LEAGUE OF IRELAND First Division side Cobh Ramblers have confirmed that they have parted company with manager Darren Murphy and his backroom team.
The Cork club described the parties’ parting of ways as ‘amicable’ and thanked Murphy and his staff for “their integrity, love for the club, their very hard work and their consistent desires to improve performances and results.”
Rams confirmed that an interim manager will be appointed in the coming days while the club’s board undergo a recruitment process for Murphy’s permanent successor.
Cobh are winless in their last eight games, losing six and conceding 26 goals over that two-month period. Murphy felt obliged to apologise to fans following last Friday week’s 5-2 defeat at bottom club Athlone but last night proved the final straw, Cobh falling 3-0 at home to Wexford.
They have won twice and picked up three draws in 18 league games this season and currently sit eighth — second from bottom — four points clear of Athlone but eight points shy of Bray Wanderers in seventh.
Former Rams and Cork City midfielder Murphy, who also spent five years as a player in England’s lower leagues, was promoted from his role as Cobh’s U19 boss in the summer of 2021 on an interim basis, replacing Stuart Ashton.
Ramblers finished the 2021 campaign strongly with three wins from three and Murphy was consequently given the job on a permanent basis, signing a contract until 2023 which has been cut short following Cobh’s recent poor run of form.
Has to start now
Instead of who exactly Conor?
Don’t just red thumb me, please offer your suggestion, generally we have the likes of Hendrick, Whelan, McCarthy, Walters, Hoolihan as midfielders or creative players, which one do you drop for arter?
Drop Mccarthy, offers nothing really. Arthur always shows for possession and make attacking runs.
Maybe wouldn’t entirely disagree with you, but McCarthy performed very well against Germany and Bosnia in recent crucial games, and he’s playing regularly for a top half premiership club, can’t see too many agreeing with you
McCarthys only decent games this campaign were against Germany and Bosnia. He was poor against Gibraltar bar 1 pass, very poor against Georgia both times and he was only ok against Scotland. When he has a good game he’s brilliant, but that’s very rare in an Ireland shirt unfortunately.
Yes I agree, I’ve been very frustrated with McCarthy at times but I think when we pack midfield as we’ve been doing recently it allows hoolihan to do the demanding of the ball and Whelan to get the simple 5 yard passing going while McCarthy can then break up play using his athleticism and provide a box to box engine
I’d put him in ahead of Quinn and Meyler.
Offers something different.
Hendrick.
The problem is Hendrick has actually played for us in competitive games and has done well including a cracking build up and assists to a crucial goal
Put mcarthy in the deepest holding role instead of whelan, he us much more effective and mobile at it… its his best position, he’s not a creative player , never has been… don’t know why people expect him to be