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Todays article in the centre page by "paul Daly" is, even by the echo's standards, an absolute disgrace. That rag and all its correspondents should be publically flogged and banned from the cross. sponsors my arse
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Dear Sir,
once again, as a Cork City fan I find myself having to write to complain about the coverage in the Evening Echo. I have only recently begun to buy the paper again, having sworn never to do so because of what I viewed as poor and unaceptable coverage. Having seen the attention given to City's European games, and being a fair person, I decided that everyone deserves a second chance, and began buying the paper on a daily basis once again. However, todays article by "Paul Daly" is truly perhaps the single most appalling attempt at journalism that the Evening Echo has printed- quite an achievement given other articles in the past.
To grant a centre page article to a journalist unknown and unheard of in terms of covering eircom league soccer or Cork City is one thing, but to print an article which verges on a rubbishing of the astonishing achievements of the club is quite another. Has the Evening Echo forgotten that they are supposed to be supporters of Cork City? I am not for a moment suggesting that only positive stories be published, but to find negatives in an achievement such as last sunday is an indication of sheer bloody-minded bitterness.
The fact that the author of this article appears to have little understanding of the sport he was watching or of the team he was watching only adds insult to injury.
"The Dutch weren't particularly bothered" he writes- any intelligent and perceptive spectator would have realised that the Dutch WERE interested but were stifled by Cork City and their excellent tactics.
"The competition is known in English football circles as the Inter-two-bob Cup"- Italian football circles are relatively uninterested in the Champions league group stages. Is there a point here? And for the record, what have English football circles got to do with anything?
He also writes that City were "reduced to pumping long balls into the channels" When David Beckham hits the ball 60 yards its brilliant, if anyone else does it, its aimless! Any experienced observer of the game will have noticed that NEC were unable to deal with the pace of Cork City's attack and looked vulnerable every time the ball was played over their heads. Hardly aimless.
I am absolutely appalled that Cork City will be advertising a paper that has so repeatedly undermined that club this season and in the past to a wide audience in France and perhaps beyond this Sunday. If the Evening Echo is sincere in its efforts to support Cork City and do its bit, then this type of "journalism" cannot be repeated. So much good work in the past few weeks has been destroyed by this lazy, ill-considered and utterly ill-informed article. I had looked forward to congratulating the Echo on its coverage, yet again I find myself criticising inept, shoddy and downright poor journalism. Some things never change.
Yours in Sport,
Éanna Buckley
I'm trying to post it up. scanning it now
Cheers.
I think everyone would admit Malmo didn't take competition seriously although did strangely put out strongest available team.
Nijmegen took games as serious as anyone just beaten by beater team although obviously fitness & being pre-season for them played a part. On the other hand no one accepted irish clubs pre-season excuses when we'd a winter season so can't have it both ways.
both those teams chose to enter the competition so you can't say they didnt take it seriously...both did however seriously underestimate city and that was their downfall..I'm gonna read that article for myself even tho I knwo its gonna make me mad.....
Doesn't floggin' matter what 'English football circles' say about the competition-this is one of the greatest achievents of an Irish club!
It's pretty appalling that the football fans of Cobh, Dublin, Dundalk and most other Irish clubs are getting behind City it's local newspaper keep playing down it's achievemants!
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Forget about this writer supporting the club, if he just gave a fair account of the game would be a start. I dont know if he was deliberately trying to be negative about the match just to prove how unbiased he is or what. Some of the stuff he printed was just untrue. He said City had only 3 three chances in the match and he named them, he completly left out Doyle's chance near the end, when he was inches away from scoring. Maybe he left before the end to dodge traffic or maybe the guy is just a poor reporter. I have to add the Echo has been pretty good recently with how much coverage they have given City though.
I haven't seen the article so I can't comment but if it's as bad as said then the echo should really think about what they print if they are supposed to be behind city.What about all the ppl who don't know anything about City picking up that page and reading that rubbish thats basically saying City have achieved nothing by knocking out 2 teams who on paper should have walked through us.A lot of heads around Cork and Ireland are turning by what we're achieving and muppits like this guy Daly are putting us down.
For some the cup is always half empty.
Paul Daly wasn't overly impressed with City's display in the Intertoto Cup against NEC Nijmegen.
A day which began with grey clouds drizzling on the City didn't promise much.
But by half five on sunday, the sun ahd broken through and the day had delivered a lot.
By the tikme the fourth official raised the board to indicate there would be two minutes of stoppage time at the end of Cork City's Second Round intertoto cup game against NEC Nijmegen, the whole of Turner's Cross was chanting "City, City, City"
They were even singing in the Derrynane stand. Quite an achievement. Normally the inhabitants of the Derrynane end only open their mouths occasionally, alternating between breathing and abusing certain players.
Mostly, they do the latter more than the former.
And yet, as Sunday afternoon moved into sunday eveing, they were cheering.
Just as well: if it hadn't been so loud, I'm not sure I would have been able to stay awake. it was one of the most tedious games I've ever sat through at the Cross.
