Wolves: Mick McCarthy hails 'brilliant' point

Oct 22 2011

A terse Mick McCarthy said he did not care about the criticism he received from the Wolves support after seeing his side come from two goals down to salvage a draw against Swansea at Molineux.

McCarthy's side appeared to be heading for a sixth straight defeat when they trailed 2-0 after the visitors scored first-half goals through Danny Graham and Joe Allen, and they left the field to a chorus of boos at half-time.

Matters were initially no better in the second half with a section of the home support chanting: "You're getting sacked in the morning".

There were also howls of derision when the Wolves manager took off wingers Adam Hammill and Matt Jarvis to introduce Nenad Milijas and Adlene Guedioura.

But Kevin Doyle pulled a goal back from close range in the 84th minute, with Jamie O'Hara grabbing the equaliser just two minutes later to alleviate some of the pressure on McCarthy.

But McCarthy, who limited the majority of his answers during his post-match press conference to a handful of words, refused to be drawn on his feelings regarding the Molineux fans.

"They (the fans) can react all they like, it was a great point today and I am delighted. I can't explain the comeback. We were really, really lucky," he said.

"We have played better over the previous five games and got nothing. We have needed something to get us off seven points, something to end the run of defeats. We needed a bit of luck or a bit of magic and if this proves to be a turning point I will be delighted.

"I'm not bothered. We got a point. We needed something."

McCarthy also jokingly challenged the assembled media to a fight, after being asked about his battling qualities as a manager.

"I'm up for a scrap if anyone fancies it," he said. "If someone wants one now I'll happily accommodate them."

Despite the nature of his side's late revival, McCarthy also revealed there had been no joyous celebrations in the home dressing room.