We were hopeless, says McCarthy
Mick McCarthy slammed his Wolves side's dismal display after they lost 1-0 to relegation-threatened Plymouth.
Wolves went into the game at Molineux on the back of a run of just one win from their last 10 league games.
And all the signs were there that it would be 11 before the afternoon was out when Paul Gallagher acrobatically put Plymouth ahead courtesy of a superbly-taken opener after merely 40 seconds.
Wolves enjoyed plenty of possession throughout the encounter but failed to really cut the visitors open, with Pilgrims goalkeeper Romain Larrieu rarely threatened.
"We were hopeless, let's cut to the quick, the way we played we were hopeless and we didn't deserve anything from the game," said McCarthy.
"I could be talking about penalty decisions, the scramble at the end – but the reality is we didn't deserve to win and Plymouth did.
"We gave them a goal, let them sit back and we didn't play well."
However, if Wolves appear to be buckling under the pressure of the promotion race, then so do their rivals.
Birmingham lost yesterday, Reading and Cardiff also lost while Bristol City drew. "They're obviously as poor as us," commented the Wolves boss.
Asked whether his side could string a run of results together needed to secure promotion, McCarthy remained positive, adding: "We've done it twice before. But form doesn't suggest it, of course not.
"At some stage we have to win a game."
