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Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy is under fire from the clubs loyal fans following his team selection for last nights 3-0 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The three thousand travelling fans who had made the trip to Manchester chanted ‘We want our money back’, amongst other choice words, when the Wolves team was announced, with no less than ten changes from the side that beat Tottenham 1-0 at White Hart Lane on Saturday.

The argument was further fuelled as United turned in another ‘under’ performance but easy winners, with Wolves fans claiming that a ‘first team eleven’ could possibly have got something out of the game.

The outspoken Wolves manager Mick McCarthy as expected strongly defended his team selection, while claiming to understand the fans frustration, he said; “I have a squad of 21 to pick from and I regard them all as first-team players. It was my strongest team – because it was a team with fresh legs.”

McCarthy who obviously had one eye on this coming weekend’s fixture against Burnley added, “I can understand the fans reaction, but at the end of the season I will be judged on whether Wolves have stayed in the Premier League or not.”

Most fans would agree that a win against Burnley would erase the memory of last night’s game, but should a manager have the right to field a team of non-regular players?

As McCarthy says, he considers his entire squad as first time players and there is really no argument to that, as long as the manager really believes that he has picked his best eleven players for any particular game. There is no way that McCarthy would have expected his selection at Old Trafford to upset Manchester United.