It wasn't meant to be believable, the fact you think it was says a lot!Originally Posted by micls
Nothing wrong with what Kenny said, nobody in their right mind will argue that Corks tactic in each final has been to stifle Dundalk to the detriment of the games as spectacles. Sunday will be no different this is the reason neutrals are not enthusiastic about it. If all previous games had been high scoring, end to end, everyone would be relishing another. Cork won't care if they win in the end but if they don't the reaction will be interesting.
For us, we should know what's coming, just have to keep plugging away, make no mistakes and hope for that bit of luck and class missing from previous finals
The enthusiasm of neutrals about the game won't be a consideration whether we win or lose to be honest!
Winning/Losing this final won't chsnge anyones mind on how we play, one way or another, unless it ended up a hammering either direction, which I doubt.
Apologies to you micls - I was making the assumption that you were presenting your own views, as opposed to picking them off some un-named article (maybe for the craic post up the link for the article you mentioned while your at it)
If you want to educate yourself on what Stephen Kenny said, if you have not already done so, you can check out the video of the press conference and form an original impression of your own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDdpevE47Bs&t=27s
Actually to be completely fair some of the dundalk supporters did call him out as an feckin eejit when he issued an official whinge about not getting enough penalties last year so they aren't completely besotted.
I'd say even EZ thought he made an idiot of himself there.
Threatening to ''take the team home'' during a match against Drogheda I think it was, is a personal favourite.
Fair point asterix although I'm sure EZ will call him out on that as well , or maybe it was just a fair and measured response to the unbelievably biased officials for not giving a few penos
You would want to check your comprehension faculties if that's your interpretation of EZ's ruminations during that particular disputation.
Eh thats exactly what Jim was!! Even his 'talking crap' was measured and arguably genius. Im sure there are plenty of board members over the years that would agree. The Kilcoynes were convinced to sell the family silver not long after MoneybagsMc departed.
Amid all the waffle, I hear few actually disputing or disagreeing with the comments on Cork's style of play.
I expect more of this agricultural turgid anti-football dross from Cork on Sunday. It would be great if a football match could emerge from it.
This is the magic of the cup, Rovers fans still contributing to the thread long after their teams annual exit. It really does bring fans together, heath warming.
Barbara O'Connell of the Evening Echo - widely regarded as being a partisan cheerleader for all things Cork City - gives an honest reflection of how shr sees the differences between the teams.
Is her call to Caulfield to 'have a go' the common view among Cork fans, or do most prefer Cork City to play the normal containment game in the cup final?
https://www.eveningecho.ie/corksport...16785c16fe2-ds
Absolutely not. City fans want to win 3 in a row. The best way to do that is the same way we've done the last 2 years. Last year in particular.
Plenty of city fans would like us to play a different style of football at times, but mostly that complaint is against the weaker teams in the league.
Against Dundalk, most are happy that Caulfield has overall gotten it right and it has worked, particularly in the cup.
That said, majority would want Sadlier to start, which will be the big decision.
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Turgid agricultural hoofball ahead so far.
It would be great if Cork City would try to play some football and put Sheppard's theory of being the better footballing team to the test
Karl Sheppard hardly keeping out of the limelight as he talks about hatred, grudges and dislike among the fans.
I have always found Cork fans to be friendly, warm and knowledgeable in person, even if this is not apparent online.
Sheppard seems a strange chap wrapped up in his own personal war zone
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soc...mpression=true
You're some man for misquoting people.
What Shep actually said:
When we’re at it, I don’t think any team in this league can match us.
Despite the wishes of dundalk fans that every team would play against them the way they'd like, and let them play their pretty football without annoying them, there's more than one way to play football and there's more than one way to win.
No need to worry, we'll be playing football tomorrow. If people don't like how we play it and don't like us winning Cups they need to start beating us in them.
Looks like the big marketing push for this has started. Saw an ad there on rte.
Unless Paul O'Hehir is quoting form an old interview in yesterdays Irish Mirror, it seems Karl Sheppard is still holding on to a lot of anger and resentment - this time from comments made by Keith Long in early October!
While most would we looking to embrace the opportunity to create history in the cup final tomorrow, it seems Karl is more perturbed about how others see this Cork team and seems to want credit for finishing in second place in the league:
Karl Sheppard hits back at Keith Long for Cork City comments
Warming to his theme he displayed his outrage about what he sees as abuse“We were going through a sticky patch and everyone was only too happy to jump on the bandwagon and have a pop off Cork.
“We’ve got to a fourth FAI Cup final in-a-row and finished second in the league.
“People need to take step a back and say if it wasn't for this Cork team, nobody would challenge Dundalk. It would be a very boring league.”
I'm not sure which team he is likening Cork to here, but its possible that his anger has flipped him over the edge“It was strange getting abuse from a Bohs manager who called us agricultural."
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soc...keith-13519249“Its the two best teams getting to the cup final. If it was Madrid-Barca getting to the final every year in Spain, I don't think people would be complaining.
Last edited by Ezeikial; 03/11/2018 at 9:52 AM.
Sooner the match gets going and all these build up quotes and features are consigned to history the better imo. the
we said - he said rubbish
21,500 attendance and Buttimer to invade the pitch naked still annoyed over his perceived snub as a top ref following the drogs v dundalk sf in 2013
Crazy stuff from Sheppard, going on about players hating each other.
The sooner players starting playing football and stop talking the better.
Sheppard is an odious little man. I've a lot of respect for that Cork team. Some great players. Sadlier, Cummins, Bennet is solid at the back and I accept we were beaten by a better team in the semis down the Cross. But it's hard to support a team with Sheppard in it. He's a diver, he's a cry baby, he's an attention seeker. That Sheppard fella is a cod.
Gonna head along tomorrow myself as a neutral. Always a good occasion. Hopefully there's a bit crowd at it, baby
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