\u201cI\u2019m delighted for Conor,\u201d said his City boss Robson. \u201cHe\u2019s got to keep improving. It\u2019ll give him a real insight when he\u2019s working with elite players. That can always help him.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark McNulty has been working hard with him and as a young goalkeeper he\u2019s still got a lot to learn. It\u2019s good for Cork City that we\u2019re getting Cillian Murphy, Brody Lee and Tom McGrath in the younger Ireland squads too.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe manager (Hallgr\u00edmsson) spoke to me on the phone and we\u2019re pleased for Conor. It\u2019s a good opportunity for him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Cork City manager Barry Robson. Pic: INPHO\/Nick Elliott<\/p>\n
Robson has gotten used to losing key players for international duty outside of the FIFA windows in which club fixtures are suspended.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe missed Cillian Murphy for a few games and because he played three games away (for Ireland\u2019s U17s) we looked after him when he came back,\u201d explained the Scot.<\/p>\n
Robson\u2019s Rebels have recovered from losing their spot at the summit to UCD by recording back-to-back victories against the Students and then Longford Town last Saturday. They sit six points clear, with Monday\u2019s game-in-hand to boot.<\/p>\n
Squad depth is being stretched, given both Josh Fitzpatrick and Matty Kiernan are sidelined for \u2018a while,\u2019 but the manager isn\u2019t thinking short-term when it comes to investing in the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got some good young players but at this club you\u2019ve to earn a place in the team. If they do that, they\u2019ll get an opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be physically and tactically ready because one mistake can cost you in the first team.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to get the trust of your coaches and managers but most importantly your teammates. Some players sometimes forget that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intensity has gotten way more as we\u2019ve gone along and structurally we’ve gotten better but there\u2019s still a lot to do recruitment-wise.<\/p>\n
\n It\u2019s a long season and we\u2019ve not the biggest of squads but with where the club wants to go, it will take three or four transfer windows. We\u2019re building from the bottom up.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cThe summer window will be difficult because we\u2019re in the lower division. We need players that can help us in this division and then help us in the top division. We\u2019re trying to do it properly and have set out some planning for that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Bohemians are keeping hold of Dawson Devoy for their two games next week, ruling out a debut against Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once Friday\u2019s trip to Sligo Rovers is done, he\u2019ll report ahead of the Canada match. By contract, Bohs\u2019 opponents next Monday, Shamrock Rovers, are allowing their pair of inclusions, McGinty and winger Adam Brennan, to skip both games so they can assemble with the UK-based players on day one.<\/p>\n
PREMIER DIVISION: Derry City v St Patrick\u2019s Athletic, Ryan McBride Brandywell; Drogheda United v Dundalk, Sullivan and Lambe Park (8pm); Galway United v Bohemians, Eamonn Deacy Park; Shamrock Rovers v Galway United, Tallaght Stadium (8pm); Shelbourne v Waterford, Tolka Park.<\/p>\n
FIRST DIVISION: Athlone Town v Cork City, Athlone Town Stadium; Finn Harps v Longford Town, Finn Park; Kerry v Bray Wanderers, Mounthawk Park; Treaty United v Cobh Ramblers, Markets Field; Wexford FC v UCD, Ferrycarrig Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry Robson is thrilled to see his Cork City goalkeeper Conor Brann handed a first Ireland call-up but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2110,61,60,2539,43],"class_list":["post-460408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-sport","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-league-of-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}