Mick McCarthy

They had two tackles in the first half.

And didn't have the ball either.

It wasn't as if they were dominating possession.

So that's a disgrace.

I would point to a long term, it doesn't matter who the manager is, you're not getting anything out of this group because they're unprofessional.

But that doesn't, I don't think, inform this weekend.

Because they are also, because they are unprofessional,

they're probably the type that will say, oh, shackles off.

They definitely have a lot of quality in there, whether it's a good team or not.

what's his name he's the clear up person I'm just wondering what will happen now there's been all that talk hasn't there about him playing through this injury or whatever but I don't know I'm not buying it they did also win the club world cup this year and there is a suggestion that they are just playing that it is a tired squad

Fine.

I don't not buy it.

Tired.

I don't know if tired is good enough for what happened on Tuesday night.

What do we think of Palmer?

I don't think Chelsea have done any favours by making him the focal point superstar of this team.

Now, City were probably doing the opposite and going way too far the other way of trying to hold him down and make him a young kid with potential for the rest of his life.

But I don't know if he's got too much too soon at Chelsea here.

It just doesn't feel like they're getting the most out of him.

Maybe that's a good example then to go against what I was going to say, which is hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube if you're Cole Palmer and you've been told, you know, we're going to play around you for the last three years and then someone comes in with a bit more...