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10/07/2003, 1:01 PM
I'll post here in the pats forum as other views aren't welcome on certain other places of the site, I promise this is the last word on the current spate so I'd appreciate non-abusive arguments if people want to respond please:
On Dolan:
Are we obssesed with the man since his departure?
It could be viewed that way, but if Cork fans believe that they wouldn't have a word or three to say on various topics of another club's forum if say Liam Murphy or Dave Barry joined say Shamrock Rovers than they are kidding themselves and us. Of course Dolan is a topic of great interest for us. And of course we've a lot to say on the matter. We'd want to be pretty dumb not to have formed some opinion on the guy by this stage one way or another?
Are we jealous of what Dolan is doing now for Cork?
The best that can be said here is that the jury is still very much out. I'd argue that both teams are in the hunt and results between the two set ups have proved that only penalties have actually seperated us head to head this season. Pats fans are very united behind Collins and the support at the bohs and rovers games has 'been emotional'. We are 100% happy with Collins's skill in the transfer market.
Who put Saint Pats on the map?
A fella called Brian Kerr had a lot to do with it.
On Pat Dolan's rants in newspapers, the anti cork bias rubbish and other smokescreens:
Even a lot of the cork city posters on your forum agree that the man overplays this. Some like it cause it gets publicity for Cork City. My opinion for what its worth (and I know thats feck all around here) is that by constantly attacking the refs/the fai/ other clubs Dolan makes enemies for Cork City FC in the long run. in the long run clubs/the league the fai etc HAVE to work together to progress so it will eventually accumalate and bite you back in the arse just like it did when Pat Dolan attacked everyone under the sun while he was at pats. Verbal attacks get you headlines but at the end of the day you have to sit down and work with your fewllow league chairmen and reps and the fai.....so does Dolans "outside the tent ****ing in" attitude help or hinder City's cause in your opinion. To me its a no brainer. He does F all to help progress the game, he just attacks everyone he should be working in tandem with....by the end of the season you will be SICK of this **** I have no doubt.
On Eamonn Collins
He has our support, he certainly has the football contacts and his signings have been astute without question. There is mutual animosity now between him and his ex boss, no one can deny that. He SHOULD leave it be now and get on with his job and ignore dolan. I think the league cup win was the release he needed to put the dolan factor behind him so I doubt it will be an issue from now on
that's my views on some of the recent arguments between pats and cork fans on this forum
by all means reply, criticise etc but dont resort to childish abuseive language as it reflects badly on everyone.
On Dolan:
Are we obssesed with the man since his departure?
It could be viewed that way, but if Cork fans believe that they wouldn't have a word or three to say on various topics of another club's forum if say Liam Murphy or Dave Barry joined say Shamrock Rovers than they are kidding themselves and us. Of course Dolan is a topic of great interest for us. And of course we've a lot to say on the matter. We'd want to be pretty dumb not to have formed some opinion on the guy by this stage one way or another?
Are we jealous of what Dolan is doing now for Cork?
The best that can be said here is that the jury is still very much out. I'd argue that both teams are in the hunt and results between the two set ups have proved that only penalties have actually seperated us head to head this season. Pats fans are very united behind Collins and the support at the bohs and rovers games has 'been emotional'. We are 100% happy with Collins's skill in the transfer market.
Who put Saint Pats on the map?
A fella called Brian Kerr had a lot to do with it.
On Pat Dolan's rants in newspapers, the anti cork bias rubbish and other smokescreens:
Even a lot of the cork city posters on your forum agree that the man overplays this. Some like it cause it gets publicity for Cork City. My opinion for what its worth (and I know thats feck all around here) is that by constantly attacking the refs/the fai/ other clubs Dolan makes enemies for Cork City FC in the long run. in the long run clubs/the league the fai etc HAVE to work together to progress so it will eventually accumalate and bite you back in the arse just like it did when Pat Dolan attacked everyone under the sun while he was at pats. Verbal attacks get you headlines but at the end of the day you have to sit down and work with your fewllow league chairmen and reps and the fai.....so does Dolans "outside the tent ****ing in" attitude help or hinder City's cause in your opinion. To me its a no brainer. He does F all to help progress the game, he just attacks everyone he should be working in tandem with....by the end of the season you will be SICK of this **** I have no doubt.
On Eamonn Collins
He has our support, he certainly has the football contacts and his signings have been astute without question. There is mutual animosity now between him and his ex boss, no one can deny that. He SHOULD leave it be now and get on with his job and ignore dolan. I think the league cup win was the release he needed to put the dolan factor behind him so I doubt it will be an issue from now on
that's my views on some of the recent arguments between pats and cork fans on this forum
by all means reply, criticise etc but dont resort to childish abuseive language as it reflects badly on everyone.