Mick McCarthy

Ben, I thought we were going to get another joint killing when Western Supermare kept equalising against your beloved Grimsby.

I was a little bit worried.

I think there was four all Premier League games and I didn't see Newcastle Bournemouth or Everton Sunderland but they seemed like they were dramatic but the Villa Spurs game and the United Brighton game felt like big games that were important to both teams and I think when you get that in the cup

That's when it loses its luster if you're getting a Chelsea-Arsenal game that doesn't feel like a Chelsea-Arsenal game.

You can't take it too seriously then.

But it didn't give us any of those last weekend, which I think makes everybody feel quite positive.

I was going to say something similar.

I don't know if the way they get it is the moment of magic.

I think they're actually pretty well set up, especially if Mbumu is back, if Ahmad plays a part.

I think they're well set up for hitting City on the counter.

And you look at City's back four...

with all the injuries and I don't know it doesn't it's definitely not like title winning defence that you'd be overly worried about there is a world in which United go out and it's like right you're freed from the shackles

It won't work all season, but for a couple of games, we're playing City and Arsenal this week.

Go out, get stuck in, give it a last shack, and just hit them on the counter.

Play with pace and intensity.

That's very Roy Keane.

It's not my philosophy on football.

I just think that it can work at times, and this might be suited, I think...

this week for it.

We don't know if Carrick's even going to do that.