Cork City manager Tim Clancy was outspoken after Monday's defeat to Waterford and could be hit with an FAI suspension
Tim Clancy knows managers should control their outbursts, but says people need to understand that emotions run high. But the Cork City boss does not believe it would serve much purpose if referees were made to publicly explain key decisions after games.
Clancy is expected to be slapped with an FAI ban for comments he made about ref Damien McGraith in the wake of Monday’s 2-1 televised defeat to Waterford. In his post match interview on Virgin Media, Clancy slated McGraith’s handling of the game and said: “I said to Damien after the game ‘I thought you were shocking’. What he said back to me was an absolute disgrace. He said: 'Well, I thought your team were shocking’. That's a match official supposed to be reffing a game. I said to him that's his ego getting the better of him and he gave me two yellow cards and sent me off.” Sign up for our League of Ireland news service on Whats App Click this link or scan the QR code to receive the latest League of Ireland news and top stories from the Irish Mirror. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. On Wednesday, the Rebels manager confirmed he has yet to hear from the FAI over any ban he may receive beyond Friday’s touchline suspension against Sligo Rovers. Clancy’s was the third managerial red card in 19 games this season, while both the Drogheda and Bohemians managers, and their assistants, were booked on Monday. “No, I haven't heard anything,” said Clancy on Wednesday. “I don't know. I'll see what ban I get and whatever else. But I don't think I said anything in the post match interview that was derogatory or insulting or offensive or anything like that.” Clancy continued: “It works both ways. We're not perfect, we make mistakes, players make mistakes and officials are going to make mistakes as well. The only thing is we might get questioned a little bit more when we make mistakes, or you might hear from us. Maybe that's the only thing. But from the footballing side of things, we have to conduct ourselves in the best way possible. Sometimes you are going to say a few things and overstep the mark and that's understandable as well.” But Clancy doubts making referees more accountable after matches is the answer either, as he reckons it would only heighten the pressure on everyone involved. “If officials were made available for post match interviews I know which one would be the longest one after every game,” he said. “They won't want to talk to managers or players. It's easy to nitpick every small decision that an official makes. But if you do go down the route of demanding to speak to match officials after games, it can become a very pressured situation. I don't know if that’s the answer to anything.” Clancy continued: “With more funding and more money going into that area, they could become full-time. Every match official, I'm led to believe, it's their second profession. Maybe that's a situation we can look at. We're looking to invest money and we're asking for infrastructure and everything else, so maybe more needs to go in there and help the officials.” Meanwhile, Clancy is relishing Friday’s crack at Sligo Rovers even though the Bit O’Red bounced back after three straight defeats by beating Shamrock Rovers on Monday. And he echoed Damien Duff’s comments this week where the Shels boss said there were no longer any surprise results in the Premier Division as it’s so wide open. Clancy said: “When you go in and look at your phone after every game, you're thinking any result could pop up. You can see that in the first three or four games so far. You haven't seen anyone start the season with four wins on the bounce. I don't think there’s a run of fixtures when you look at them, where you go this is our good run, and this is our bad run. Every game is a very difficult game.” Clancy, the former St Pat’s and Drogheda United boss, added: “If we had beaten Waterford on Monday, we'd have equally the best start as any team. Ourselves and Shels would have been seven points out of nine. But we lose to Waterford and they go top of the league with nine from 12. It’s very, very tight.”
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