Don’t rule out Mick McCarthy returning to the touchline
Whatever you do when you speak to Mick McCarthy do not ask him if he is enjoying retirement.
You will get a stare that will tell you he is far from putting his feet up after leaving Blackpool in April, his ninth managerial position.
He said: "If something comes up I will consider it but I'm in the happy position where I have never had to apply for a job in my career so we will see.
"I am happy doing cycling and keeping fit, spending time on the golf course with my mates but there is nothing like working in football so I wouldn't rule anything out."
Of those nine managerial jobs, nearly six years was spent at Wolves, getting them to the Premier League at the third attempt in 2009 when they won the Championship.
He kept them in there next season for the first time since the Premier League was formed, in fact enjoying two successive seasons there, with wins over the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.
McCarthy was in Stourbridge for an event hosted by his former goalkeeper and Sky Sports pundit Matt Murray, attended by many fanatical Wolves fans not just from the West Midlands but around the country. It was very clear the affection in which he is still held by them, and Murray,
He was only to happy to talk about the modern era at Molineux and the job Gary O'Neil is doing.
