1.   He cultivated a bad boy reputation, speaking freely about his abuse of alcohol, his homosexuality, his penchant for gambling and his kinship with gangsters.

2.   He insists that his party boy reputation is overblown.

3.   McCarthy admits that his bad boy reputation may be counting against him.

4.   The former England captain was particularly irritated by Illingworth intimating that he would not be welcome in the England set-up because of his wild boy reputation.