Cardiff City

[number 9]

Just noticed Cardiff have lost their last seven games!

Well done, Mick!

[Bluemike]

Great manager lol

[Tangfastic]

Apparently was given two games to keep his job before the Fulham job ( which they lost 2-0).

He’s been playing 5 CBs with two as wing-backs ( one being Mark McGuiness).

I think he knows he’s toast. One of this situations where fans - and maybe manager - wouldn’t mind losing this one.

[Shed on tour]

Had a look on the Cardiff forum the other day and their fans love him, Not!!!
Boring football, just hoofball. Sounds familiar.

[Ricco]

It's all someone else's fault, not his.

[arana peligrosa]

Somehow give two shits for McCarthy. He's not our business no more, soon as he exited the club you accepted it was likely to be someone else's mess to clean up.

You see bits of related news here and there, at times it's near unavoidable or slips out such as the South Wales derby loss just recent (a game of such magnitude will appear on the radar) and believe when first started there, a great run with a number of successive wins.

It's the other end of the spectrum now and McCarthy being found out once again for the one-trick, lousy score maestro that he is. Other than that there really isn't much else to include.

[bluejacko]

Funny how its virtually the same outcome at every club he has been at!
Still he can always go back to Barnsley, I hear they are short of dinosaurs in the town’s museum.

[hallamblue]

“Be careful what you wish for”, McCarthy

[marko69]

“Be careful what you wish for”, McCarthy

Well, , that was said with the Mevans regime in his mind. He was 100% correct.

[Tangfastic]

Early kick-offs for both Cardiff and Norwich.

Cardiff 1-0 down at home to Boro at HT. Norwich 3-0 down at Chelsea at HT.

Come on, Mick… this is the match to save your job. Too easy to get sacked and take the big pay-off. Prefer for him to win this one and keep the job a bit longer so as to keep the misery going. Always remember him saying “that went well” when we got relegated and sticking the knife in.

[Charnwood]

.... and sacked he is and embarrassed were Norwich who were well and truly thrashed at Stamford Bridge.

[number 9]

"That went well, Mick!"

[arana peligrosa]

what was it, 7 - 0 or something. We lost by the same score there in the FA Cup around ten years ago, may have been a year or two before it.

don't think McCarthy was manager for us then, most likely Keane or Jewell. Point being imagine the irony if it were.

[barmy billy]

All the best Mick. You arrogant useless prat.

[goldandblack]

I'm only pleased as i can get back to hating Cardiff again,
Mick & Clipboard Yow Still legends and winners op ere. been there and done it, as the pic's can prove,

Championship Winners. Wolves

Championship Winners. Sunderland

FIFA World Cup 2002. Republic of Ireland.
Niall Quinn's World Cup 2002 diary: Germany - This is just about as good as it gets...

[Charnwood]

He’s just another past his sell by date, the game has moved on.

[hallamblue]

Do know John, it’s really odd that he got your Wolves playing the brand of attacking footie that he did when you got promoted (I remember very well your lot steam - rollering us 3-0 at PR that season, yet he never at anytime tired to play that style of game when he was manager at Town …..or Cardiff it seems.

Did he build your Wolves team, or inherit it ?

[goldandblack]

He’s just another past his sell by date, the game has moved on.

your right, I think it moved on from his era 5 to 10 years ago, albeit a shame,

[goldandblack]

Do know John, it’s really odd that he got your Wolves playing the brand of attacking footie that he did when you got promoted (I remember very well your lot steam - rollering us 3-0 at PR that season, yet he never at anytime tired to play that style of game when he was manager at Town …..or Cardiff it seems.

Did he build your Wolves team, or inherit it ?

he inherited a squad of journeymen and Hoddles friends retirement funds, he built a squad of kids from lower and non leagues clubs,
then the usual stuff, he got us in the Premier Lg so the owner decides not to invest in the team but build a new stand for 40 million, ?
Mick kept us in that league for 3 season until the owner under minded him, .

As I've said before, M Evans asked Mick to come and help the Town stay in the Championship, Which he did, with no money to achieve an entertaining side,
Your Owner just sat back and let Mick and Clipboard get the insults from the fickle fans , glad he gave it back to them, just as he did to ours,
don't think there is a person on here who wouldn't.

There is more to the Cardiff story,

[number 9]

I completely understand your stance G&B. MM will go down in history as one of Wolves’ successful managers. I’m sure Norwich fans feel the same about Lambert and perhaps Shrewsbury fans feel the same about Hurst. Alas, all excuses aside Mick didn’t finish the job with us. He turned on the fans and he has wallowed a little bit on the failures of our great club since he left.

[valleyroad]

McCarthy did a tremendous job at Cardiff last season, rescued them after the mess Harris made.
Huge spending cuts and a loss of numerous top level pros to be left with a number of academy players and guess what, they struggle.
My criticism of him though is that his initial contract was to the end of last season. Given what was happening in the summer his experience and knowledge should have led him to walk away. Instead he took the contract and got the inevitable sack. Cardiff is a nightmare job at the moment and needs investment or they will go down.

Sick and tired of hearing the word dinosour attached to men like Bruce, Allardyce, Pulis, McCarthy, Hughton, the list is endless.
I remember arguing on a BBC forum when David Moyes go the West Ham job first time round that he would make them a top 10 side.
I was told he was a dinosour and well past his sell by date.
I remember Graham Taylor being well by his sell by date and then he got Watford promoted.

Constant abuse of decent men who have all done tremendous work in football. No wonder Arteta was saying managers are wanting out.
Maybe this type of article can explain the mentality today ?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/ ... -lockdowns

[valleyroad]

I'm only pleased as i can get back to hating Cardiff again,
Mick & Clipboard Yow Still legends and winners op ere. been there and done it, as the pic's can prove,

Championship Winners. Wolves

Championship Winners. Sunderland

FIFA World Cup 2002. Republic of Ireland.
Niall Quinn's World Cup 2002 diary: Germany - This is just about as good as it gets...

