Cork players and supporters tonight

**iceman** · 23/04/2006, 5:46 PM

Originally Posted by ColinR

the people involved last night have been caught on camera - ban them and shame them and move on

Thats something that Cork City FC should look at , they are all clearly identifyable on video , and the club has a duty to take action - and pretty quick.

**Pablo** · 23/04/2006, 6:30 PM

City fans were 99% a credit last night. what an atmosphere that was created, it was like a home game for us.

as for the 1 or 2 guys at the end, its was the exception rather than the rule

**EnDai** · 23/04/2006, 6:41 PM

But as I'm sure Cork fans are quick enough to point out for fans of other clubs, something has to be done to stop it.

**Celdrog** · 23/04/2006, 6:46 PM

Originally Posted by Pablo

City fans were 99% a credit last night. what an atmosphere that was created, it was like a home game for us.

as for the 1 or 2 guys at the end, its was the exception rather than the rule

Pablo -1% who were not a credit amounts to a lot more than 1 or 2. It will be interesting to see if Brian Lennox has the balls to attempt to sort these scum out.

It will also be interesting to see if that muppet Richardson can instill some discipline into the bunch of sore losers you call a team.
He should stop calling for protection for his drama queens until they learn to behave themselves.

**iceman** · 23/04/2006, 7:30 PM

It was also interesting to see the Drog players applauding the City supporters at the end of the game , and in fairness , most of the fans that were left in the ground acknowledged it , but when the Drogs went up to get their medals and the Cup , the City players turned their backs and walked away. Sore losers.

**Olander** · 23/04/2006, 7:43 PM

damien richardson had the cheek to come out and critise teams about hard tackles on george o callaghan and then danny murphy ( sore loser ) comes out and punches a drogs player , funny isnt it

**higgins** · 23/04/2006, 10:06 PM

There were a good few nasty tackles for the Cork player through the game. Behan was very lucky at one stage that the ref didnt notice him leaving the leg in.

I find it very funny Rico is going on about his team getting roughed up when its fairly clear the tackles from the Cork players are every bit as bad. Its not a case of giving as good as you get because you certainly dished it out yesterday.

Great game by the way and I think Cork just shaded it for me even if they went home empty handed.

**daveh** · 23/04/2006, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

It was also interesting to see the Drog players applauding the City supporters at the end of the game , and in fairness , most of the fans that were left in the ground acknowledged it , but when the Drogs went up to get their medals and the Cup , the City players turned their backs and walked away. Sore losers.

I saw that and your making it out as if they just walked away in a big sulk down the tunnel but thats not what happened at all.City players waited until Drogheda lifted the cup and then went over(a little hastidly yes!) to applaud us,whats wrong with that??

**Speranza** · 23/04/2006, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Higgins

I find it very funny Rico is going on about his team getting roughed up when its fairly clear the tackles from the Cork players are every bit as bad. Its not a case of giving as good as you get because you certainly dished it out yesterday.

I'm not surprised at it at all. Rico saying his players are roughed up provides him with cover to say to his players to be aggresive. The media, opposition, ref e.t.c will only be thinking about Ricos comments regarding treatment of his own team while O'Donovan and that little rat Murphy kick their opponents off the pitch.

**razor** · 24/04/2006, 8:59 AM

The trouble at the end boiled down to Drogheda players coming over to that end with the cup as the City fans were leaving the ground at the tunnell end.
There were some niceties traded as one would expect, there were 1 or 2 Drogs fans there but were City fans for the most part trying to get the hell out of there. There was some spitting which is out of order. I was hit by one of those stupid jester hats thrown at the crowd by a Drogheda player, Connor obviously had a go and thats fair enough cos he gets it and takes it but O'Brien was openly goading the City fans exiting the ground. Everything you would expect from a captain, all that after punching Danny Murphy, he's a great example. Doolin to be fair saw this and rightly moved his players away from that end until all City fans had left the ground.
What I heard happened at the end of the match was that Murphy punched Fahey (not condoning this, action should be taken) then O'Brien punched Murphy, Gamble then stepped in to calm things down and got sent off. Nice one Dave.

**pete** · 24/04/2006, 10:06 AM

I did not think the game was over physical but that is judging against previous encounters.

We may have lost but theres no way we need to "fear" drogheda after out playing them for maybe 100 minutes or more.

