Mick McCarthy not worrying about his job
Mick McCarthy believes owner Steve Morgan will stand by him as the voices of discontent over Wolves' plight begin to rise around Molineux.
Mick McCarthy believes owner Steve Morgan will stand by him as the voices of discontent over Wolves' plight begin to rise around Molineux.
McCarthy is in desperate need of fresh evidence that he can secure the club's Premier League place for a second season running — starting with tonight's demanding clash at a reviving Liverpool.
Wolves are closing 2010 with only four wins so far this season in a campaign from which Morgan hoped for much more as he unveiled plans for Molineux's £40m development — and a schedule for work which will be heavily influenced by club staying in the top flight.
That performance has inevitably triggered questions about whether McCarthy can survive even allowing for the strength of his relationship with Morgan and chief executive Jez Moxey.
But the Wolves manager says he has no reason to doubt their continued faith and backing — and he is not fretting over outside whispers about his job security.
"It's always the same — it comes from the outside and I don't worry about that at all," he said. "I have a great relationship with the people at the club and enjoy a huge amount of faith and trust in me just as I have in them.
"Nobody is happy with the position that we're in. But I don't think I need to worry about that (his future). All I am concerned about is Liverpool — that's it. I don't waste time reflecting on things over which you have no control."
After the abrupt sackings of Chris Hughton at Newcastle and Sam Allardyce at Blackburn, the policy Wolves hierarchy have adopted in sticking by McCarthy has been warmly greeted and admired in Premier League circles.
The manager himself enjoys widespread popularity among his peers but McCarthy says he is not interested in sentiment.
"I appreciate the goodwill, I appreciate the fact that maybe the people here will continue to look at what has happened in the last four years here," he said.
"But I'm not interested in anyone sugar-coating the situation for me. We're bottom of the table and we played badly on Sunday. That's all I am interested in and how we are going to change it. Sentiment means nothing to me."
With Wolves getting ready to back their manager in the January transfer market, all the signs are that the key figures of Morgan and Moxey remain determined to stand shoulder to shoulder with their manager.
