When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.

I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.