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I was reading recently, Usher wouldn’t hire an assistant for Clancy. Apparently another coach and Bolger and beeb taking turns filling the gap all season.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
This season seems to be a repeat of the season Cork were last relegated. Usher proving he learnt nothing first time around.
Can’t imagine the crowds will be healthy going forward for Cork either with tickets costing €25 a pop.
I wonder is Colin Healy regretting taking the Kerry job now?
Hard to know. Colin Healy prob not looking for too much pressure and I assume Kerry is part time. His wife passed last year and two young kids so getting a good balance will probably be a big factor for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckett
Healy is full time role with Kerry and a fairly significant salary also I understand. Not sure on the contract length though, but would expect it’s 2.5 years given comments from Healy and the club. Cork wud have to pay significant compensation to get him now!!!
Apparently Healy turned down the assistant role at Cork in preseason
not sure hes regretting it. bizarre to go and ask him to be assistant after how everything ended last time. as for him getting timing wrong with kerry job, hes better off down there. he didnt do anything here last time to say hes up to it. might need somethign with less pressure to be springboard his career.
Will Cork look abroad, ala Waterford, I wonder ? The only available domestic candidate I can think of is Keith Long, which could actually be a decent appointment for them.
Very much doubt it. A current First Division club realistically was where Healy's managerial opportunity was going to materialise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckett
I would have thought Keith Long would emerge as a leading contender.
I actually completely forgot that he was Cork City manager previously, that's embarrassing. I'd like to retract my question!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
And why resign immediately after it, rather than over the weekend or Monday morning?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
All seems a bit dramatic.
The Tim Clancy/Cork break up is a bit strange to me.
I see on socials that the owner is getting a lot of heat for not spending money on the playing side of things.
Having Seani Maguire & Ruari Keating as your preferred striking partnership would have me doubting that no money is being spent and to me it seems that the onus to replace an assitant coach, S&C coach and Physio would fall on the first team amanger rather than the owner? You always hear non football people should stay out of football and I would certainly view these hires as being dependant on the manager as they would work together on a daily basis, so maybe this is where there are budget shortfalls?
At the same time Clancy was commuting from Meath and apparently starting his own business? so did he ever really commit to Cork and was he letting these hires slip?
I also notice that many fans are bemoaning the hire of commercial and events managers for the business side of the club but from the outside looking in this is the type of thing a club like Cork needs?
They have a massive catchment area with large population, they are trying their hand at designing and releasing their own kits (personally I think this is a folly but its good to see clubs trying something) and their crowds, like many in the league, seem tied to the fortunes of the team. If they can improve that so they have a steady home support week in week out that means the playing budget can increase. These types of roles should be looked at as revenue generators and not taking away from the football side of things. Cork themselves have recent experience of ****ing a big budget on a playing squad and failing to make europe so they should understand as well as any club in the league the foolishness of spending all your money chasing fools gold.
It just seems a bizare situation from whatever lens you view it through.
Who are the potential candidates for the Cork job!
Keith Long, Ruaidhrí Higgins...............!
Rumours that it's going to be Ger Nash, currently an assistant coach at GAIS in Sweden and was Aston Villa U18s manager and Ipswich Town academy/23s manager before that. He was interviewed for the Pats job at least 3 times in the past and the Cork job last time it came upQuote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Higgins was appointed manager of Coleraine at the beginning of the month:Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cdxg84rzxd5o
Or am I missing some sort of a joke? :confused:
Interview with Tim Clancy on off the ball below. He started a business with his wife in Trim this year and was travelling between Trim and Cork daily this season. That and the lack of an assistant the last 2 or 3 months (they were knocked back by several of the candidates), plus the lack of other first team staff like a full time analyst meant the work load was too high and burned him out. He mentioned himself and his assistant at the time finishing training in Cork at half 1, driving up to Derry to watch them play Bohs, then driving home the same night and arriving back at half 4 in the morning before taking training at 9am later that morning. Regardless of having a full time assistant and analysis or not, thinking it’d be possible to juggle full time management alongside managing a new business 3 hours away was utterly bonkers thinking
https://youtu.be/coJM9VyqNWM?si=2lGsRl_KvzbNDBUG
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Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Good to see Miggle D has a career as a presenter for Newstalk when his time as president is up. Hes always been a great supporter of the league so hopefully he can continue to promote the league.
You cant fault effort but you can question committment, not in a deliberate manner, just poorly judged by Clancy. He'd had enough and thats understandable as nobody could manage that sort of schedule without burning out. The club should have been wondering how this could work too imo!
