QuoteIt was mentioned in the Transfer Rumours thread as it hasnt been officially announced anywhere to my knowledge.
Surprised this isnt up yet or maybe its been taken down. Mathews gone from Cork with Morley lol and caulfield lol takiing over.
It was mentioned in the Transfer Rumours thread as it hasnt been officially announced anywhere to my knowledge.
Nothing official yet though the story looks to have some basis. Have to wait and see.Originally Posted by Magicme
"Its the bad players who are the luxury not the skillfull ones"
Danny Blanchflower
Statement on club website
Cork City Football Club today announced that it has suspended discussions and withdrawn all recent offers to its Club Manager Mr Alan Mathews on offering him a new contract.
Cork City FC has recently come out of Examinership and needs to bring the salary structures within the Club to sustainable levels to ensure the long term survival of the club.
Cork City FC Chairman Tom Coughlan said “Alan has been a tremendous leader throughout the Examinership process and is a very talented football manager and I would like to thank him for efforts in this difficult time for the Club. I have no doubt he will have a great future in football. The challenge facing Cork City FC for the foreseeable future is to operate on tight financial restraints to avoid has happened in the past 12 months to ensure the club has a sustainable future. The opportunity for all of us is to attract the best squad of players to ensure we are challenging for the league title next season.”
Gerry Nagle CEO of Cork City FC said” For the club to survive long term it must be at the heart of the sporting community in Cork. We want to bring back volunteers to Cork City FC and deliver top class football to our supporters, fans and our sponsors who we are very grateful to for their ongoing support. Following recent discussions we are looking forward to working closely with Foras as recently announced with the new Cork City FC club committee structures. We are all operating in a tough economic environment and everybody has a role to play to ensure the survival of top class football in Cork. Realistic cost structures are a key component in terms of our long term plans for the Club. In this challenging economic environment we must deliver extra value for a sustainable future for the club”
Cork City FC would like to thank Alan and his players for their contribution over what was a very difficult financial year for the club and wish Alan well with his future plans.
Laughable statement. Manager going to work on a volunteer basis now?
54,321 sold - wws will never die - ***
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A very strange decision. Whatever about his merits as a manager and I rate him highly, the man has two years left on his contract, at a higher rate than he'd agreed to come down to and if were he I'd be looking for the two years to be paid up in full. What are they going to save by getting rid of him?. Are they going to get a volunteer to manage the team?, maybe they'll take turns!.
Last edited by Longfordian; 09/12/2008 at 10:41 AM.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
I wouldn't have been Mathews biggest fan, but I'm absolutely stunned by that news.
Our second season in a row to get rid of a cup winning manager.
Our second season in a row to burden ourselves with paying compensation.
The statement is ridiculous as well. FORAS aren't going to manage the team ffs.
It just makes no sense. At least with Arkaga ye thought rightly or wrongly that they knew what they were doing and had money behind them to pay the compensation. Tom Coughlan clearly doesn't.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
if they can afford to sign the players they have given contracts to, they can afford a manager.......
But the club doesn't have the money to pay Matthews now so what can we do?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
You're going to have to pay him anyway.
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Is this just a poor excuse for getting rid of Matthews? Maybe Coughlan wants him out anyway?
With what?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
How can you sign new players or announce new contracts with existing players when you haven't / can't honour current contracts with other players and now your manager.
Has Delaney promised you a franchise licence for 2009 regardless?
With what the club have been signing contracts with players with presumably?
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
You'll pay him or you shouldn't get a licence. I would normally say won't get a licence but nothing surprises me any more.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
If you've effectively sacked him with two years on his contract, "with what?" is your problem; he has to get paid up in full surely?
In that case, you've now got a case where you'll have to pay two managers instead of one.
Irrelevant, he has a contract we have to honour, end of story.
****ing ridiculous unless he's walking for free
The new contracts announced for existing players involved ALL those players taking a suibstantial paycut on what they were paid last season, there's back pay due to some players still after examinership, but I've seen no suggestion that we aren't honouring current contracts. The two new players are rumoured to be part-time on small contracts.
If (and I'm guessing) Mathews won't take a similar paycut to the players, then he may cost more than the club sees his worth and therefore out he goes. If it results in our being able to afford a new manager and 2/3 players more, hard to argue with it.
If it means that we have to pay Mathews a huge amount of money, then I don't see any sense to it.
Our only hope is that Mathews has walked or the club have negotiated a small severance package already.
Last edited by tiktok; 09/12/2008 at 11:47 AM.
If he was walking for free I'm sure the statement would have said something about coming to terms with him for his departue instead of saying they've withdrawn any contract offer. Wonder what the players who've signed up again are thinking?. I'm pretty sure he's already said he'd take a pay cut and had agreed a new deal. Sounds like they wanted to cut that even further.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
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