It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.

Before games, the smell of burgers wafts down from the stands.

We need to become more ruthless and critical in front of goal.

There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.

Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league title, after all.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.