I agree and his World Cup run with Ireland when he binned Keane was tremendous.
Fine manager and top bloke but should have never taken the Cardiff contract this season

[valleyroad]

Funny how its virtually the same outcome at every club he has been at!
Still he can always go back to Barnsley, I hear they are short of dinosaurs in the town’s museum.

Your the dinosaur ?

[goldandblack]

McCarthy did a tremendous job at Cardiff last season, rescued them after the mess Harris made.
Huge spending cuts and a loss of numerous top level pros to be left with a number of academy players and guess what, they struggle.
My criticism of him though is that his initial contract was to the end of last season. Given what was happening in the summer his experience and knowledge should have led him to walk away. Instead he took the contract and got the inevitable sack. Cardiff is a nightmare job at the moment and needs investment or they will go down.

Sick and tired of hearing the word dinosour attached to men like Bruce, Allardyce, Pulis, McCarthy, Hughton, the list is endless.
I remember arguing on a BBC forum when David Moyes go the West Ham job first time round that he would make them a top 10 side.
I was told he was a dinosour and well past his sell by date.
I remember Graham Taylor being well by his sell by date and then he got Watford promoted.

Constant abuse of decent men who have all done tremendous work in football. No wonder Arteta was saying managers are wanting out.
Maybe this type of article can explain the mentality today ?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/ ... -lockdowns

[valleyroad]

I completely understand your stance G&B. MM will go down in history as one of Wolves’ successful managers. I’m sure Norwich fans feel the same about Lambert and perhaps Shrewsbury fans feel the same about Hurst. Alas, all excuses aside Mick didn’t finish the job with us. He turned on the fans and he has wallowed a little bit on the failures of our great club since he left.

Given the stick MM got at PR he has hardly wallowed in the failure. MM doesn't own Ipswich Town's failure.
He didn't finish the job as there wasn't the opportunity to finish it. The job changed to survival.

[goldandblack]

I completely understand your stance G&B. MM will go down in history as one of Wolves’ successful managers. I’m sure Norwich fans feel the same about Lambert and perhaps Shrewsbury fans feel the same about Hurst. Alas, all excuses aside Mick didn’t finish the job with us. He turned on the fans and he has wallowed a little bit on the failures of our great club since he left.

I believe you just hit on the BIG connection of all these managers so called failings, All at Ipswich Town owned by M Evans,

Anyway regardless all have now moved on and it looks like the Town have turned the corner, Onwards and Upwards,

[number 9]

I completely understand your stance G&B. MM will go down in history as one of Wolves’ successful managers. I’m sure Norwich fans feel the same about Lambert and perhaps Shrewsbury fans feel the same about Hurst. Alas, all excuses aside Mick didn’t finish the job with us. He turned on the fans and he has wallowed a little bit on the failures of our great club since he left.

Given the stick MM got at PR he has hardly wallowed in the failure. MM doesn't own Ipswich Town's failure.
He didn't finish the job as there wasn't the opportunity to finish it. The job changed to survival.

Fair enough Valley, but Mick quit on us remember? He certainly has his accolades and he has been a very good manager. I just thought he was unprofessional with how he reacted to the negative fans. If he would have focused on the positive fans, I’d have more respect for him as far as ITFC is concerned.

[goldandblack]

I completely understand your stance G&B. MM will go down in history as one of Wolves’ successful managers. I’m sure Norwich fans feel the same about Lambert and perhaps Shrewsbury fans feel the same about Hurst. Alas, all excuses aside Mick didn’t finish the job with us. He turned on the fans and he has wallowed a little bit on the failures of our great club since he left.

Given the stick MM got at PR he has hardly wallowed in the failure. MM doesn't own Ipswich Town's failure.
He didn't finish the job as there wasn't the opportunity to finish it. The job changed to survival.

Fair enough Valley, but Mick quit on us remember? He certainly has his accolades and he has been a very good manager. I just thought he was unprofessional with how he reacted to the negative fans. If he would have focused on the positive fans, I’d have more respect for him as far as ITFC is concerned.

To be honest 9, I respect him more for quitting and giving it back big time, as some of the stick he got was pretty gross, even on here there was no positive fans,
To often managers just take the stick, get the sack and wish the clubs and fans well as their passing comment, ( like Bruce at Newcastle) Why?thats not what they really think is it, also him and his family were getting threats,

[number 9]

Given the stick MM got at PR he has hardly wallowed in the failure. MM doesn't own Ipswich Town's failure.
He didn't finish the job as there wasn't the opportunity to finish it. The job changed to survival.

Fair enough Valley, but Mick quit on us remember? He certainly has his accolades and he has been a very good manager. I just thought he was unprofessional with how he reacted to the negative fans. If he would have focused on the positive fans, I’d have more respect for him as far as ITFC is concerned.

To be honest 9, I respect him more for quitting and giving it back big time, as some of the stick he got was pretty gross, even on here there was no positive fans,
To often managers just take the stick, get the sack and wish the clubs and fans well as their passing comment, ( like Bruce at Newcastle) Why?thats not what they really think is it, also him and his family were getting threats,

I respect your response G&B…but that’s part & parcel of being a public figure. I’m not saying I agree with the threats & criticism, but that goes along with being a well paid football manager.

[marko69]

Criticism certainly should come to well paid bosses not performing up to scratch, even underpaid bosses……. But threats should never. Will never be able to understand “death threats” in sport. Makes no sense at all.
What variety of moron sends a threat to someone who they want to do a BETTER job? Surely that person is now more worried about the threat than concentrating on doing a better job?