Following events in the media over the last few days, and in light of the interviews on today's Big Red Bench do people think Dolan can continue as City manager.
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Following events in the media over the last few days, and in light of the interviews on today's Big Red Bench do people think Dolan can continue as City manager.
Not unless he promises to work within the club and keep his gob shut about everything Cork City except his team and tactics.
Only plus point of whole sorry saga is that this has happened 3 weeks before start of season, not 3 weeks into the season.
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What was said please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
Among what was said:
Dan Murray was asked if anyone else was involved in the decision to go to the papers, beside the players, and he refused to answer it. Lennox said no comment in answer to the same question. Also, Lennox said he and dolan were supposed to meet on thurs night- Dolan didn't turn up, never called to say he wouldn't be there and hasn't been heard from since.
News from the capital is that Dolan has been sacked / relieved of his duties, as Cork City manager
I take it you mean the "capital" not the Real Capital, Fintan ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fintan Cassidy
There's only one capital in Ireland :D
I always enjoyed trips to Cork pre-Dolan - looking forward to trips post-Dolan
Does that mean I can send my CV in? I'm doing OK on LMA Manager 2005 at the moment....Quote:
Originally Posted by Fintan Cassidy
if dolan goes, then the board should reconsider their positon.
he doesnt need to apologise for anything
If Dolan goes it will be down to his own stupidity. the board have nothing to apologise for. Dolan went behind people's backs and tried to undermine his boss- thats a sackable offence in any job.Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
so its a sackable offence to try and get better working facilitiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
fair play eanna :rolleyes:
No- did you actually read what I said. I said its a sackable offence to undermine your boss and go behind his back.Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
no....he tried to get better trainig faclities....
as you know within work...even bosses are always looking for better way to do things.
he merely excercised this right
Brian wants to do that too. There's nobody at City who doesn't want an improvement. But it was the way he went about it is the problemQuote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
they had no other choice. it has gone on long enough and needed something drastic..Quote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
i cans ee you lot shortly thanking the players for the speed up in events regarding training facilites
How do you know he went looking for better facilities?Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
You posted not so long ago about great facilities that some local club have. Did Dolan go there and see if they would suit, and see if they can be rented and made a base for City?
Outside of endless whinging in the press, how do any of us know what Dolan has actually done to improve the situation?
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Originally Posted by patsh
yes i did...leeside in little island
but why should we have to go rent off of an a.u.l. club. we should have our own
ALSO GREAT HOT SHOWERS DOWN THERE :D
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Originally Posted by what biy!
which would turn out to be a very bad move for CCFC
"We should have our own". That about sums up a lot of peoples argument. When you ask them how we actually get them, all I hear is silence.Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
You still didn't address the question about Dolan and whether he has done anything about it rather than moaning....
Exactly. the same silence we hear when people are asked who would take over the club if Lennox went.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
With respect for all who have posted in this thread, this matter could get us hot under the collar for no reason at all. What do we really know about it? Only what is reported in the media. How can we trust the reports, when we know that the news and even interviews can be edited to make them sound more sensational.
This blow up (even if it is a small affair, as I suspect) is better coming now, rather when the season is already underway, so that the professionals in CCFC can get down to the job of competing for trophies. Remember the shemozzle last August? The club changed into a higher gear after that, and came close to lifting the league title.
Now for my two bobs worth. How many clubs in Europe have to fork out to develop their own state-of-the-art training facilities and stadiums? AFAIK many of the top clubs rent their facilities from municipal authorities. Someone posted in another thread that CCFC would have a hard job convincing pro players to come to our club, once they had seen the standard of our training facilities. Fair point. Now here is a question. European competition law stipulates that no enterprise in one member state may receive state assistance for their work unless their business competitors in other EU states receive the same assistance. How about Cork City Council levelling the playing pitch a bit, by accessing the necessary capital to provide City with the necessary facilities to run a decent business.
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Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy
Now you are talking !!
To be fair that is how alot of countries manage.
I think City are unfortunate about training facilities. Wasn't there supposed to be an FAI Regional Training Centre for Cork? If city had gone off & built their own facility would have looked stupid if FAI had got their act together...
Does anyone actually know what happened with St Marys during the Leicester "link"? Did City ever use their training facilities?
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It was mayfield pete. And AFAIK, City were meant to have use of the facilities when theywere finished, but I don't know if it ever happened at allQuote:
Originally Posted by pete
Thats what I meant. So did they build new facilities with Leicester cash? What did city do with Leicester cash if they ever got any?Quote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
**** only knows. under the previous board nothing much seemed to happen at all really.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
apparently in the sun today there is an article which says that dolan has walked or is about to walk and richardson is taken over
yeah there is, but Rico himself said on REDFM yesterday that he knew nothing about it.
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Originally Posted by Éanna
Similar facilities have been "announced" many times for Mayfield, Ballincollig, and Carrigaline (although this latter one turned out to be a Spillage spoof).
As there is neither a local or general election in the offing there will be little further news of these developments for the time being.
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Originally Posted by padjoe
If he's going, 'tis better he goes now rather than mid-season.
as a long lost exile i'm not fully aware of what happened when dolan left st pats. was there a similar kerfuffle like this?
.....to put it mildly...... YES! :D
I presume you're putting the "Told you so" on ice until it's officially confirmed? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by wws
Macy I never told cork fans anything about dolan that wasnt well known for anyone that wanted to know!
.....that and it could be one of his trademark "everyones against us" tactics to rouse the troops......only this time with the bizzare twist - "everyones against us - including ourselves" !!
well if its true hes hardly gonna say it on air while the job is still not vacated :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
I was waiting for that. As I said from the start, we have a Chairman who is capable of controlling our club properly and won't take crap from anyone. Thats the key difference between us and Pats. So the "told you so" is unfounded :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Macy
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Originally Posted by Éanna
and from what i gather lately.... wont look at anybody elses comments or ideas
its one thing knowing ur the boss,but its another thing not recognising people aroung you
"my door is always open." Direct quote from Brian Lennox himself. What more do people want him to say?Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
who cares what he says, its what he does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Éanna