QuoteYes not when you sign quality like Keddy insteadOriginally Posted by ndrog
What are you basing this on ? Dont think we would be to interested in signing the little **** .Hope not anyway.This wasn't about Shels. It was all Kearney, if anything it looks more likely he'll go up to Drogs. Christ, blame Shelbourne though, it is the easiest thing to do...
Yes not when you sign quality like Keddy instead
Kearney is a decent player .Its his attitude that stinks.Judging by the way he has treated ccfc who by all accounts where good to the player.His attitude stinks ! Hed fit in well at shels.
Indeed he would, he has a league winners medal afterall.
The story that seems to be the most agreed upon on the CCFC website, is that he was offered a better deal verbally, and the improvements were added to his wages immediately. When asked to sign the contract and make it official, sometime later, he refused and said he wanted to wait until the end of the season. Lennox wanted the extra money back and that led to the row.
This isn't gospel or anything, just a version of the story on the CCFC forum, and IMO the most likely.
Keep hoping ladWot a sickner!Add in the fact cork havnt signed anyone yet. I've said it before, looks like its between Derry and Shels for the title
Unless Cork make some quality signings they wont be winning leagues. How can you pip a team to the league and lose two quality players and not replace them? Who would play left wing instead of kearney and who is better cover and more versatile than o'halloran?
Greg and Liam are terrible losses and I'm not best pleased we let them go but we still have a very very strong team (if not much strength in depth).Unless Cork make some quality signings they wont be winning leagues. How can you pip a team to the league and lose two quality players and not replace them? Who would play left wing instead of kearney and who is better cover and more versatile than o'halloran?
Our starting 11 against Limerick yesterday is as good or better than anyone else in the el.
Devine
Hoggy Bennett Murray Murphy
O'Brien Gamble Georgie
Fenn
Flynny Behan
And Roy O'Donovan would normally be an automatic starter too.
Champions!
Yes our starting eleven the best in the league which worked well for us last season with few injuries. Quality players in short supply so we will be screwed with few key injuries this season. Looks like will have to wait until July for new players.
Interesting there has been few if any cross channel signings this season but thats a different topic...
I agree your first 11 is as good as any in the league but there is no depth in the squad. You lost willie bruton and kevin murray as well as the other two. If you get a few long term injuries then your hammered. Its different if you keep your squad fit all season but then that will just burn out the players. At the minute as far as depth and strenth derry and shels have the best squads and thats why i think it will be a two horse race for the title this year.
Legitimate points.I agree your first 11 is as good as any in the league but there is no depth in the squad. You lost willie bruton and kevin murray as well as the other two. If you get a few long term injuries then your hammered. Its different if you keep your squad fit all season but then that will just burn out the players. At the minute as far as depth and strenth derry and shels have the best squads and thats why i think it will be a two horse race for the title this year.
I think Richardson and Lennox are making good decisions which are low-risk and will improve each players own performance.
Rico might be guilty of putting two much faith in the players he has. I reckon we'll be starting with Fenn and Behan and Johnno which will be interesting.
He's spoken a lot about not wanting to upset the balance in any sort of way in the squad so i think Paul Connell will be the only player brought in as such despite all the trialists. He's looked a mixture of very promising and decent but is a ridiculously enthusiastic young fella. Time will tell.
Also, the likes of Lally, Lordan, Softic, McCarthy and Nolan will get full decent opportunities and have decent experience now at this stage. Lennox has faith in what the club are operating at Colaiste Stiofan Naofa and we'll only be vindicated by it and last years loaning out of young players if they're actually given the proper opportunity at the end of it all.
Also with the hiring of nutritionists, new physio, sports psychologist, Dave Hill and a few young fellas going full-time plus an announcement on new training facility imminent, there's every reason to be satisfied.
We're making the absolute maximum of what we have whilst securing the future.
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City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Well said. BL wants City to be able to stand on it's own without a crippling debt and to be fair to City, they are one of the only clubs in such a strong position.
It's only just begun...............
If the last 21 years were class, here's looking forward to the next 21 years. It is our time
What's Dave Hill's portfolio? Anger management?
A leading authority on League of Ireland football since 2003. You're probably wrong.
No, he's our assistant manager.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Hair stylist..... jayzus everyone knows thatWhat's Dave Hill's portfolio? Anger management?
It's only just begun...............
If the last 21 years were class, here's looking forward to the next 21 years. It is our time
Cork City got what they deserved from this independant tribunal. It's ridiculous that Cork City allegedly were seeking between Eur50k to Eur75k for a player to whom they showed no respect during recent transfer negotiations. The player leaves as a free agent but suddenly the club value him at 75k!!! If Cork had ambition they should have equalled Shelbourne's contract offer and I'm sure a local lad like Kearney would have stayed but instead the Cork "balls'ed" Kearney out. What twisted remedial behaviour from a club who claim to have ambition!
Cork City's ambition is to run the club in a tightfisted amatuerish fashion and fluke the odd league perhaps once every 10 years. Gob****es in Cork
that will get the party started!!!
queue 7 pages of abuse.
Were not spending money that we dont have,simple as that,unlike other clubs
If we have a team that was good enough to win the league with the highest points total ever then why change things around that much,look at shels last year for a prime example of too much tinkering.
Kearney was offered one of the best deals the club ever offered afaik and he rejected it so not much the club could have done really was there?as far as the tribunal goes,it was worth a shot because according to the rules City were due compensation but it seems the rules are being changed because of that particular case,again not much the club could have done about it
"They have the internet on computers now!" ,Homer Simpson
WUM
Exactly ..... not even a WUM, a clueless one at that !!
I have highlighted things to prove that he is infact clueless, the first ... you blantantly dont know how the negotiations went, but if you do want to fill yourself in, go to the official site and track the events for the last year. Pay particular attention to the amount of offers City made and Kearneys reaction to those offers, look at the time scale as well during all these events.
Until you know what happened, then you are simply shooting your mouth off .... would i be right in saying that you know you are too ??
Second you said City should have equalled Shels offer .... now i dont know where you did your maths but i definitely think you should first do a bit of homework on what was on offer (several times from City) and what was on offer from Shels ...... when you have those figures .... then go a do the maths.
When you have all that done .... come back on here and we'll discuss it further. We'll all be waiting for your reply !!
I take it you're a Shels fan yeah, you should know all about independant tribunals shouldn't you .... care to tell us how some of yours went in the past .... that is bound to add some colour to the debate !!
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