Mick McCarthy

[DeLorean]

Haha... Ah you two

[ArdeeBhoy]

Sure it's the wayz he tellz 'em...
:bashful:

[DannyInvincible]

A recent landslide in Columbia looks like Mick McCarthy (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153231145886983&set=a.50035396982.73563.628006982&type=1&permPage=1):

https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/11073092_10153231145886983_2361701741621894267_n.j pg?oh=c41b7062babf596c66959972158ab4d3&oe=5570735C

[DeLorean]

Should the '(Funny)' be removed from the title of this thread? There is another Mick McCarthy thread but it was closed in 2004. Anyway...

(http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33549956)BBC - Mick McCarthy: Ipswich boss reflects on his life in football (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33549956)

[tetsujin1979]

Should the '(Funny)' be removed from the title of this thread? There is another Mick McCarthy thread but it was closed in 2004. Anyway...

(http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33549956)BBC - Mick McCarthy: Ipswich boss reflects on his life in football (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33549956)
fair point, done and done

[DeLorean]

Remember this... (https://zippy.gfycat.com/EsteemedRingedBarnowl.webm)

[Closed Account]

Remember this... (https://zippy.gfycat.com/EsteemedRingedBarnowl.webm)Ronaldinho-esque

[DeLorean]

Mick McCarthy on the Ireland job: ‘Of course I’d do it’ (http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/mick-mccarthy-on-the-ireland-job-of-course-id-do-it-399527.html)

[DeLorean]

"That still p!sses me off to this day" (http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/mick-mccarthy-disrespect-inspired-famous-ireland-win-against-holland-401678.html)


And so say all of us, Mick!

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

McCarthy unhappy with the unrealistic expectations of Ipswich fans.

http://www.the42.ie/mick-mccarthy-foul-mouthed-2940385-Aug2016/


“I get sick to death. We play one bad half and we’re all s**t and we can’t play. The manager doesn’t care. Get somebody who cares. I’m a boring c**t, somebody called me last week,”

“I wish they would call it to my face on my own. Because his pint of lager, he would have been wearing it.

“I heard the comments and let me tell you if that’s what they think about me and my team then they are sadly mistaken. I’m not having that.

“It really does hurt me, that. Up and down like a bloody fiddler’s elbow. I’m alright one week but I’m not the next.”

[Mr A]

Mick McCarthy. The King of Kings.

[tetsujin1979]

great interview with him on NewsTalk last night: https://cdn.radiocms.net/media/001/audio/000031/198928_media_player_audio_file.mp3

[Olé Olé]

Great interview. You just knew something like that was going to be good.

I thought Kilbane sounded like a teenage girl at a Justin Bieber comment at times. Cringeworthy moment when he asked Mick if he remembered him coming into his first Ireland squad in a suit and Mick said no.

[DeLorean]

Has anybody got footage of that McCarthy tackle on Gascoigne they're talking about? I can kind of picture it but hazy enough.

[DeLorean]

Looks like a picture will have to do...

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/world-cup-finals-cagliari-italy-11th-june-england-1-v-republic-of-1-picture-id79653938?s=612x612

[seanfhear]

Looks like a picture will have to do...

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/world-cup-finals-cagliari-italy-11th-june-england-1-v-republic-of-1-picture-id79653938?s=612x612
Did Mick drop a few Bob and ask Gazza to help him look for it.......

[geysir]

Looks like a picture will have to do...
You should give a thanks to yourself

[DeLorean]

I would if I could!

How is there no footage of this? I can't even find the full game anywhere.

(Anywhere being a quick search on YouTube).

[OwlsFan]

I would if I could!

How is there no footage of this? I can't even find the full game anywhere.

(Anywhere being a quick search on YouTube).

There is on my betamax tape at home :)

[geysir]

There is on my betamax tape at home :)
You still haven't got those betamax converted to digital?

[OwlsFan]

You still haven't got those betamax converted to digital?

Up in the attic. A lot of old games on them but I suspect the quality would be poor at this stage as the tapes degrade.

