Mick McCarthy Latest Interview:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:21 pm
Mick McCarthy on making the top six:
“I am now looking at the play-offs thinking, 'Well, why not?' There is a lot that has to go well for us though. We will have to win a lot of games and carry a bit of luck, but that's what we are aiming for.”
Mick McCarthy:
“Any satisfaction I'm getting is in helping turn it around and we're on the upward curve now at Cardiff C
talkSPORT
“I am now looking at the play-offs thinking, 'Well, why not?' There is a lot that has to go well for us though. We will have to win a lot of games and carry a bit of luck, but that's what we are aiming for.”
Mick McCarthy:
“Any satisfaction I'm getting is in helping turn it around and we're on the upward curve now at Cardiff C
talkSPORT
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Re: Mick McCarthy Today:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:29 pm
McCarthy was initially tasked with getting City out of a potential relegation scrap, but, after that all-important Swansea win which sees City just four points off the play-offs at present, his target has done a complete 180.
MICK McCARTHY:
"It's changed," he told talkSPORT of his ambitions with eight games to go. "It was to go in, get a winning run and start some momentum and then of course when we did it we are thinking we have got half a chance at the play-offs.
"So it has changed. I think the mood has changed, the thought process has changed.
"Me, going in with the thought process of just winning a game, I am now looking at the play-offs thinking, 'Well, why not?'
"There is a lot that has to go well for us, though. And we will have to win a lot of games and carry a bit of luck.
"But that's what we are aiming for."
That winning feeling at the Liberty Stadium last weekend looked to be the moment City fans started to believe again.
It was a rock-solid performance with a patchwork back five which had to sustain a second-half onslaught from the Swans, but did so comfortably.
And McCarthy says it is the result which has filled him with the greatest pride since taking over as Bluebirds boss.
"I'd say so, because it means so much to everybody at Cardiff," McCarthy said when asked if it was his proudest moment.
"If you saw the game, the players, what they did at the end with the huddle on the pitch, that was reciprocating what the Swansea players did at Cardiff when they beat our lads and they let them know they were doing it. So our lads did the same.
"It was an unbelievable battling performance, because Swansea are a very good side. They had the majority of the ball and played a lot of football, but in terms of chances and shots I think we were up there with them, certainly good chances.
"It had to be the standout one."
Not so long ago it seemed almost unthinkable that Cardiff would be on the cusp of the play-offs with eight games to go.
Lest we forget, McCarthy's appointment was met with a mixed reaction, but he is setting about disproving the doubters one game at a time.
He abhors the "dinosaur" tag some throw at him, but has taken it all jest now. "My new emoji is my laughing dinosaur face, which is pretty good!" he joked.
And it is heartening to hear just how much he is enjoying things in the Welsh capital, because, as he admits, there was a time when he thought he might be done in English football.
"I hoped not, but I did wonder," McCarthy said.
"I waited a long time after Ipswich. That was kind of sad, that, I left there and there was a bit of a bad rap which I didn't deserve, because I did a great job at Ipswich, me and TC [assistant Terry Connor], with the budget we had, we finished in the top half of the league and were in the play-offs.
"We just went sour towards the end.
"I think that did affect my chances of getting a job. I waited and waited and nothing came up.
"APOEL appealed to me. I went to France in 1990, I went to Lyon as a player to try that, so I thought I'd do it as a coach.
"Unfortunately it didn't work out. There were mitigating circumstances, maybe I wasn't good enough, maybe the 19 players with Covid affected it."
MICK McCARTHY:
"It's changed," he told talkSPORT of his ambitions with eight games to go. "It was to go in, get a winning run and start some momentum and then of course when we did it we are thinking we have got half a chance at the play-offs.
"So it has changed. I think the mood has changed, the thought process has changed.
"Me, going in with the thought process of just winning a game, I am now looking at the play-offs thinking, 'Well, why not?'
"There is a lot that has to go well for us, though. And we will have to win a lot of games and carry a bit of luck.
"But that's what we are aiming for."
That winning feeling at the Liberty Stadium last weekend looked to be the moment City fans started to believe again.
It was a rock-solid performance with a patchwork back five which had to sustain a second-half onslaught from the Swans, but did so comfortably.
And McCarthy says it is the result which has filled him with the greatest pride since taking over as Bluebirds boss.
"I'd say so, because it means so much to everybody at Cardiff," McCarthy said when asked if it was his proudest moment.
"If you saw the game, the players, what they did at the end with the huddle on the pitch, that was reciprocating what the Swansea players did at Cardiff when they beat our lads and they let them know they were doing it. So our lads did the same.
"It was an unbelievable battling performance, because Swansea are a very good side. They had the majority of the ball and played a lot of football, but in terms of chances and shots I think we were up there with them, certainly good chances.
"It had to be the standout one."
Not so long ago it seemed almost unthinkable that Cardiff would be on the cusp of the play-offs with eight games to go.
Lest we forget, McCarthy's appointment was met with a mixed reaction, but he is setting about disproving the doubters one game at a time.
He abhors the "dinosaur" tag some throw at him, but has taken it all jest now. "My new emoji is my laughing dinosaur face, which is pretty good!" he joked.
And it is heartening to hear just how much he is enjoying things in the Welsh capital, because, as he admits, there was a time when he thought he might be done in English football.
"I hoped not, but I did wonder," McCarthy said.
"I waited a long time after Ipswich. That was kind of sad, that, I left there and there was a bit of a bad rap which I didn't deserve, because I did a great job at Ipswich, me and TC [assistant Terry Connor], with the budget we had, we finished in the top half of the league and were in the play-offs.
"We just went sour towards the end.
"I think that did affect my chances of getting a job. I waited and waited and nothing came up.
"APOEL appealed to me. I went to France in 1990, I went to Lyon as a player to try that, so I thought I'd do it as a coach.
"Unfortunately it didn't work out. There were mitigating circumstances, maybe I wasn't good enough, maybe the 19 players with Covid affected it."
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Re: Mick McCarthy Today:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:14 am
A Top 6 finish from where we were before MM came in was out of the question for most .
We are in with a chance and our season is not over yet - Thanks to the great turn around
We are in with a chance and our season is not over yet - Thanks to the great turn around