And I've sat through some bloody tedious games this season. Repressed memories of Shels and Drogheda occasionally rise from my subconscious to wreak merry havoc on my mental stability; or memories of games during seasons past in which City 'tactics' involved lumping long balls up to James Mulligan,who, at a generous estimate, was just about tall enough to get on the rollercoaster at funderland
Lads, this creep is a "rugger" fan. He also writes about "Gaelic Football". He wouldn't know a proper sport if it came up and slapped him in the face.
Some small men buy fast cars to make up for their lack of d*ck size, and the others, who do not have any money, try to be "controversial journalists".
Let him have his opinion.
In his "English football circles" (i.e. the saddoes who gather around a TV, drink pints and talk about "we" "our club" and "my" team), its about par for the course.
At least he seems to actually go to the Cross, unlike his pr*ck of an editor.
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Even in comparison with the bad days of the past, Sunday was poor.
Nece Nijmegen looked like a side who wished they were on their holidays, not in pre-season training. They had the air of college students who had to return from the US to repeat a five-credit subject after getting 39% at their first attempt.
Mick Devine had to make two interceptions, but other than that was untested, with Alan Bennett and Dan Murray rarely forced to break sweat.
In short, the Dutch weren't particularly bothered.
City didn't have the ability to capitalize. Their play lacked ambition and imagination.
O'Callaghan and Colin T O'Brien though they graftd extremely hard against men who were bigger and stronger, failed to get into positions to pick the ball up off their full-backs.
Which meant that, time and again, Danny Murphy and Cillian Lordan were reduced to pumping long balls into the channels for JOF and Neale enn to chase.
the odd time, they'd lump 'em straight up to the two lads.
Remind you of anything? This in my opinion has been happening all too often this season, and its driving me mad.
Game after game after game, with no sign of improvement.
It's a huge pity, because the team as a whole, is terms of ability, is light years ahead of the previous models.
And yet, they knock long, aimless balls forward as in the terrible days of yore.
Once they get to the final third, thy are well able to play.
There's no doubt about that. The fancy footwork and intricacy that they can produce there is magical to watch.
Yet, if they were abl to play the ball through midfield, they could get into these positions on their own terms, which would make them more dangerous.
Obviously there was a bit of aimless hoofing but not as much as he makes out. In fact if anyone was hoofing it was Nijmegen.
Clearly "journo" trying to be controversial to sell a few extra papers...
Kicking a ball 40 yards gives the advantage to the defender. he sees it coming, has time to judge its flight, knock it away, and clatter the centre-forward for good measure.
On Sunday, those failings were writ large again. Were it not for City's set-pieces and the drive of Liam Kearney and kevin Doyle, the NEC keeper would have spent 90 minutes almost asleep.
As it was, against patently unintereted opposition, they could only create three goal chances. One came at the end of the first half when O'Flynn met an O'Callaghan free kick at the near post but couldn't find the target. The second led to Doyle's goal, and the third came a minute after the goal when O'Flynn beat the offside trap and should have wrapped up the tie.
Let us not get carrid away with this win. The competition is known in English football circles as the Inter-two-bob cup. Nijmegen were lucky to avoid relegation last season,and were only in the tournament because none of the dozen or so teams that finished above them wanted to bother. On Sunday, it looked for all the world as if their participation was a cruel punishment by manager Johann Neeskens, designed to ensure that they don't underachieve again next season.
Ah, underachievement in the domestic league.
Think about it. Those who love City should not worship a false god. the domestic league is the important thing, and you sense that, despite their joy on Sunday, Pat Dolan and Brian Lennox know this.
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This is not do(sic) say that European success is a bad thing: quite obviously it is fantastic for the players and the fans.
But, if the European odyssey can't be repeated in the domestic league, those who made the St Anne's end a sea of red and green on Sunday will move wth a grumble towards the exits, the george-haters will clear their throats again, and the more polished Dublin sides will come to the Cross and dictate proceedings as they have consistently done over the last few years.
If the failings evident on Sunday remain for the rest of the season, the sunshine will soon turn to rain and City will again fall shrt of the mark in the eircom League. And that's what counts.
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apart from the fact that the article is riddled with mistakes and omissions, he needs a grammar book. Never start a sentence with "but" ya tool ya. I'd love to meet him at the cross and bawl him clean out of it. So, there actually is someone worse than spillanre- trust the Evening Feckless to find him
thats another good line too ConorOriginally Posted by Éanna
So, there actually is someone worse than spillanre- trust the Evening Feckless to find him
life is random
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.....another good line......
heh heh
Whatever it was I am sure it was better than my plan to get out of this by pretending to be mad. I mean, who would have noticed another madman around here?
just read it there, didnt expect it to be that bad, the man is a gimp, the echo would seriously want to dish out the p45's in there.
Spillage said in his notes that the tickets for the home leg were going on sale next monday, thats funny seeing as i bought 4 today in the club shop. Tool
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