John Caulfield would like to win cup but league game will take precedence

John Caulfield will ring the changes in his Cork City team for this afternoon’s EA Sports Cup against Waterford at the RSC (kick off 3pm), the first of two games in a week against the same opposition at the same venue.

And, after retaining their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division lead with a 4-0 win in Bray on Friday, the City manager makes no secret of the fact that next Friday’s league meeting with the high-flying Blues takes precedence in the champions’ season.

“The way we feel about it, the league is number one and FAI Cup is number two,” he says. “The League Cup, at the end of the day, won’t get you into Europe and there is no prize money. Obviously it’s a competition you would like to win but at the same time, we need to give everyone game time so we will certainly make lots of changes.