Mick McCarthy's Ipswich Town side departed the play-off's in the worst way imaginable yesterday as they went down 3-1 to local rivals Norwich in the semi-finals. Their renaissance under McCarthy has been one of the Championship stories of the year with the likes of Daryl Murphy having career defining seasons and McCarthy dragging the club up from one expected to finish in the bottom half of the season to one that competed for the Championship title.
After the game yesterday, McCarthy perfectly summed up what losing at this stage of the play-offs felt like:
"Listen, I’ve seen Middlesbrough cock-a-hoop on the pitch last night and the same with Norwich today. Well one of them is going to be as sick as a seaside donkey, just like I feel now. It makes no odds, they’ve got to win it. Even if we’d have won today and lost at Wembley I’d have still felt sick. Good luck to the two of them. One of them is going to be coming back and seeing my kipper again next season though."
McCarthy also brilliantly dismissed those Norwich fans that invaded the pitch after and made some, shall we say derogatory gestures towards him:
“There were some numptys running around and giving the usual w****r sign and all that. So what. It’s nothing. They’re generally not the bravest are they?”
Would someone please get this man back in the Premier League?
Quotes: East Anglican Daily Times
Picture: SPORTSFILE
