Video special: The madness of Mick McCarthy - the ex-Wolves boss's best bits

By Mirror Football in Mirror Football Blog

Published 14:21 13/02/12

Mick McCarthy has been given his marching orders by Wolves, with yesterday's 5-1 defeat to West Brom the final straw for owner Steve Morgan.

It's a sad day for fans of slightly bonkers managers though, and Mick was certainly one of those. Here are his best bits from five years in charge at Molineux.

1) Mick set the tone in his very first press conference as Wolves boss, insisting his initials stood for "Mick McCarthy" and not "Merlin the Magician". It's still unclear whether anyone was under this mis-apprehension, but always better to be clear eh Mick?

2) A sneaky look at Mick's pre-Wolves career now with this clip from his Sunderland days. Here he is doing his bit for inter-club relations when the Manchester United fans break out into a loud chorus of "Mick McCarthy's a w*****" at the Stadium of Light. You tell 'em Mick.

3) Mick puts on his best death stare here, when asked whether he was scared of losing his best players if Wolves were relegated. Ooh if looks could kill...

4) As it turned out of course, he was right, they didn't get relegated, a feat that prompted defender George Elokobi to drench him in water. Ah happier times.

5) But it's not all been plain sailing for the former Millwall boss. His decision to rest 10 players for a Premier League match at Old Trafford didn't go down to well with some. The creepy maniacal laughter hints that perhaps the pressure was getting to him more than he was admitting, but he pulls it back with a pretty good Tiger Woods joke to finish on a high.

6) Manchester United were again the cause of his displeasure in this clip, when conceding a late, late goal to the Red Devils prompted him to scare the pants off fourth official Mark Halsey who clearly thought he was about to be on the end of a Mick-storm.

7) Here's a little tip for the reporters who cover the next club Mick pitches up at: he doesn't take kindly to stupid questions.

8) This might be our favourite Mick-clip of all. Guess you never know when the invisible man is going to turn up to watch Wolves. Strange though, we always assumed he was a Wigan fan.

9) This one is also a contender for the top Mick-clip ever. What a guy.

10) We'll finish with this montage of some of his best press conference performances - and it's well worth the 11 minutes of your life. Best bits include a quite eerie few seconds of him stirring his tea with a slightly crazed look on his face, and this quote: "Complacency? Do me a cheesy quaver!" Also a special mention for this, which we are considering adopting as our Twitter bio: "If anyone's not happy, tell them to write to me at goandgetyourselffettled.com."