"Cork boss feels hard done by"...excuses excuses. get out gUNTHER
The man cannot and will not accept he is at fault. tha man is an idiot.
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Cork City have had a pretty miserable season and their luck was out yesterday at Turner's Cross.
Having been the better side for much of the game against Shamrock Rovers, they conceded a rather harsh penalty with 11 minutes left and the Hoops went on to score another goal on 89 minutes.
City needed to win to close the gap on Rovers. Both sides face three more games and, with the Dubliners having eight points to spare, Cork will not be finishing in the top three this season.
Indeed, they are just a point clear of Bohemians and Derry City, both of whom have a game in hand. The pressure is on manager Liam Murphy - and he knows it.
Recalling the spot-kick - awarded after Declan Daly's challenge on Richie Byrne - he said: "It was very disappointing: it was not a penalty in my view and Declan Daly was adamant it was not a penalty.
"It was a turning point because the referee lost control afterwards. There was only a kick of the ball between the teams and it is a set-back because Cork have not failed to qualify for Europe for many years.
"We need to strengthen for next season and get some more experience. Some of the younger players have begun to show signs of tiredness, because we have been on the go without a break for several seasons now."
Another man not expempt from worries about his future was Rovers boss Damien Richardson, and one could detect much relief from the Dubliner after this crucial win, which followed two sickening weeks for Rovers.
"It was a stunning performance under difficult conditions, because we played some very good football," enthused Richardson.
"I cannot speak highly enough of the lads, of their honesty and integrity and I'm delighted they have put themselves in a great position for Europe, because they deserve it.
"The public cannot know of the difficulties we have had to overcome this season and after the disappointment of recent weeks this was just the response I wanted from my team.
"If we succeed in getting into Europe, then I will regard this as having been a wonderful season. Things can go against you in this game, but you never lose faith in your principles and that has paid off."
And Richardson added: "I understand Cork have been a little short of confidence and so have we because of recent results.
"But the level of performance we produced today, given that four or five first-choice players were missing, merited three points. Now, we have a huge game against Shelbourne this week-end to look forward to."
A coin has two sides !! unless it is three sided
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Originally posted by Pablo
I think its an indictment of the poor quality of the league that we have fourth place, and it glosses over Murphys inadequacies.
go now murphy
We are fourth out of twelve, the poor quality of the league is not Murphy's fault, Glossing over inadequacies maybe, but wouldn't that be the same for everyone, while we are saying this we should take into account that City still have only five full-timers against how many teams are fully pro (or as good as) we have limited resourses. And before anyone starts attacking me ... i am just pointing things out. I am not taking sides at all.
Re: A coin has two sides !! unless it is three sided
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Originally posted by A face
while we are saying this we should take into account that City still have only five full-timers against how many teams are fully pro (or as good as) we have limited resourses.
Bohs are almost (1 or 2 part-time pros) all fulltime pros.
$hel$ aim to follow Bohs next season. They still have a good few part-time pros.
Rovers probably have less fulltime pros than us.
St. Pats would similar to use in that many of their fulltime footballers are doing FAS or other such courses.
Derry wouldn't have much more full timers than us.
Only Bohs & $hel$ culd cliam to be more or less all fulltime footballers.
Re: Re: A coin has two sides !! unless it is three sided
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Originally posted by pete
Bohs are almost (1 or 2 part-time pros) all fulltime pros.
$hel$ aim to follow Bohs next season. They still have a good few part-time pros.
Rovers probably have less fulltime pros than us.
St. Pats would similar to use in that many of their fulltime footballers are doing FAS or other such courses.
Derry wouldn't have much more full timers than us.
Only Bohs & $hel$ culd cliam to be more or less all fulltime footballers.
the concept of full-time/professional is as much about attitude as it is about paying people big wages.
Shels and Bohs are probably the closest thing we have to professional clubs in this country, with Pats and Shams looking to follow suit in the near future, I imagine.
Derry's manager went full-time this season and AFAIK a lot of their players are involved in their football in the community project.
Even First Division clubs (Finn Harps, Waterford, I think) have up to 4 or 5 'full-time' players
