Priview of Mervue game!

Alright everybody !
Tomorrow night City face Mervue United in Turners Cross with kick off at 7:45 pm.
City will be hopeing for 3 points as they look to try and keep their outside hopes of a playoff spot alive .
Mark Mc Nulty said in an interview to be published in Cross eye, the offical matchnight programme that Tommy Dunne's men were hopeing for 9 wins from the last 9 games which started last weekend up in Athlone.

From my own point of view, I  hope that City play some more attacking football both  tomorrow night and for the rest of the season. Lets hope we can get lots of goals that will draw more people to come back to the Cross . We have some decent players in the squad right now and hopefully   the bulk of them will stay for next season as it's then when I feel we will have a real crack at promotion, which hopefully start with a confidance boosting end to this season .

On another note, credit to City for deciding to  play in their red away kit tomorrow night     
in support of the Cork Gaelic Footballers who take on Down in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final the following weekend.  Great to see City supporting other codes of sport in Cork, now lets hope they will support us.


My prediction for tomorrow nights game is a 3-0 City win   .  Cummins brace and Georgie to open his account .

Please check in with the blog over the weekend as I will be writing my report from tomorrow's game .

From the offical website :



Cork City welcome Mervue United to Turner’s Cross this Friday evening in the hope of collecting another three points in their push towards a play-off spot.
Manager Tommy Dunne has a few niggling injuries to worry about including Greg O’Halloran, who is the Dubliner’s biggest concern ahead of the fixture. The defender has been carrying an ankle knock for a number of weeks but is expected to be fit.
Billy Woods, meanwhile, returned to training this week after missing the game against Athlone while George O’Callaghan has shaken off a hamstring problem.
“When we play any team at home we are always looking for three points,” Dunne insisted to CorkCityFC.net. “While we have beaten Mervue twice so far this year, they have both been tough enough games. They took the lead against us up in Galway and they are well capable of scoring goals.
“They had a bad defeat last week (losing 5-2 to Wexford Youths) and you always expect a knock-on effect from a team that gets a bit of hammering. The main priority for us is that we start the game well. If can get an early goal, it would be great but we generally just want to perform the way we have been doing over the last few weeks. If we do that, the game should look after itself.”
With just eight games remaining, every point is vital and Dunne knows that results at home will be key for the Rebel Army.
“There hasn’t been a single team in this league that we haven’t been able to create chances against. During the Monaghan and Waterford games, we had plenty of opportunities to get something and in the Waterford game in particular, we probably had more chances than they did on the night. It’s something we’re still trying to get right but we’re not far off.
“We’ve got to pick up our home form. Away from Turner’s Cross we have been extremely good – six wins, six draws and one defeat – whereas at home, we’ve been beaten six times in the league. Our home form has to be better going forward because if it was anything like our away form, we’d be talking about pushing Derry City for the top promotion spot now.
“We’ve got to look after ourselves first – that’s the bottom line. We can’t be too worried about what other teams are doing because you’ll lose sight of your own side of things then.”
Suspensions: NONE
Injury News: Stephen Mulcahy (groin), Cathal Lordan (knee), Greg O’Halloran (ankle)
Last Game: Athlone Town 0-1 Cork City
Form: L W L W W W W L L W