There's rarely a dull moment when former Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy faces the media.
The current Ipswich boss has had some run-ins with the press before but is never shy to speak his mind, and often the results are highly entertaining for those who follow the career of Ireland's captain at Italia 90.
Speaking after his side became the first Championship club to take a point from Norwich City in their four games since returning to the Championship, McCarthy addressed the criticism that has been levelled at his players as well as himself in recent weeks...
And it was vintage Mick McCarthy.
I get sick to death.
We play one bad half and we're all shit and we can't play. The manager doesn't care, get somebody who cares. I'm a boring c*nt, somebody called me that last week.
I wish they would call me that to my face on my own, because his pint of lager, he would have been wearing it.
I heard the comments and let me tell you if that's what they think about me and my team they are sadly mistaken. I'm not having that. It really does hurt me that.
Up and down like a bloody fiddler's elbow. I'm all right one week but I'm not the next.
Incredible comments, but fair play to him for addressing the nonsense that has been circulating after, funnily enough, an up and down start to the league season for Ipswich.
The quotes were reported by Daily Mail journalist Kieran Gill who, unsurprisingly, has been asked to confirm that the transcription was accurate. He insists they were.
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy on fans who criticise him. These quotes... pic.twitter.com/iBh0or52D9
— Kieran Gill (@kierangill_DM) August 21, 2016
@nocky1982 @RyanWolves1877 @ChrisPitfc Yes. From his press conference half an hour ago.
— Kieran Gill (@kierangill_DM) August 21, 2016
Beware Ipswich fans, if you say a bad word about Mick you'll either be drenched in your own beer or giving a dressing down in the post-match pressers.
McCarthy isn't having that.
