Rico fears for George

[sligoman]

Cork boss Damien Richardson has urged other clubs to stop roughing up “flamboyant” players like George O’ Callaghan or face losing them from the Irish League.

O’ Callaghan was forced off during Cork’s 0-0 draw with Bray with the midfielder suffering a swollen ankle. Richardson has since called on greater protection for the player. He said “George got battered. I warned him before the season started that the type of player he is, he would get that attention. To be fair he has handled it well, he hasn’t reacted badly.”

Richardson has warned that this rough house approach will be to the detriment of Irish football. “The point I’m saying is that we have to be careful that we don’t drift back to the days when it was a physical league where quality players were sorted out. We need flamboyancy- we need quality players. Every team has them. Bray have Zayed and Robbie Doyle. We have George, Joe Gamble, John O’ Flynn and Neal Fenn. But we have got to protect them.”

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/premier...p?newsid=22085
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[Conor H]

[sligoman]

We agree then?.

[gael353]

I second that what a crock of ****! You cant tackle him cos he'll dive and to prevent him diving dont tackle him cos hes such a gem of a player he might get hurt lol

[Conor H]

We agree then?.

Yup!
Absolute crap!

[sligoman]

Absolute crap!

Ah sure he's only looking out for poor Georgie. We wouldn't want him getting hurt in such a friendly game, I mean, football is not a physical sport at all is it?.

[Speranza]

It is quite simple - ramble on enough and people will stop listening. I have stopped taking this senile fool serious as he A) lacks respect for opponents and B) is a crazy crazy man. Give it up Rico!

[Risteard]

It is quite simple - ramble on enough and people will stop listening.

It's true.
Don't stop now lads, ye're almost there.

[Dazzy]

It's true.
Don't stop now lads, ye're almost there.

First of all

But jesus lads everyone needs to give a rest about the delicate flower(georgie) who cares about him! Except cork and drogheda fans.

But i laughed when i seen this, it happens in football, its a physical game and who gives a **** what Rico says!!

[Roverstillidie]

First of all

But jesus lads everyone needs to give a rest about the delicate flower(georgie) who cares about him! Except cork and drogheda fans.

But i laughed when i seen this, it happens in football, its a physical game and who gives a **** what Rico says!!

did anyone catch the setanta final ads on setanta? "damien richardson's beloved cork city"

hate to burst the setanta/cáwkies bubble, but the man is a rovers fan...

[Dodge]

Poor little Georgie...

[superfrank]

To be fair he has handled it well, he hasn’t reacted badly.

He actually injured himself Friday night fouling Foxy and he clearly handles it well as he makes obscene gestures to the crowd. And before that he dived and got up seconds later to take the free-kick.

[daveh]

Lads in fairness the point hes makng is a fair point.Our league owes a lot for the improvement of the last few years to the return of talented players from england but why will they want to stay here if every week they're getting paid "special" attention.

While I agree that its not as extensive a problem as Rico makes it out to be it is a problem.The way forward for the league is to have teams playing football on the ground and not hoofing it with 10 men behind the ball

Its no co-incidence that Longford have failed miserably in Europe when you look at the style of football they played in it,we have to get away from the attitude of qualifying for europe is everything but what you do in it means nothing(a little bit off topic i know but i think its relevant!)

[MariborKev]

No offence to all the Cork fans, but where George is concerned you can accept little sympathy from the rest of us.

The reason that George gets the "attention" that is he does is that he is a gobby player. He doesn't know when to shut it, both with refeeres and opponents.

I believe that in general the referees are fair enough towards flair players.
Alan Kelly's branishing of numerous early cards to the Boreford players on Saturday night was evidence as to this.

However, yet again clear mind games by Rico. Anyone offering odds on Cork getting frees every time they are tackled on Saturday?

[SPXcyan]

He wants the players to let him run rings around them so??.. but I do agree with him! all the players in Irish football are holding back their skills because of our rough nature no wonder we have a plane league

[ndrog]

Rico is turning into a real bore on this subject.Georgie gets kicked more to do with his diving and his general attitude towards other players,He makes himself into a target ! And this bull**** about the leauge loosing players like him to england ? Like he has a choice....

[A face]

We should just scrap the football and have games of kickshít ..... far more entertaining.

Having the league improve in standard is just .....

Idealistic Búllshít

We are getting well above our station even thinking our league could play at a higher standard. We should listen to the likes of Pat Devlin and Dermot Keely, they know best, they know the dangers of ambition.

[Soko]

We should just scrap the football and have games of kickshít ..... far more entertaining.

Having the league improve in standard is just .....

Exactly, there's a difference between being physical and just coming out to hatchet people. Linfield are imo a hatchet team. Not pretty to watch and devoid of ideas. The amount of times we see good players beat average ones and get cynically taken out of it is farcical. Remember was it Bradleys cynical kick on a city player in the Setanta cup, seen way too much nowadays for a league trying to improve the standards.

[Dodge]

The reason he's gets no sympathy (apart from the obvious reasons Maribor outlined) is that every succesful club has had a flare player in this league who got the **** kicked out of him and nobody else cried about it. It happens Ronaldinho in Spain, to Rooney and Henry in England and to Kaka in Italy. They just get on with it.

[A face]

They just get on with it.

Búllshít ..... and bare in mind its not just Georgie, its any player trying to raise their game. Any player that might give a fan value for the money he pays at he gate.