Murphy signs new deal
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Danny Murphy will be staying at Cork City for another two years after he signed a new deal for the Leesiders today.
After news broke that there were more problems with the former Margate player and London-born defender’s wage packet this month, it looked like Cork would find themselves in more trouble off of the field. Murphy, however, met with Chairman Tom Coughlan before the tie with Bray Wanderers and put pen to paper on a new two year deal.
The wing-back then proclaimed, despite there being uncertainty about his future after the debacle: “I’ve never wanted to leave in the first place.”
While the man affectionately known as the ‘Cockney Rebel’ on Leeside was keen to focus on playing rather than off the field problems at the club he did confirm the new deal.
“To be honest I don’t really want to be talking about it, I’d rather talk about football and the win we got tonight. I have signed a new deal with Tom (Coughlan) today and it’s a two year contract. I believe that it’s a positive thing for the club to move on.”
Clearly uncomfortable at answering questions about matters off of the pitch, Murphy was much keener to speak about the clubs first win of the new season. “I think we made it a bit difficult for ourselves towards the end of the game and we got nervous because we had yet to win but we got there” he said.
The 2-1 win was far from convincing, something the wing-back was willing to acknowledge but he would certainly prefer results over pretty football. “I’d rather play crap every week and win the game. It’s like Arsenal in England; they play brilliant football every week but if you don’t win the rest don’t respect you. We want to be respected as a team and as players.”
Cork now lie in 5th place, six points behind last seasons champions Bohemians and Derry City but there is still a long way to go and Murphy remains optimistic that Cork can still be challenging come November.
“We’re confident that we can go as far as ability will push us and if we keep pushing every game we’ll do well. We’re going to take each result as it comes and it’s a bit early to say we’re going to win the league but we’re going to try. We’re not in the competition to lose it and hopefully we can get the results out of it.
“We’re just concentrating on winning and approaching each game as it comes. We’ve been playing good football but tonight, as I’ve already said, we didn’t play our best game but we got the result and that’s all that matters.”
After news broke that there were more problems with the former Margate player and London-born defender’s wage packet this month, it looked like Cork would find themselves in more trouble off of the field. Murphy, however, met with Chairman Tom Coughlan before the tie with Bray Wanderers and put pen to paper on a new two year deal.
The wing-back then proclaimed, despite there being uncertainty about his future after the debacle: “I’ve never wanted to leave in the first place.”
While the man affectionately known as the ‘Cockney Rebel’ on Leeside was keen to focus on playing rather than off the field problems at the club he did confirm the new deal.
“To be honest I don’t really want to be talking about it, I’d rather talk about football and the win we got tonight. I have signed a new deal with Tom (Coughlan) today and it’s a two year contract. I believe that it’s a positive thing for the club to move on.”
Clearly uncomfortable at answering questions about matters off of the pitch, Murphy was much keener to speak about the clubs first win of the new season. “I think we made it a bit difficult for ourselves towards the end of the game and we got nervous because we had yet to win but we got there” he said.
The 2-1 win was far from convincing, something the wing-back was willing to acknowledge but he would certainly prefer results over pretty football. “I’d rather play crap every week and win the game. It’s like Arsenal in England; they play brilliant football every week but if you don’t win the rest don’t respect you. We want to be respected as a team and as players.”
Cork now lie in 5th place, six points behind last seasons champions Bohemians and Derry City but there is still a long way to go and Murphy remains optimistic that Cork can still be challenging come November.
“We’re confident that we can go as far as ability will push us and if we keep pushing every game we’ll do well. We’re going to take each result as it comes and it’s a bit early to say we’re going to win the league but we’re going to try. We’re not in the competition to lose it and hopefully we can get the results out of it.
“We’re just concentrating on winning and approaching each game as it comes. We’ve been playing good football but tonight, as I’ve already said, we didn’t play our best game but we got the result and that’s all that matters.”
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