IT'S A THREE HORSE RACE

Last updated : 02 February 2003 By Editor

From The People:

‘We're up there with Arsenal and Newcastle. We ended up empty handed last season, and there are no excuses for that. Keano summed it up perfectly, simply saying we were failures.

‘Now we are in the Worthington Cup final and are chasing three other trophies. It certainly beats retirement,

‘Thank God I had that change of heart. This is where I truly belong.

‘I just have to look into the eyes of my players to know I made the right decision - they are burning with a desire to win something this season. They are enjoying life at the moment, working their tails off and seeing how they go about it is a real joy for me.

‘There is a great team spirit in our dressing room and you can see that by the way they celebrate the goals they score.

‘There's a great team unity and when United players get in that mood I don't have a fear of what anyone else is capable of doing - I only dream of what we might achieve.

Obviously, I'm hoping Arsenal drop a point here or there but the most important thing is to do your own job. We have got ourselves in a situation now that if we do our own job we are going to be knocking right on that door.’