Darren Fletcher is the type of player who would walk over hot coals to play for his country, and he has done

I don’t know if Barcelona have ever gone to a place like the Britannia Stadium and suffered the kind of onslaught from Tony Pulis’ team of long throws and free-kicks or been up to a place like Blackburn and been beaten up by their long ball into the box.

My school was 17 years as a player and another 16 watching more games probably than any coach has - all over the world, all systems. I couldn't go to school and write it down for people who are far less experienced, telling me what to do and how to do it.

The one thing that tackle wasn't was high and dangerous.

People say footballers have terrible taste in music but I would dispute that. In the car at the moment I've got The Corrs, Cher, Phil Collins, Shania Twain and Rod Stewart.

It's a lot harder to play football when you haven't got the ball.

If you gave Arsene Wenger eleven players and told him to pick his team, this would be it.