA and from Munster rugby. for some reason I can't see any of your potential support turning down a day at windsor park because antrim have a game that weekend.

and we're still avoiding the topic of the thread i see :rolleyes:

[Rochey]

I cant believe the cork fans on here. For f**k sake the absolute state of you's!!

1) You don't dominate a game unless you score goals. You had more posession then Linfield thats about all it boils down to!!

2) Linfield have proven themselves as worthy matches to any Eircom league side. The results prove that. Thats what matters not your poxey more shots off target ect bull****!!!

3) Enjoy the intertoto cup now there's a nothing competition!!

[Rusty]

I cant believe the cork fans on here. For f**k sake the absolute state of you's!!

1) You don't dominate a game unless you score goals. You had more posession then Linfield thats about all it boils down to!!

2) Linfield have proven themselves as worthy matches to any Eircom league side. The results prove that. Thats what matters not your poxey more shots off target ect bull****!!!

3) Enjoy the intertoto cup now there's a nothing competition!!


That should just about sum it up:D

[Steve Bruce]

"yours" is the national stadium


(i) cork is significantly smaller than belfast
(ii) there were bigger crowds when there was a city rivarly.
(iii) we have seasonal competition from the GAA and from Munster rugby. for some reason I can't see any of your potential support turning down a day at windsor park because antrim have a game that weekend.

and we're still avoiding the topic of the thread i see :rolleyes:

We own the stadium, so it is our stadium that NI use. Also what difference does it make anyway? It is still twice the size of Corks, so it is only natural you will sell out your stadium more often that us. Is that too much for you to understand?

Cork may well be, but your still the only senior team for miles around so your catchement is still massive. Linfield have South Belfast.

City rivalry, is this between the current Cork side or the thousand others that went to the wall? I wonder why that is?

You have GAA, so what? We have rugby, Ice Hockey and 4 or Belfast teams to compete with and you have GAA. Boo fecking hoo.:rolleyes:

Small time club thinking they are more than they are. Intertoto, here they come:D

[Steve Bruce]

I cant believe the cork fans on here. For f**k sake the absolute state of you's!!

1) You don't dominate a game unless you score goals. You had more posession then Linfield thats about all it boils down to!!

2) Linfield have proven themselves as worthy matches to any Eircom league side. The results prove that. Thats what matters not your poxey more shots off target ect bull****!!!

3) Enjoy the intertoto cup now there's a nothing competition!!

Great post