39 Quotes by Mick McCarthy

The players have given me every last drop - I can't ask for any more. But it's looking tougher and tougher all the time.

At the minute, it is very, very tough,

At the end of it, it is about having the wherewithal to keep the ball at times, but then to defend that last set-piece, and we didn't manage to do it,

I started on Shrove Tuesday and then by Ash Wednesday something had happened and I'd had a bottle of beer.

I shouldn't be surprised, we're bottom of the league. I can't do anything about it. I'm not aware of anything going on.

Rory's a versatile player and that is a good thing to have.

Rory can play in a number of positions and it's always good to have that versatility. He's an experienced player and he'll be a good addition to our squad.

There was a view taken that of course we wanted to stay up and do well but, if we didn't, then the group of players here will stay here and be a force to be reckoned with in the Championship. We have lacked experience but if we had gone out and got experienced players on big salaries we might have had a real problem if we had gone down. If it turns out that we're not good enough and we go down, this team stays together unless any decide they don't want to.

It's getting harder and harder to suggest that we're going to get out of this. It's becoming increasingly more difficult.