Gamble blasts City bosses
From todays examiner..........
the players are worried about their futures......not the kind of thing you want to hear from a key player with the cup final on sunday.
the last line says it all really
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Gamble blasts City bosses
By Liam Mackey
CORK CITY midfielder Joe Gamble has blasted club bosses over the delay in sorting out player contracts, claiming the Leesiders “are known for these fiascos”.
In an outspoken interview ahead of Sunday’s FAI Ford Cup final against Longford, Gamble said the contracts hold-out was “beyond a joke”.
Since his comments, Cork have sorted the futures of four of the 11 players out of contract, but Gamble says that it’s hardly ideal preparation for the biggest game of the season.
“Most of the lads are sick of it. Players should get respect, just like managers. You can’t tell a fellow at the end of the season that you don’t want him. Then what is he going to do? He has got to find a new contract.
“It’s about respect. You tell a player if you don’t want him and that’s it. I know you have to deal with budgets, but that’s why people are in clubs as accountants and business people. Let them deal with that sort of stuff and you tell them who you want or who you don’t want.”
Gamble believes the contract situation is symptomatic of wider problems at the club.
“In general, this club is known for these fiascos. Until people actually really get a foothold and get things sorted and run the club properly, it’s always going to be like that here. I don’t know what any other club in Ireland would do, but definitely here we make life hard for ourselves.
I should be talking about a cup final and not contracts.”
