Phil Neville Quotations

There are no excuses and there will be no excuses on Wednesday night in a game for the fans. It is a massive game for the players as well, a derby match and our biggest game of the season.

I spoke to Alex Ferguson and it was made clear that I wasn't going to get enough football next season,

When James is fit and he's on fire, with the amount of running that he does, he can carry a whole back four on his own.

There is only one Alex Ferguson, but there are similarities,

I was frustrated last season, he knew that, and we came to an agreement that it would be best if he gave me permission to talk to other clubs.

That's the way we have to play, ... Our fans won't accept anything else. Once we get out on the pitch, the manager and the club demand that way of playing anyway. We need to score goals. If we score four, we need to score five.

I think it's been an excellent tour, ... People expected us to come to America and probably not be as popular as in other parts of the world, but it has astonished us, the level of support we've received. The crowd lifted us in every game. We did a lot of traveling and a lot of hard training.

Those comments didn't surprise me one little bit - some clubs have different agendas,

I hope they both stay up. Jobs and careers are on the line if you go down into the Championship. The wages aren't as big but it's not as bad for the players, the staff who are affected more.

I look at someone like Giggsy and he is an inspiration to all of us.