CCFC banned a few supporters a couple of years ago after they threw bottles at Rovers fans. I think the clubs record in regard to crowd safety & reacting to incidents such as that are better than most clubs. I didn't see the incidents & doubt will be replayed on tv so can't comment on...

Referees do not win or lose games but i think McKeon was worst ref in major final in so many years. Fitzpatrick should have been sent off & Doolin subbed him seconds after McKeon let him away with another foul as he knew he was lucky too. Gaven was excellent defending but how can a referee talk to a player after 2 attempted elbows in the head while hes already on a yellow card.
The fact McKeon sent off Gamble instead of Murphy compounds his poor night - how could you mix those players up?

If i wanted to moan i could also raise the fact that Dan Connor should not have played as he struck Behan in the group stages & only got 1 match ban as no cameras present. How can you use video evidence for some incidents & not for others?

**Dodge** · 24/04/2006, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by pete

If i wanted to moan

Jeesh, imagine what thta post would've read like if you had've moaned...

**WeAreRovers** · 24/04/2006, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub

Lads, quit generalising from one or two individuals to the whole of the Cork team / support. Devine was in fairly sharpish to break up the kerfuffle at full time - and yes, Murphy was a sore-losing bonehead for throwing the dig in the first place. By the same token, the Cork fans created a great atmosphere on TV and yes, a couple of idiots lost it at the tunnel.

Some people around here would want to download Sense of Perspective for Windows version 1.0

I clicked on this thread hoping to read about the absolute carnage that went on at the Setanta Cup final only to be confronted by this scurrilous piece of common sense. Not good enough.

KOH

**pete** · 24/04/2006, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Jeesh, imagine what thta post would've read like if you had've moaned...

Thanks.

**ndrog** · 24/04/2006, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by pete

I did not think the game was over physical but that is judging against previous encounters.

We may have lost but theres no way we need to "fear" drogheda after out playing them for maybe 100 minutes or more.

CCFC banned a few supporters a couple of years ago after they threw bottles at Rovers fans. I think the clubs record in regard to crowd safety & reacting to incidents such as that are better than most clubs. I didn't see the incidents & doubt will be replayed on tv so can't comment on...

Referees do not win or lose games but i think McKeon was worst ref in major final in so many years. Fitzpatrick should have been sent off & Doolin subbed him seconds after McKeon let him away with another foul as he knew he was lucky too. Gaven was excellent defending but how can a referee talk to a player after 2 attempted elbows in the head while hes already on a yellow card.
The fact McKeon sent off Gamble instead of Murphy compounds his poor night - how could you mix those players up?

If i wanted to moan i could also raise the fact that Dan Connor should not have played as he struck Behan in the group stages & only got 1 match ban as no cameras present. How can you use video evidence for some incidents & not for others?

of course you should fear us.We have proved again that we are winners,and that when it really matters Cork cant beat us.You were undoubtedly the better side but thats what makes it even better.All the crap that rico and george have spouted about the fai cup final and how cork "just didnt show up " blah,blah.Well you showed up the other night and still couldnt score a goal .And you conveniently left out boy george leaving the leg in at least 2 tackles.Plus Behan put in a bad challenge aswell,but hey you probably didnt see that ?

**Colm** · 24/04/2006, 1:07 PM

A couple of our players and some of our fans went a bit mad at the end in the heat of the moment. So what? It was nothing, get over it ffs.

People were p!ssed off that we lost a game we dominated a to sh!t team, it's understandable.

**Speranza** · 24/04/2006, 1:15 PM

You would be the first to complain if $hels players acted in that way so don't be a hypocrite. It would be "typical Shels scum" but when the Corkies do it we are blowing it out of proportion.....get a grip.

**Raheny Red** · 24/04/2006, 1:18 PM

Originally Posted by Colm

A couple of our players and some of our fans went a bit mad at the end in the heat of the moment. So what? It was nothing, get over it ffs.

People were p!ssed off that we lost a game we dominated a to sh!t team, it's understandable.

So you are walking home some night and come across a bloke whose wife has done the dirty on and he takes his anger out on you with a few digs? Is that alright?

**Colm** · 24/04/2006, 1:31 PM

Originally Posted by Raheny Red

So you are walking home some night and come across a bloke whose wife has done the dirty on and he takes his anger out on you with a few digs? Is that alright?

Of course the Drogheda players did absolutely nothing to provoke our players and fans!