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Originally Posted by Nesta99
From the interview at least Clancy did say the club had sorted accomodation for him, given him the money to replace his assistant and since he signed a new striker there recently who has hit the ground running and mentioned that a few other signings were in the pipeline I think some of the questions about Corks budget can be put to bed. They have enough to at least be competitive in this league from the sounds of it and given how close the league is with the right appointment that they could find themselves safe and depending on fitness maybe make a run at the cup (I'd wager a few teams are eyeing that strategy up in fairness).
On your question about the commitment I have to agree. I dont think he was fully commited whether he realised it or not. He mentions things like video analyst and opposition analysts and to the best of my knowledge Bohs only filled these roles last season. I'm not sure if its a role every club in the league has at the minute? Do Drogheda, Waterford, Sligo have it? I'd wager the Dublin teams do. So this work would then be done by the manager or assistants at any club that doesnt have it filled or even club volunteers. So the level of effort he mentions seems to be normal albeit hightened as he hadnt replaced his assistant yet. If the budget is there to hire people that make your life easier and you arent doing it I think commitment has to be questioned. Never mind the commute and starting another business. Honestly this interview was a bit of a trainwreck for him IMO and he would have been better off saying nothing.
Hope he makes a success with the new business in Trim or else his wife could sack him! :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Another Bohemia
In fairness he is fully committed to her. Married with kids, starting a business together. Cant ask for more commitment than that :D Also I'd say the commute is a lot easierQuote:
Originally Posted by nr637
And we all live happily ever after. :victorious:Quote:
Originally Posted by Another Bohemia
Quite surprised to see that Ger Nash actually exists, thought he was a fictional character mentioned every time there was a managerial vacancy.
Until he is on the sideline nothing is guaranteed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Gerard Nash appointed as the new manager of Cork City
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025...s-new-manager/
:)
Hope he can get a few signings on the cheap.
Feel Usher is taking the cream for his back pocket but could be totally wrong
Pretty bizarre take on it. There's no chance Cork City are making enough money for Usher to be making a profit from them. Tim Clancy said himself a budget was there for an assistant manager but he couldn’t convince any to come down and take it, accommodation sorted, budget for a few more players he was due to bring in this summer too. From the outside looking in, a lot of Cork fans are very quick to forget that they voted to sell the club to Usher as it was becoming a total financial mess as a fan owned clubQuote:
Originally Posted by pateen
Fuad Sule apparently on his way to Derry, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
Definitely leaving Glentoran, having played loads there and at Larne, and with a season at Dalymount.
Holding midfielder type of player, and not entirely sure it's the sort of lad we'd need. Did work with Lynch at Larne before, so maybe he sees something in him.
Paddy McClean is on the transfer list at Glens too. Would Sligo fans have him back?
Sule was a serious wee baller at Bohs and always felt he'd return to LOI but a lot of comments from fans up north recently indicate his best days are behind him. What age is he now?Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_�ire
28, so way too young for Derry!Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
There's a few of those already in the squad. I wonder is the plan to have spares so that midfielders can keep eating suspensions? Gonnae be tricky to get players integrated and up to speed if there's a constant churn in the lineup (for instance, I was hoping for more from Benson and imagined him in a deep lying playmaker role, but wonder if a lack of game time means that he's not quite gelled yet).Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_�ire
Wonder what this means for Diallo. Love him, great player, would love to see him get back to where he was a few years ago.
He actually started out at Pats as a young fella before he went to Bohs. I remember seeing him in one game (I think it was a friendly) and thought he looked decent. Haven’t seen too much of him since he went north, but he seemed to do well at Larne in particular. As a by the way, I always thought he looked a bit, shall we say, odd ?shape wise. Almost like his legs were too short in proportion to his torso. Maybe that’s just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Anyway, would he not be competing with Adam O’Reilly for a place in the Derry midfield ? Hardly likely to displace him I would have thought.
Sule got a nine match suspension after a big brawl recently, that I'm almost certain he'll have to serve no matter what club he joins. If Bohs didn't have 30 midfielders already I would have back in a heartbeat.
mcclean to retire again? whats the word above there on him?Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_�ire
And was at Rovers before that even - he likes a move! Listened to a good interview with him last year. Also you're dead right about him being quite similar to O'Reilly.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
David Cawley departing Harps,was an important older head in the squad
Did feck all tbh but obviously it's huge experience to lose in a squad that's light on it alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Was excellent first half/three quarters of last season and then tailed away badlyQuote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Has DC retired or has he gone to someone else?Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Family commitmentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
James McManus signed a new deal with Bohs till the end of 2027. He had a rough time with injuries over the last few seasons but he's a very talented player, happy to see the club tie him down to a long deal.