Mick McCarthy
Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph 'Mick' McCarthyis a professional football manager, pundit and former player who is the current manager of Ipswich Town. Born in Barnsley, England with an Irish father, he played for the Republic of Ireland on 57 occasions scoring 2 goals...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 February 1959
delighted good great keeper proving
Kelvin has been great and I'm delighted he's proving what a good keeper he is.
awful contract longer offer recently term
I think he has an awful lot to offer - I wouldn't have re-signed him recently on a longer term contract otherwise,
ask drop given last looking players tougher
The players have given me every last drop - I can't ask for any more. But it's looking tougher and tougher all the time.
experience gone might players problem season
We have lacked experience this season but if we had gone out and got experienced players on big salaries, we might have had a real problem if we had gone down.
absolutely risk sure
We won't take a risk with Julio. We just want to make sure he's absolutely right when he does return.
champions experience league provides useful
He has some useful Premiership and Champions League experience and his versatility provides me with cover,
deserved
Groundhog Day. I don't think we deserved to be beaten.
At the minute, it is very, very tough,
ball defend last manage
At the end of it, it is about having the wherewithal to keep the ball at times, but then to defend that last set-piece, and we didn't manage to do it,
chances created hear nobody played saying third time wants
Nobody wants to hear it, but I am here now for the third time saying we have played well, we have created chances and we still got beaten.
bottle happened tuesday wednesday
I started on Shrove Tuesday and then by Ash Wednesday something had happened and I'd had a bottle of beer.
aware bottom
I shouldn't be surprised, we're bottom of the league. I can't do anything about it. I'm not aware of anything going on.
good player versatile
Rory's a versatile player and that is a good thing to have.
addition good number player positions
Rory can play in a number of positions and it's always good to have that versatility. He's an experienced player and he'll be a good addition to our squad.