It wasn't a monkey on my back, it was Planet of the Apes.

No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret but no, no regrets.

At the moment we've only got 16 first-team players and my initials stand for Mick McCarthy, not Merlin the Magician (the new Wolves manager gets the excuses in early!)

I had a nice time over Christmas. I watched EastEnders - blimey, that makes my job look easy!

I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey.

Inter have bought the finished article and there's no doubt he can keep improving.

We're football people, not poets, but obviously I'm disappointed with the result.