The Wolves boss rested ten players for his side's trip to Man Utd, and the fans are going mental, accusing him of giving up on the game and screwing the Wolves fans who paid for a ticket. Give me a break.
What did the average Wolves fan expect from a Tuesday night visit to Old Trafford? Especially after the champions had lost at home a few days before? Most would have taken 3-0 before kick-off.
What McCarthy has done could turn out to be one of the best decisions made by any manager this season.
After a 1-0 win away to Spurs, the Wolves team is buzzing, and the last thing they need for morale is a footballing lesson by the likes of Gibson and Obertan. The players are also protected from any Scholes-esque tackles which would have got them injured for the christmas fixture run-in. On top of all that, the 11 he put out weren't that bloody bad.
Fans who listened to McCarthy before the game would have heard that he expected nothing less than a tanking tonight, so should have prepared themselves accordingly. And £42 is the price you pay to sit in Old Trafford and watch one of the best teams in the world, you're supposed to just enjoy the spectacle and if you feel you deserve an evenly-matched game for your money, you're a moron.
Wolves have one goal this season: stay in the Premier League, and by resting his best side tonight, McCarthy has the best possible chance of winning a crucial game against Burnley this weekend and taking another step towards safety. Teams like his win at Old Trafford once in a blue moon, and when the league is a tight as this, you work to those probabilities. If they stay up, and I think they will, the manager is a genius, and all the fans who are accusing McCarthy of screwing them will, come May, fondly remember the night away to Man Utd, when he saved them.
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