[DeLorean]

Mick recalls Tehran - http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/there-were-fires-all-over-the-terraces-it-was-surreal-462612.html

[samhaydenjr]

Mick's time to come to an end at Ipswich. https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2018/march/mick-mccarthy-to-depart-ipswich-town-at-the-end-of-his-contract/ At least Ipswich are allowing him the dignity of seeing out the end of the season, which is no more than he deserves. So hopefully he'll take a couple of years off, do some media work and we'll see where we stand come the next cycle of qualifiers. Actually, come to think of it, the 2020/21 Nations League might be an ideal opportunity to bed in a new manager, hopefully along with some of the young strikers we've been talking about. Wow, Mick is really starting to look like my dad... I must be related to him somehow.

[Bungle]

I love Mick.

I can't help but feel that he will manage us again. We have potentially a great batch coming through and i think he would be the type that would be ideal for them. He's great with young players but teaches them the old school values.

[Olé Olé]

I love Mick.

I can't help but feel that he will manage us again. We have potentially a great batch coming through and i think he would be the type that would be ideal for them. He's great with young players but teaches them the old school values.

To your point, he has been giving game time to a few young players, including 18 year old Tristan Nydam. And he speaks here about Nydam getting jeered as being "appalling": https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/33363/mccarthy-youngster-nydam-getting-stick-was-appalling

[Eminence Grise]

Always had a huge soft spot for Mick. I'd love to see him back as Irish manager, but I hope he gets a crack at a decent club in the meantime - either a genuine Championship contender or mid-table Premiership type, anything but another Ipswich treading water.

[Stuttgart88]

Tets, is there a Mick McCarthy thread?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5741809/Mick-McCarthy-Roy-Keane-Ipswich-praying-mantis.html

Great interview.

[jbyrne]

Tets, is there a Mick McCarthy thread?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5741809/Mick-McCarthy-Roy-Keane-Ipswich-praying-mantis.html

Great interview.

have a huge amt of time for mick and his time as Ireland manager was my favourite time following the team. met him in Poland the night before the spain game and he was an absolute gent

[DeLorean]

Tets, is there a Mick McCarthy thread?

For future reference, this is a great resource (especially since Tets tided it up!) - https://foot.ie/threads/107348-Links-to-Irish-International-Players-Threads

[Stuttgart88]

Thanks. I was looking there but didn't see it.

[OwlsFan]

Tets, is there a Mick McCarthy thread?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5741809/Mick-McCarthy-Roy-Keane-Ipswich-praying-mantis.html

Great interview.

Also always worth going to the bottom of the page to see related threads. In this instance, you'll see 5 threads about Mick, including a very strange Ode which is 16 years old.

[liamoo11]

See Hurst got sack today. He certainly has not been helpful to the Irish lads there

[samhaydenjr]

See Hurst got sack today. He certainly has not been helpful to the Irish lads there

Ha! Numbskulls.

[gastric]

Mick was the last Irish manager whose team played a passing game, particularly when Quinn wasn't available. Would possibly be cheaper than O'Neill and has shown he can get the most out of what he has got. I also feel he might get a kick out of showing Roy how to manage successfully!

[jbyrne]

See Hurst got sack today. He certainly has not been helpful to the Irish lads there

and i read recently that some ipswich fans still think they did the right thing getting rid of Mick. lets see how they enjoy league 1!
the delusion of some football fans never fails to baffle me

[seanfhear]

Its the kind of job Martin O Neill could show how good he is in . At least he would be able to buy some players if the chairperson coughs up the dough .

[liamoo11]

Its the kind of job Martin O Neill could show how good he is in . At least he would be able to buy some players if the chairperson coughs up the dough .

Money seems in short supply. Hurst brought in from league 1 and 2. He seemed to take serious dislike to cotter drinan and McLoughlin who all were involved at first team level last season and not a sniff so far this season. Drinan does not appear to be lighting it up at Sutton

[seanfhear]

Money seems in short supply. Hurst brought in from league 1 and 2. He seemed to take serious dislike to cotter drinan and McLoughlin who all were involved at first team level last season and not a sniff so far this season. Drinan does not appear to be lighting it up at Sutton
A bad job to take . Pretty obvious Ipswich needed to buy some quality players . Some of these jobs should be turned down but thats a tricky decision for managers trying to work their way up the Club ladder thingy .

[IsMiseSean]

Its the kind of job Martin O Neill could show how good he is in . At least he would be able to buy some players if the chairperson coughs up the dough .

