Top 5: Mick McCarthy quotes
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy turns 58 today so, before anything else, Happy Birthday from everyone at Shoot!
The former Wolves and Ireland boss has graced the management game for a quarter of a century now, beginning at Millwall in 1992, and has been extremely good value for his 25 years at the helm of various clubs and at international level.
The Yorkshire-born defender racked up nearly 60 appearances for the Republic of Ireland and, whilst in the hot seat, was famous for sending home star man Roy Keane on the eve of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Mick has given us some golden moments over his years in managements, from being terrified by absolutely nothing…
It’s big Mick McCarthy’s 58th birthday today, so let’s watch him get scared by nothing on loop. pic.twitter.com/Gi1aNTbEFO
— Planet Football (@planetfutebol) February 7, 2017
To melting the hearts of women across the nation…
Whilst the Tractor Boys boss has become perfect GIF and meme fodder on social media, he still comes up with some absolute crackers in press conferences and after matches.
To celebrate his birthday, we thought we’d share the TOP FIVE quotes from the great man, take a look…
Mick ‘Merlin’ McCarthy
“At the moment we’ve got 16 first team players. My initials stand for Mick McCarthy, not Merlin the Magician.”
Straight-talking Pundit
Mid-commentary on Germany v Serbia at the South Africa World Cup…
“That Serbian keeper is a big tart”
Shouldn’t have asked him that
Reporter: “No yellow cards today…”
McCarthy: “No and I asked all the lads to go out there and knock seven bells out of everybody as well like I normally do. Shame that isn’t it? They went out there and played free-flowing football and were rampant for 45 minutes. What were they playing at?”
Not a quitter
“I started [trying to give up alcohol] on Shrove Tuesday and then by Ash Wednesday something had happened and I’d had a bottle of beer.”
The Catch
“It’s a great game isn’t it? It’s a fantastic game. For the most part of that afternoon it was a very enjoyable, terrific performance full of energy and good football and creating chances. Of course, the one cruel bit is in the 92nd minute when we conceded.”