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
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.
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.
At the minute, it is very, very tough,
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,
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.
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.
heart soul took
That probably took the heart and soul out of the place.
becoming harder suggest
It's getting harder and harder to suggest that we're going to get out of this. It's becoming increasingly more difficult.
enjoyed eventually few last minute move single tough
It's been tough here these last few months, but it's been brilliant. I've enjoyed every single minute of it. It's been a pleasure. I've been very fortunate. As always, I've done my best. I can't do any more and I'll move on and eventually do something else.
beaten build flying game good home maybe might momentum performance points stopping struggling
The only way we can build any momentum is by stopping getting beaten and we've done that. I know it was a home game and everyone will say it was a game we should win. Maybe had we been on 16 or 17 points and flying we might have done but we're struggling like hell. That was a really good performance and a good draw.
easier game played talk won
It is a lot easier to talk about a game after we have played well and won than when we've played well and lost,
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.