Overview
- Mick McCarthy said he left Saipan after roughly 20 minutes and called the movie "a heap of s***" during a public event in Dublin.
- He used a profanity to refer to Roy Keane while recounting the long-running rift from the 2002 World Cup build-up.
- McCarthy criticized Steve Coogan’s depiction, objecting to the height contrast with Roy Keane and rejecting claims he ‘coached’ Coogan for the role.
- He said the film wrongly paints him as an easy-going, non-competitive figure, adding that reports of him guiding Coogan were inaccurate.
- Niall Quinn said he chose not to see the film and voiced sympathy with McCarthy after hearing it portrays him as a drunk, as the release has revived debate over the 2002 training-camp row.