Mick McCarthy is likely to stick with a 4-5-1 formation for tomorrow's trip to Colchester.

The system was used to some effect during last weekend's 2-0 win at Crystal Palace.

"The performance and result last week has given me something to think about," he says.

"It did work well and it's something we will consider.

"People say it's 4-5-1 but it's an attacking formation and something we could develop.

"Even as the away team last week we had a good few chances and defensively it makes us stronger and harder to beat.

"If we go away from home, a clean sheet is always a good starting point."

The boss had adopted the same system at the start of the FA Cup game at Cardiff.

Mick added: "It's bizarre because the formation we played at Palace was the same as what we started with at Cardiff. But we were 1-0 down after a minute and then two after ten, so we had to change it.

"But I actually thought in between those two goals we were getting more possession.

"It makes me laugh with tactics - they are great when you are winning and a pile of nonsense when you are losing."

Lets hope that result gets you a great result

I haven't been to the last 2 home game as i was busy for Cardiff and was not prepared to pat Crystal Palaces prices as i thought it was robbery. But from what i heard of people who been is that at Cardiff we was down 2 after 10 mins (obviously) and apparently we was awful at Palace. So i'm not sure with the formation.