Shane Long got too ????

[Éanna]

Exactly.

If the FAI had any cop on they would employ him.

on a carefully monitored budget......

[kevincronin2000]

Lads, when someone posts something bad about anyone from the club ye dismiss it as lies or inneuendo. Why are ye not doing the same with this ridiculous post?

It's common knowledge that Dolan gave Shane Long a professional contract but that the club took if off him AFTER Dolan was sacked. I'm surprised at you spreading these lies A face.


What should worry people is who was the person within the club responsible for putting the clause in Doyler's contract and for changing Long's contract. They should be sacked immediately before any more damage is done.

long was offered a full time pro contract with the club, but he turned it down, granted it was nothing special but ffs he hasnt played for the first team yet

[pete]

long was offered a full time pro contract with the club, but he turned it down, granted it was nothing special but ffs he hasnt played for the first team yet

With Doyle more or less gone i think Long is making a mistake moving to the UK. He'll be stuck in reserves for all least a season with no chance at first team. Doyle should serve as an example that eL can offer under age international opportunities which will raise a players profile to get move to 1st team squad & not League 1 2 3 reserves.

[B1977]

long is available to play youth soccer next season aswell,which will be a huge bonus for him.the standard of youth s over there will be much higher,so he will be able to play youth team, reserve team and other age groups unlike here

[GavinZac]

since he has been out of management Mr Dolan is only interested in looking after Mr Dolan!

so, get this: a man does his job to th best of his ability not just for his employer, but also for his twin brother. also mr dolan. maybe thats what you were trying to say.

its great to see the "move on from dolan" brigade now lynching him. how about moving on?

[balls]

doyle will be a massive loss at the present but shane long will be a massive loss for the future of cork city. he had great potential. once my local side played st michaels of tipp in a munster youths cup game. we were 1-0 up at half time. shane came to the game late was playing an underage match that morning and came on at half time in the middle of the field an absolutely ran the show. scored a cracker after beating almost every player on the field then shooting from 20 yards. he threaded 2 passes through for the strilkers for the two other goals. a few weeks later we played st michaels again in a domestic cup game and beat them 5-1. shane wasnt playin.just shows the difference he made to team practically beat us on his own.he was only 15 at the time. any one else got any stories of any other city players playing locally when they were younger???? e.g george, kearney, gamble etc