McCarthy made these comments on Monday after we were licking our wounds from a 4-0 defeat against Chelsea. We were never really expecting anything out of the game so a hammering by a superb Chelsea side was hardly a surprise.
The way we rolled over and let Chelsea tickle our tummies was the real worry and Mick's comments did nothing to assure us fans. It was a miserable display from the Molineux boys. The attitude was poor and I suspect this came from McCarthy. The former Republic of Ireland boss claimed that we could cause an upset but he came across as not being too confident. However unlikely a victory may be, it's the manager's job to be confident so the players can feed off that. There was nothing like this at top of the table Chelsea.
We looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
We go into Sunday's derby against The Blues with zero confidence. A good solid performance against Chelsea would have done us the world of good but now we go into the game worried by the fact that we haven't won since beating Fulham 2-1 in late September. This was nine games ago.
Birmingham on the other hand are unbeaten in their last four games. Wins over Fulham and Sunderland together with draws against 'Heavyweights' Liverpool and Manchester City makes for impressive reading.
The Blues confidence is sky high as they look to push on into the top half of the table while we are second bottom thanks to hopeless Pompey below us.
We know we're in a relegation battle and I have no problem with McCarthy coming out and saying that but I don't like him saying 'We could go down'. There is a difference between acknowledging the fact we are in a relegation dogfight and admitting we could go down. I don't want to hear this and I'm the sure the players don't want to hear this.
The way we have played in recent weeks suggests to me that the players don't have the confidence to go out and 'bully' teams or at least have the confidence to attack when we should.
Brum at home was a game I was expecting us to pick up three points but after are poor run of results and the obvious lack of confidence among the players and in particular McCarthy, it will be an uphill struggle.
If McCarthy is at fault, should Steve Morgan bite the bullet and hand Mick his P45?
The way we rolled over and let Chelsea tickle our tummies was the real worry and Mick's comments did nothing to assure us fans. It was a miserable display from the Molineux boys. The attitude was poor and I suspect this came from McCarthy. The former Republic of Ireland boss claimed that we could cause an upset but he came across as not being too confident. However unlikely a victory may be, it's the manager's job to be confident so the players can feed off that. There was nothing like this at top of the table Chelsea.
We looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
We go into Sunday's derby against The Blues with zero confidence. A good solid performance against Chelsea would have done us the world of good but now we go into the game worried by the fact that we haven't won since beating Fulham 2-1 in late September. This was nine games ago.
Birmingham on the other hand are unbeaten in their last four games. Wins over Fulham and Sunderland together with draws against 'Heavyweights' Liverpool and Manchester City makes for impressive reading.
The Blues confidence is sky high as they look to push on into the top half of the table while we are second bottom thanks to hopeless Pompey below us.
We know we're in a relegation battle and I have no problem with McCarthy coming out and saying that but I don't like him saying 'We could go down'. There is a difference between acknowledging the fact we are in a relegation dogfight and admitting we could go down. I don't want to hear this and I'm the sure the players don't want to hear this.
The way we have played in recent weeks suggests to me that the players don't have the confidence to go out and 'bully' teams or at least have the confidence to attack when we should.
Brum at home was a game I was expecting us to pick up three points but after are poor run of results and the obvious lack of confidence among the players and in particular McCarthy, it will be an uphill struggle.
If McCarthy is at fault, should Steve Morgan bite the bullet and hand Mick his P45?
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