If we're hoping for a job that might see MON as a realistic candidate - Nottm Forest might be our best bet. A poor run of results could see that job become available.

I wonder if the Stoke job came up again, would they come back in for O'Neill?

[OwlsFan]

and i read recently that some ipswich fans still think they did the right thing getting rid of Mick. lets see how they enjoy league 1!
the delusion of some football fans never fails to baffle me

Yes, unbelievable, Jeff. Mick took them over when they were bottom of the league, shortly after a 0-3 home drubbing by Sheffield Wednesday (which shows how bad they were), and with a minus investment brought them each year within shouting distance of the play offs. It's as if they expect Ipswich to be entitled to be in the play offs despite a minus investment. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king.

[Kingdom]

Given he's looking extremely likely to be back in charge of us, what can we expect from Mick in terms of squad choices.

You'd imagine that David McGoldrick will be a consideration again. You would think that the embarrassing situation of the 2g and 3g players become a lot easier to manage given his own background.
So Liam Kelly, Dan Crowley and Ricer back on board? Is there any possibility now that LOI lads such as Sadlier, Duffy or Hoban get a run? probably not.

Are we looking at a big man/little man combo? If so, what are the big man options? Conor Sammon; Aiden O'Brien; Mr. Sherry?

Given his fondness for wingers, does it mean Daryl Horgan and Callum O'Dowda become more valuable? Mick always liked a goal threat from midfield - will Conor Hourihane or Alan Browne get a proper platform to push on.

Given he signed him for Wolves, is it a likely return for Stephen Ward at left-full?

It's nice to think of the possibilities....

[Stuttgart88]

I wouldn't rule out LOI players at some point but there are no near term opportunities for "run outs".

I think McGoldrick and Kelly are likely to be straight back in. I'm optimistic Rice may be back.

I'd like to think Stevens gets the nod over Ward despite the prior relationship. I'd like to see a rejuvenated Hendrick alongside McCarthy but as you say, Hourihane and Browne may be involved. Rice back would change everything

I can see 4411, with 2 of Coleman/ Doherty / Christie on one side and Stevens / Brady on the other with Horgan/McClean/O'Dowda as bench options. I can see McGoldrick playing 10 with Robinson in front. I'd like to think Shane Long gets a new lease of life, and not just chasing lost causes.

I've thought all along we've got OK players. We need to play them in roles that suit them. Mick usually put out well-balanced teams. He also made some odd decisions at times too. But the type of player he'll be able to choose from is exactly the type of player he has done well with at club level.

[Charlie Darwin]

Mick took Ward from Bohs and started him more or less straight away in the Championship, which is where half our squad play, so I doubt he'd have many qualms about picking a player from the league. Duffy looks like a player Mick would seriously consider, McEleney not so much. Other than those, the standout players in LOI have already left.

[backstothewall]

Have to say I'm delighted Big Mick is back. I think he's the right man for the job and I wouldn't be at all surprised if the handover to Stephen Kenny doesn't happen in 2 years time.

[Fixer82]

Mick also turned Ward from a striker into a LB

[Olé Olé]

He signed Matt Doherty too at Wolves. Their public personas seem to me as more compatible than Doherty's was with the previous regime.

[Stuttgart88]

Didn't he give a young Irish kid a debut last year? And sign a kid from Templeogue? The name Kinsella jumps to mind but I'm not sure.

[tetsujin1979]

Didn't he give a young Irish kid a debut last year? And sign a kid from Templeogue? The name Kinsella jumps to mind but I'm not sure.
Barry Cotter? Signed him from Limerick FC, think he's actually from Ennis.
He was part of the reason Mick decided to leave the Ipswich job. Cotter had been playing well in Mick's final game, but was clearly tiring and had been beaten a few times so Mick substituted him. The crowd started booing this decision, "you don't know what you're doing", etc, which is why he decided to give his notice at Ipswich.

[Stuttgart88]

Yes, thats him. Thanks. And the Templeogue fella? Or is that a figment of my imagination?

Edit: Stephen Kinsella. Everton, not Ipswich, bought him from Templeogue United. Right colours I suppose! I think he went on loan to Dundalk.

[tetsujin1979]

Think Everton released him earlier this year