John Caulfield: ‘Mé féin’ attitude is hindering League of Ireland

Cork City manager John Caulfield believes Irish teams have the potential to make huge strides in the Europa League and Champions League but warned club managers must first lose their “mé féin” attitude for the good of the league.

Speaking ahead of City’s SSE Airtricity League clash with Shamrock Rovers tomorrow night, Caulfield hailed the progress made in Europe last year — as Dundalk made the Europa League group stages, while Cork made the Europa League third qualifying round — but feels a change of attitude can help make this a regular occurrence.

“European results have proved positive not only last year but if you go back to 2011 and Shamrock Rovers under Michael O’Neill, European results have been decent,” said Caulfield. “We just need to go to another level. We need to change perception.