The League Paper

ALL THE SIGNALS SAY TIME TO PACK UP, MICK

by
The LeaguePaper Team
11 February 2018

AS ODDS tumbled on Mick McCarthy becoming the next manager of Barnsley, social media teemed with gleeful Ipswich fans.
Some claimed the Yorkshireman had ruined their club. Others offered to drive McCarthy to Oakwell.
Though it’s hardly representative of all Ipswich fans, discord is growing. After five years, the 59- year-old has clearly outstayed his welcome.
Supporters are sick of watching industrial football. Sick of parking the bus. Sick of slogging in mid-table. They aren’t stupid, or ungrateful.
They know that ditching a man who delivered three top-ten finishes on a shoe...

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