Originally Posted by Mr_T
I thought Cork were very very good in the first half, and the best team, esp in midfield that I've seen (us lose to :rolleyes: ) in the Premier so far. But the sending off had a huge influence on the game, in terms of affecting our chances of containing yous. If we'd made it to HT intact I'd have fancied our chances of getting something.
We did well to hang on for a while after the red card with great performances from Luca and Cullen in goal, but the goal was inevitable and Doyle took his chances very very well, like the form striker he is. Why couldn't ya have sold him a week earlier!
Thought we did much better second half and showed good spirit to get more into the game, even though Cork had the foot off the pedal at that stage, but we could easily have collapsed and tanked a hammering.
Was impressed with the Cork set-up, attendance (I've have said well over 4,500, not knowing the ground, maybe more) and atmosphere from shed. Not impressed with the referee (aside from the red card he gave everything to the home side, gave us one free kick in the opening 45 minutes) or your silly and pedantic stewards, who managed to make a huge meal of stewarding approximately 10 away fans including 3 pensioners, with whom they seemed to have particular trouble!!!???
Championship heading south this year I reckon.
TG
