We'll likely only have to put up with him until February or so because I really don't see Cork being a Premier Division club and I don't think Roddy does the First Division. That's presuming Tom and co even make it that far.
We'll likely only have to put up with him until February or so because I really don't see Cork being a Premier Division club and I don't think Roddy does the First Division. That's presuming Tom and co even make it that far.
Ah, but we've yet to see what he can do when the steaming pile of sh!te is already in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
As if there hasn't been enough muck raking already.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
It was sent via email but you can get it from the website - www.l-orrizont.com.mt now maybe that link is incorrect (no hyphen). But it's the L-orrizont newspaper, Malta (the Labour party publication).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rory H
Floriana are playing tonight in the first of 2 make or break games (against Tarxien). A draw will help them a win even better but to lose will have them facing life in the relegation pool. The write up will be on www.maltafootball.com And just in case anyone is wondering, the replica shirts will be available in Ireland from mid-January. The Irish Director of the club is looking after orders.
2-0 down, in the 2nd half now.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecountyman
Got an sms saying 2-1 final score. That's 3 losses in a row. I know they've an injury crisis and a tiny squad, plus apparently Roddy is negotiating with one of the full backs to bring him to Cork (according to yesterday's Star). I don't think the man knows when to cop on and act decent. If Floriana don't get 4 of the next 6 points they're in the relegation pool for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
I think history shows he has no idea what decent behaviour and respect is. Whatever suits him best is what he'll do.
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Originally Posted by Longfordian
Spot on!
I hope that he doesn't get to manage Cork for a single game, in any division. Justice would be if he were left unemployed, with a lawsuit bearing down on him from Floriana.
In simple terms, Roddy is scum.
Eleven-a-side reporting Cork City are under a transfer embargo until the audited accounts for 2009 are submitted and assessed, 29th January at the earliest. There's only a handful of players under contract now ( and all were broken by the club so are now free agents). Bohs too.
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/bohemians/news.asp?n=37829
Also, Joe Gamble has signed for Hartlepool United.
Best of luck to him, better off out of it with a young kid to support, sad as it is to say it.
All these Floriana guys sound like characters from Goodfellas. Wouldn't you love if Roddy turned up dead? I'd laugh :D
ah... i wouldnt wish death upon him but a life-long ban from the game and rte would be niceQuote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
I wouldn't wish death on him. But if an accident were to befall him...
a horrific scrabble accident:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Sicily is right next door :cool: Or as Roddy said when taking the job "an hour away by boat".Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
No doubt he got used to visiting old cousin vinny over thereQuote:
Originally Posted by weecountyman
Maybe that's who's going to fund you guys this year! He did claim he was bringing investment with him, so if fat Tony and Louis the Lips are sitting in Turners Cross this year, don't say you weren't forewarned! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by juan
I hope that ninja guy turns up, the one who does nothing until Homer closes the door. I'd pay to see him fight Roddy.
LexlipRed, it could be a bunch of angry Maltese at this rate. This morning it was formally announced that Sunday Wasiu (the striker - ex Luton and Colchester) was leaving to go to Cork. Wasiu has been the talisman this season and only recently was in poor form. He's allowed to leave, under a contract that was drawn up by Roddy and not approved by the committee (as it was supposedly on a Friday evening before they played Valletta), for a mere €5,000. The Maltese media have jumped all over it as today in l-orrizont there was the story of the revolving door at the club - a Serb goalie signed for a month did his knee ligaments in the weekends game and has to leave, while the club sign a defender (who was on trial) from their partner club in Russia. Then Sunday formally announces his departure.
http://www.l-orizzont.com/news.asp?newsitemid=59433 - this time I'll let others google the translation (under google translate).
Reported in the Evening Echo Newspaper yesterday that Cork City's wage budget for next season's playing staff will be €20,000 per month so approximately €5,000 per week. One would have to assume, if this is true, that the Cork City squad next year will be predominantly part-time, even amateur. It makes a bit of a mockery of some of the names the club has been linked with in recent weeks.
One knock-on from this is that a predominantly part-time set-up would require floodlit evenings/night training sessions for much of the season, which Bishopstown won't provide [though rumours are we've been locked out of there for weeks now, only the postponement of underage games due to the bad weather is keeping it quiet].
Of course, the budget for 2009 presented to the FAI and High Court post examinership was reportedly €12,000 per week, which might have worked if it had been stuck to but people got carried away. At one stage last year we were reported in the Evening Echo to be paying over €140,000 p.m. or over €35,000 p.w. in wages, roughly three times what was the initial plan it seems.
