Competitive edge key for City boss Clancy 

It is a happy and content environment, but that's not to say standards aren't being driven within the playing group behind-closed-doors out on the grass.

NEEDED EDGE: Cork City manager Tim Clancy. Pic: Brendan Moran, Sportsfile

Squad depth is a luxury not many managers have had at their disposal going back through the timeline of the League of Ireland First Division. 

Cork City boss Tim Clancy knows it is a potentially key factor for his table-topping side going forward.