The lads ran their socks into the ground.

The second goal was a great example for any young person who wants to get to the top. That was a fantastic work ethic.

Hopefully now we've put that controversy to bed, just as Rio Ferdinand no longer has to run the gauntlet of those fans who considered he had not signed his new contract quickly enough.

I feel that other issues have been laid to rest, not in a grudging way, but in the spirit I urged, as a truly united football club.

Go and make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.

Everybody hopes they'll drop points. Ourselves, Arsenal and Liverpool are all in the same boat where that's concerned.