With the first phase of the season almost over, Cork City sit in eighth place with six points collected from five games played.
This means nothing or at least very little in March, midway through the first round of four fixtures against nine teams spread out across the island.
And that group can’t be controlled.
There’s no established order or clear way of understanding a pack that changes every week.
Last season hammered this home when a Drogheda United side tipped for relegation before a ball was kicked qualified for Europe by winning the FAI Cup against an expensively assembled Derry City outfit that was two games away from potentially winning the league.
Kevin Doherty’s team followed that up by overcoming Bray Wanderers in the…