Quotes by Darren Fletcher

“I havent seen the article but people have told me about it and its nice to hear.”

“We were disappointed we didnt retain the ball as much as we wanted,”

“You can see the progress we are making under Walter and if we can match that work rate and spirit with a bit more quality in terms of retaining the ball and creating chances, then we can go far as a team.”

“[There was also support for Rooney from his team-mate, the Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher.] You dont want to rein in Waynes hunger because it sometimes spurs him on and makes him play better when things are not going his way, ... He has something inside him you do not want to take away because that is when he is at his best.”

“Hes the most naturally gifted player I have seen in my life. And Keane is still our main man. Even at 34 hes still dominating games.”

“I am desperate to play and if there is a chance I can, even if it is still bothering me, then I will definitely play... it is just whether or not I risk damaging it more.”

“The goals were top class - just incredible.”

“Spurs have a lot of young players and a lot of quality, and they are progressing in the right way under (manager) Martin Jol and were going to have to be on the top of our game to beat them.”

“Fair play to them, they have been doing very well but we are going to try to catch them. We have picked up since last month. The results were not that bad but the fact we lost to Blackburn made the results before that, the two draws, look even worse than they were because we lost a lot of ground.”

“You cant blame anybody, especially Kenny. Its his goals that have got us to within a chance of qualifying.”