Please note that this episode was recorded before Mick was appointed as the Blackpool manager The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 128 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW MICK MCCARTHY - We discussed the career of Mick #McCarthy with the man himself. We discussed being out of work, his interest in the vacant Wigan role, the World Cup, Cristiano #Ronaldo explosive interview + much more. 0:00 TBG intro 0:43 Guest Intro 2:30 What makes you Mick McCarthy 4:26 What are you up to right now? 6:08 Have you heard anything about the Wigan job? 8:00 What is your view on the managerial land scape? 10:18 What happens when you're about to lose your job? 15:44 How have you adapted to the modern player? 19:23 Talk to us about the Cristiano Ronaldo interview 25:40 Managers relationships with fans and the abuse from fans 33:42 How important is time - eg Arsenal ? (AD BREAK) 36:09 What is the right project for you? 41:11 What has been the toughest period of your career (AD BREAK) 45:02 What has been the best period of your career? 47:21 Tyrone Mings insight and Mick on being too committed 54:27 Talk to us about the World Cup 57:03 England squad thoughts 1:01:01 Life outside of football (AD BREAK) 1:03:50 Guest recommendation 1:06:08 Closing remarks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.