Cork really do play a dreadful brand of football. Watching that hoofball every week must be soul destroying stuff. How can a full time team, with such a big budget sign players to play such a limited and negative brand of long ball football. If it wasn't for set pieces they would never score based on their last two games against BohsOriginally Posted by Real ale Madrid
It was never a penalty. Both players had their feet swinging for the ball at the same height, but because the Bohs player plays the ball and Cork player kick's him it's a penalty. Joke of decison. The sad part is although the ref got dogs abuse, neither he or the linesman were going to give the penalty. It was the waste of space official behind the goal who signalled for it.
Just to point out that both of our goals in the 4-2 defeat to Bohs a few weeks back were from open play. Both headers. This post just re-inforces the lazy narrative that is out there about us - we don't play football to the extent that Dundalk do so we are branded as a long ball team as a result.
Comedy gold from Conor McCarthy on rte website. I used to think Neymar was the biggest baby on a football pitch. Not anymore....
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018...erious-injury/
Sorry 1st was from a corner that wasn't cleared. I can only base cork's tactics on what I see and I saw ALOT of long ball in the 2 bohs games (also Dundalk on tv). If Cork don't play the long ball game as you claim, then what is their style of play because I couldn't see any other tactic in the bohs games or against Dundalk and at this is at the end of the season
if you think pointing out the hoofball tactics everyone saw yesterday is 'lazy narrative' then try taking your Cork goggles off. Cork are a big physical team and tried to use that by hoofing the ball up, and for the first 30 minutes or so it worked.Once Bohs copped on to that they had little or nothing to offer and, yes, as a spectacle it is appalling to watch.
Some laugh at Bohs fans looking down their noses at City after 10 good games.
I thought we mixed up our play ok in the first half yesterday - second best by a long way in the 2nd. Bohs are a fine footballing side and yes we have been disappointing of late. Repeating myself now - making a spectacle of myself! Like FC Cork Dons - which is what I expect the next reincarnation of football here will be called.
well, they have gone through A LOT of names down South.
Anyway, advantage Cork, but still game on for the replay.
Not for the joy of winning a major trophy?
Cork fans have had the joy sucked out of them long ago watching that style of football every week
Commenting on your appalling version of football is not 'looking down' at Cork city, it is simply stating a fact irrespective of who the observer supports. would it be OK for a Dundalk fan to point out the obvious ? and do let us know what is the criteria required to pass comment on a particular teams style ? I thought that was what a football forum was about.
As well like
What`s the due date for the overblown Forum row on away tickets for the replay? Just trying to sort out my work schedule this week.
Looks like Bohs allocation will sell out late Thursday. There will be an initial refusal for extra tickets probably early Friday so expect the faeces to hit the fan Friday evening.
Given how a cork victory will take the pressure off us in terms of qualifying for the euro millions I reckon we won't be kicking any of you boys on Friday in Tallaght.
Gentle bit of pushing and shoving allowed but nothing to strenuous.
At least that clears up what the players were looking at for the corner. It was firework rockets I assume were let off?
The penalty is a wierd one. I called penalty straight away on first view but my wife on first view said no way for a peno he got the ball. I tended to agree with her once I watched the replay. However the idea of studs up does change the equation a lot.
That said I thought Cork were lucky to get away with a fair bit of off the ball fouling in the first 30 minutes.
I thought it hilarious that the Bohs player who got man of the match (his name escapes me at the minute) described Cork as a hoof the ball type team.
I gotta say Bohs played plenty of long ball stuff too at times yesterday, altho it was nearly all from Casey - the rest of the back 4 generally try to pass it out unless they're under major pressure to get rid.
Casey seems a bit uncomfortable with the ball at his feel so has a tendency to hoof. But he's probably not instructed to do it as much as he does. I saw Buckley giving him a bollocking for it on more than one occassion...
It's exactly 1990 Wimbledon. Plough Lane and all. Turgid, dire, utterly one dimensional. Trappatoni meets O'Neill minus quality players. Leading goalscorer on 12 goals. Only one tactic - lump balls at him continuously ala Walter/ Long for Ireland.
Last edited by CorribsideSteve; 01/10/2018 at 3:33 PM.
Thought it was a penalty myself at first but it's seemingly done the closest thing to finding a grey area in the rules going off of the widespread debate and that 50/50 poll Soccer Republic or whoever it was had up. One of those where I'd shout for it if it was for me but throw a wobbler if it was against me, but it's a poor decision from Leahy regardless to go in the way he did in this day and age.
Absolute robbery anyway for Cork to get out of there with a replay all the same, Bohs should have already made it so the penalty would have been irrelevant.
Last edited by Jack B; 01/10/2018 at 3:32 PM.
Genuine question for a Cork fan, whatever people say about the way Cork play (I think the hoofball thing is overdone but they are def not UCD) they haven't changed the way they play in the last couple of months but results have tailed off badly.
What has happened in the last couple of months to change things so markedly ? or is it just a bad run full stop
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