Overall he's been good, but god knows what he was thinking last night, he completely blew it, he had a team there good enough to beat any of the teams in the competition and he tells them to play like that, completely alien to most of the players on the pitch. None of them are used to resolutely defending against teams cos they all play for top of the table clubs who pass the ball around to keep possession - that's how they defend, not by packing their own box.

I can't believe that a manager of his experience and standing would actually make the decision to do that. When they equalised, we stood no chance of playing any more football because of the length of time we'd not been playing for and cos of the players we had on the pitch.

You can't blame any of the players for playing badly when they're under instruction to do things that are alien to them - although Phillip Neville should be reminded that to tackle someone you have to get near the ball, preferably with your feet and not grab them round the neck with your hands, thereby allowing them to shoot.

I really think that although he's not been a bad manager, last night was bad enough for him to have to go.

Two words, Iain Dowie.