Mick McCarthy

They're probably the best team in England.

Really, really good players.

I don't buy that they can't just go out and play in a more positive...

and less kind of conservative and fearful way.

I just don't buy that they can't do it if that decision was made.

And I just think we're sticking to our guns here.

And unfortunately, you know, the ship is getting bombarded here and you're going under.

But we're sticking to our guns and we're going to stay and we're going to stick to the plan.

Sometimes the plan needs to be ripped up in the middle.

at some point no if it finishes on goal difference and goal scores and they draw the two games but that's what I mean so there is eventually a head-to-head tiebreaker down the list so it would need both games to be 1-0 specifically if it's nil-all is there an away goal I you don't know I don't know but I think so yeah I can imagine it's better than separating well a playoff would be great but it's better than separated by like Ron Rocks or whatever yeah yeah

Like, so...

Yeah, the only thing I'll say though is, and I wanted to talk a bit more about City than we normally do, we kind of seem to be just hyper-focused on Arsenal.

Their last three games was the League Cup final win over Arsenal, won their best performances of the season.

Then they had the 4-0 FA Cup win over, like a diabolical Liverpool.

Yeah.

And...

a 3-0 away win against Chelsea who were also awful and are on an awful run but at the same time it still was Liverpool and Chelsea and they have been on this rampage I suppose for their last three or four games against top teams even psychologically going in and taking care of business against them makes them I think feel a bit more like Manchester City again and you have then

sure he's playing his best football since he joined them Semenya has been like we all thought he was the guy to get he was the best signing but I think he has been better than expected even though he was well expected Gehi has been absolutely what they needed at the back where they would never keep the same two centre backs everybody's always injured

and I don't know everything just feels at the plate like Rodri's getting fit like you know what I mean we're seeing him not quite be Ballon d'Or Rodri yet but he's back to passable decent midfield player again which he wasn't when he was getting games early in the season Daku

It's a settled enough team though for City, which we would rarely have seen.