Source: Team_Talk
McCarthy vows to field strong team
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has said he will not be fielding a weakened team at Manchester United this year.[LNB] McCarthy was given a £25,000 suspended fine by the Football Association after making 10 changes to his team for this fixture last year, with the intention of keeping his players fresh for a match against Burnley five days later.[LNB]"We were certainly singled out," McCarthy said.[LNB]"Others have done it, and I did it and everybody found it suddenly really distasteful.[LNB]"If we'd have won, nothing would have come of it. And actually, we put up a good show."[LNB]More than 10 months after the incident, McCarthy believes the FA set a dangerous precedent by imposing the sanction.[LNB]"I wonder if I'd get away with nine changes," he joked.[LNB]"I don't know, I'll have to ring somebody at the Premier League offices and ask what I can do."[LNB]After Wolves beat Manchester City on Saturday and performed well in their 3-2 defeat against Sir Alex Ferguson's men in the Carling Cup last Tuesday, McCarthy thinks they have a fighting chance against their hosts.[LNB]He said: "I think the performance we had at Old Trafford gave us plenty of confidence and belief, as did the one we had as Stamford Bridge (where they lost 2-0).[LNB]"They have probably led to the result we got against Manchester City.[LNB]"If all those things help then we should be in better shape going to Old Trafford.[LNB]Until their win against Roberto Mancini's team, Wolves had been playing well without reward, something McCarthy had not been too worried about.[LNB]"I've been saying that if we were playing rubbish and getting beaten every week then we'd got no chance - we might as well pack up and go home," he said.[LNB]"But we weren't, we were playing well but not getting the bit of luck that you need to win.[LNB]"We probably had that last week."[LNB]Despite injuries to Nani and Darren Fletcher, as well as Wayne Rooney's absence, McCarthy does not think his team will get an easy ride on Saturday .[LNB]"We're going to Old Trafford, for God's sake," he said.[LNB]"Manchester United at Old Trafford - it has quite an ominous ring, doesn't it?[LNB]"I'm not bothered what team they put out, they've always got fabulous players and the best manager.[LNB]"It's a good recipe for success."[LNB]