How can he sign someone on a transfer when the FAI have imposed a transfer embargo on the club? This just gets messier and messier.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecountyman
Edit: By the way, it appears that we've "Kevin Doyled" them.
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Originally Posted by tiktok
He can sign whoever he likes - but the FAI won't accept any registrations while the embargo is still in force.
Like Roddy himself - any 'signings' are a waste of time & space.
It's not clear what the story is but apparently Sunday is flying, no pun intended, on Sunday to Ireland to meet up with Roddy for pre-season.
I'm shocked at how small the budget is set for this year, I'm not 100% but Roddy complained that the budget in Malta was "only €18,000 a month" on Newstalk. There the cost of living and wage levels are significantly lower, plus travel is non-existent. So it seems a bit odd now. Maybe Diamond Joe Quimby is on board as well in Cork :-)
You submitted a plan to the FAI that said you would pay €12,000 per week in wages.
The FAI sign off on all contracts ?
Why did they let cork go up to €35,000 per week at one stage?
All payments over the table?
The FAI are as much to blame as Cork if they only agreed to 12k in the pre season budget.
What a stupid league
For what it is worth a journo friend relayed to me that Coughlan recently told him the budget would be €500k (presumably €12,500 pw over 40 weeks).Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
I have no idea if this is true (TNB probably doesn't either) but have no doubt about the veracity of the conversation.
Anyone else feel like Cork is a lame horse at this stage? Should be taken out of it's misery...
Its been a lame horse for a long time, and it should have been put down months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doomofman
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...t-2004940.html
A vet with a gun might come in handy now, with two magic bullets.
From the link above - last paragraphGood or bad news for Cork / Coughlan?Quote:
Earlier this week, Alan Mathews withdrew his legal proceedings against the club, a development which means that his case comes back under the remit of licensing. Mathews is listed as an employment creditor dating back to 2008, thus adding to the bill that the Leesiders need to settle if they are to have any chance of remaining in the top flight.
Bad news for Coughlan. I'm happy with it though. Hopefully will force him to sell up based on no licence...or just to **** off.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Doesn't Mathews hate Coughlan? Imagine any move by him is designed to screw TNB over if so.
Presumably they didn't go over 65% until the season started, at which point they had a transfer embargo slapped on them. FAI logic.Quote:
Originally Posted by higgins
So should all junkies:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Doomofman
If we cast our collective minds back to when Roddy went to Floriana, there were many people on here advising their fans that Collins was trouble and shouldn't be touched with a barge pole.
They only have themselves to blame therefore. The stench that follows Collins is so bad that you'd have thought people would have learned to give him a wide berth by now.
The man needs chasing out of Ireland, never mind Irish football.
Yeah def agree, a little hard to feel that sorry for any club that would give him a job - did could have saved themselves an awful lot of money and grief if they only asked any LOI fan
Completely agree, if any Cork City fan had a say in the manner of his appointment then i'm sure we may have escaped the reign of Roddy the Plasterer but it was Coughlans call, birds of a feather....Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
In fact Tom and Shoddy are like Siamese twins about Cork at the moment, seen in the Boardwalk restaurant yesterday lunchtime at a sports awards event and then later at Nemo Rangers complex, possibly sussing out a place to train now we've been locked out of Bishopstown.
It's easy to slam a club for hiring a manager and giving him a second chance. The fact remains that the man, Roddy, is a decent coach and good motivator, he got a mid-table team firing and unfortunately had a personal falling out with one one bad egg in Malta, and after that it seems things weren't completely rosy.
To say Cork fans didn't have a say in appointing the manager is true, but it remains to be seen whether there will be any crowds, any sponsors and any protests against the appointment. It's often that no matter how objectionable a manager is, if he's winning, he's tolerated, if not, then he's out.
Apparently Cork are going to pay compensation to get "their man".
Yep, hates him with a passion. Anything he could do to screw him over I'd say he'd do it, unless he's had a religious experience lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Question - would you like him to manage your team?Quote:
Originally Posted by weecountyman
Benno, he played for my team and this year I was certain he was going to take over but instead we got the Galway boss. Now while I do respect Roddy's achievements (relatively) on the field, his recent attitude and behaviour really is disgusting. So when he was first mentioned in relation to Dundalk I thought, hmm, would this be a total disaster (remember we've just had Sean "drop the shorts" Connor) or might he actually do a half decent job. But now, not a chance! You figure someone might mature or cop on after being blacklisted for so long, instead he seems to have made an even bigger victim of himself and more reasons why nobody wants him.
So, long story short :-) when Sean Connor left, I'd have been willing to give him the chance, now, no way in hell!
Good luck with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecountyman