Fixture changes.

**Pablo Escobar** · 02/09/2016, 6:15 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Jesus, this argument between you lads and Cork is getting very tired. You've both been very well-treated by the league and other clubs in accommodating your need to have games moved. As we were in 2011. The sniping between each other was funny to start but it's just a bit tiresome now.

The sniping seems to be coming from Dundalk tbf. I think the city fans here have just been pointing out what fans of most other clubs have, i.e. read the rules. We can agree surely all agree that the club just exercised its right, but if you don't agree with the rule as it is, then I must ask that at what point do you think the rule should kick in, if at all?

**The Donie Forde** · 02/09/2016, 6:59 AM

FWIW, Oriel, City v Dundalk, 31 January 1988 was abandoned due to weather conditions and subsequently played on Wednesday 9 March.

CCFC has always sought postponements as per league rule whenever two players have been called into the Ireland Under-21 squad, every single time, including earlier this season v Shams. So it's probably fair to say there was no attempt at massaging the fixture list by CCFC.

**White Horse** · 02/09/2016, 8:58 AM

Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar

I think the city fans here have just been pointing out what fans of most other clubs have, i.e. read the rules. We can agree surely all agree that the club just exercised its right, but if you don't agree with the rule as it is, then I must ask that at what point do you think the rule should kick in, if at all?

Cork fans were delighted that this postponement would cause havoc to Dundalk. Don't try to pretend otherwise.

They were equally gutted when it backfired on them and explains their faux sympathy for Wexford.

**El-Pietro** · 02/09/2016, 9:29 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Cork fans were delighted that this postponement would cause havoc to Dundalk. Don't try to pretend otherwise.

They were equally gutted when it backfired on them and explains their faux sympathy for Wexford.

Cork fans were worried the game woudlnt be postponed and we would have to play without two of our better players. We thought the fact that it might cause problems for Dundalk would be an added bonus but was not our primary goal. It didnt work out that way, no big deal.

The sympathy for Wexford is not faux. Interesting that only Dundalk fans, and a few Bohs fans, don't see the fixture movement as unfair to Wexford. The Wexford fans on here aren't happy either.

Just think how you would feel if one of your fixtures was moved to make way for another teams game.

**White Horse** · 02/09/2016, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Interesting that only Dundalk fans, and a few Bohs fans, don't see the fixture movement as unfair to Wexford. The Wexford fans on here aren't happy either.

Several Dundalk fans have posted that the Wexford game shouldn't have been moved unless agreed to by Wexford.

Your post doesn't acknowledge this and gives a misleading view of the opinion of Dundalk fans.

**disgruntled** · 02/09/2016, 9:43 AM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

The root cause of this is the tight schedule that the league has to try to fit the games in. Trying to condense 3 domestic competitions into a 40 week period.

If any team started making 3 rounds in Europe there was always going to be issues if the insistence is that league games must finish by 28th october.

Wexford fans may be ****ed off at dundalk over their bohs games being rescheduled but the truth is that dundalk need games to play and are running out of time in which to get this completed.

This issue wouldn't of happen if cork didn't decide to cancel the dundalk game at the last minute by losing 2 players out of a squad of 25 to international duty.

It wasn't last minute. As soon as the squad was announced Cork City asked for the games to be postponed which was their right.

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Jesus, this argument between you lads and Cork is getting very tired. You've both been very well-treated by the league and other clubs in accommodating your need to have games moved. As we were in 2011. The sniping between each other was funny to start but it's just a bit tiresome now.

There's no argument, just some Dundalk folk trying to pass the blame for Wexford getting shafted.
Even Kenny's got in the act complaining that Cork get more penalties than Dundalk. Sounds like a worried man to me

**dundalkfc10** · 02/09/2016, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by disgruntled

It wasn't last minute. As soon as the squad was announced Cork City asked for the games to be postponed which was their right.

There's no argument, just some Dundalk folk trying to pass the blame for Wexford getting shafted.
Even Kenny's got in the act complaining that Cork get more penalties than Dundalk. Sounds like a worried man to me

He said it to get into Cork's heads. If Ferguson, Mourinho etc... said this, they would be called masters of the mind games!

Kennys knew what he was at, and judging by response of Corks fans (and everyone else) it has worked.

Whats odds we get a peno tonight?

**sbgawa** · 02/09/2016, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Cork fans were worried the game woudlnt be postponed and we would have to play without two of our better players. We thought the fact that it might cause problems for Dundalk would be an added bonus but was not our primary goal. It didnt work out that way, no big deal.

The sympathy for Wexford is not faux. Interesting that only Dundalk fans, and a few Bohs fans, don't see the fixture movement as unfair to Wexford. The Wexford fans on here aren't happy either.

Just think how you would feel if one of your fixtures was moved to make way for another teams game.

I can not understand the BS around this fixture change , Cork had a choice , play Dundalk in a match that if they lose will probably kill their chances of winning the league without two of their better players....as said above..or postpone the match....
They postponed the match what a surprise !., if I was a Cork supporter I would have done my nut if they had played it lost narrowly and ****ed away the league...

**Dodge** · 02/09/2016, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by dundalkfc10

He said it to get into Cork's heads. If Ferguson, Mourinho etc... said this, they would be called masters of the mind games!

Kennys knew what he was at, and judging by response of Corks fans (and everyone else) it has worked.

Whats odds we get a peno tonight?

OR Cork are in Kenny's head so much that he's worried about them even when he's previewing the Bohs game

Cork fans were pretty much all delighted about his comments last night

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The truth is all the whinging/mind games don't matter a ****. The best team wins the league, and managerial comments from either side won't play a part in it at all. If they did, Cork would win everything as Caulfield is the biggest whinger of them all.

**Calcio Jack** · 02/09/2016, 10:43 AM

According to today's Indo , Dundalk now looking to have league season extended by 48 hours so their final match can be played on the Monday evening , think if that is sanctioned they then have a Europa league match that Thurs away to Zenit followed (potentially) by cup final on the Sunday, will be interesting to see reaction if the FAI agrees especially if the league match in question is the game against Cork.

**jinxy lilywhite** · 02/09/2016, 10:46 AM

Is 48 hours not Sunday? ???

**Calcio Jack** · 02/09/2016, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

Is 48 hours not Sunday? ???

Indeed it is

**dundalkfc10** · 02/09/2016, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

OR Cork are in Kenny's head so much that he's worried about them even when he's previewing the Bohs game

Cork fans were pretty much all delighted about his comments last night

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The truth is all the whinging/mind games don't matter a ****. The best team wins the league, and managerial comments from either side won't play a part in it at all. If they did, Cork would win everything as Caulfield is the biggest whinger of them all.

Did you see the full interview. He was asked about Cork never just brought them up!

**Ezeikial** · 02/09/2016, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Your post doesn't acknowledge this and gives a misleading view of the opinion of Dundalk fans.

I'm afraid that is a re-occuring issue. Trolls regularly misrepresent stuff, for example:

Originally Posted by disgruntled

There's no argument, just some Dundalk folk trying to pass the blame for Wexford getting shafted.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 02/09/2016, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Cork fans were worried the game woudlnt be postponed and we would have to play without two of our better players. We thought the fact that it might cause problems for Dundalk would be an added bonus but was not our primary goal. It didnt work out that way, no big deal.

The sympathy for Wexford is not faux. Interesting that only Dundalk fans, and a few Bohs fans, don't see the fixture movement as unfair to Wexford. The Wexford fans on here aren't happy either.

Just think how you would feel if one of your fixtures was moved to make way for another teams game.

It happens every year with the cup semi finals

**oriel** · 02/09/2016, 12:09 PM

I think Dundalk should definitely have made better use of mid week dates in May and tried to bring forward at least one game from later in the season. I'm sure with proper notice, the clubs in question would have had no problems agreeing to, and especially for the other clubs in Europe as it would have cleared their date also.

The Rovers home match would have been one example, both knew their Euro dates in advance, the July fixture could have been brought forward.

**brendy_�ire** · 02/09/2016, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

Is 48 hours not Sunday? ???

With the first leg of the play-off final on the Monday. Simply can't be done. (unless everyone else finishes on the Friday, but I assume everyone has to play the final match at the same time)