QuoteCork City sign Charlie Lutz from Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season, he is part of their U21 squad and plays in a forward position.
CIA? Sure most had already signed for their feeder club MI5!
Cork City sign Charlie Lutz from Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season, he is part of their U21 squad and plays in a forward position.
It’s not on loan, it’s permanent. He was released by VillaOriginally Posted by nr637
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Dowtcha Boy, I suppose it all depends on what media had the story m8, either way another signing to help the cause in Cork!
Cork willing to meet their loan keeper Troost's €75,000 release clause but he doesn’t want to make the move permanent himself. Boo Dermot Usher not willing to spend any money on the team etc etc etc
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41659319.html
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A more cynical man than myself might say that Usher knew well Troost didn't want to stay but made an offer to show City fans that he has money
I dont think the complaints in general are specifc to the playing budget. More that we are being asked to pay the highest prices in the league for the worst team in the league, on course for our third relegation in 5 seasons, two under Usher. We've won two games this season and kept no clean sheets.Cork willing to meet their loan keeper Troost's €75,000 release clause but he doesn’t want to make the move permanent himself. Boo Dermot Usher not willing to spend any money on the team etc etc etc
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41659319.html
I've generally defended the team this year because the injuries have been really bad and no team would meet expectations with the injuries we had. But I would also say building a team around Sean Maguire and Greg Bolger and expecting them to stay fit is risky. The injuries to Couto, Dijksteel and Keating among others were harder to predict/plan around.
Also starting the season with no Premier Division experience at center back was shortsighted. On th other hand, we've had a bunch of players come in from outside the league who have performed better than expected. Cuoto before his injury, Mbeng up until the last few weeks. Troost, Daniels , and Kitt Nelson who extended his stay today, all have been really good additions.
When FORAS sold to Usher we were told we had to sell because otherwise wed be struggling at the bottom of the table. We sold, we're struggling at the bottom of the table, and we're being charged an arm and a leg for the privilege.
Its not just the 25 euro for adults. A juvenile (13-17 years old) ticket is 18 euro, and u13 is 10. So a dad with two kids, a 13 and 15 year old could be paying 53 euro before any food, drink or travel costs. It was 30 euro (or 33 for some games) for the same tickets two years ago in the Premier Division. Thats a 60% increase in two seasons, and 100% increase for U13s.
That's spot on I would say.
Yep, this part in particular sums it up nicely I feel.
FORAS was about preserving the future of the club, not about not struggling at the bottom of the league. The club was sold to let someone else buy success? New owner is maximising income while willing to pay 75k for a player, improving a squad and has done injures or not. There isnt a fan rep on the board so an error there too. If there had been no injuries and the season saw Cork sitting in the top 2 would attendances be better?
Of course there would
But with the squad we built that was never going to happen.
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