Mc Carthy doesn't inspire too much confidence in me, it was He that ran to the press back in the Saipan 2002 days whenever he had an issue with Keane.
Granted they were both like Babies throwing their toys out of the pram, but it was Keane's dismissal rather than Mc Carthy's leadership (which he took full credit fer) which inspired the Boy's in Green in to a last 16 spot, then they played Spain off the field, Ian Harte even missing a penalty, only to lose out in a penalty shoot-out.
There were players on that team that night that had never ever played like that before (Gary Breen being a prime example) a moderate player in his day and a journeyman, but he put in some performance that night and it wasn't Mc Carthy that inspired them, it was Keane's dismissal that inspired them.