like Wes Brown, John O'Shea and Rio Ferdinand represent that future"
"If at some stage later in the season the boss needs me, I'll be ready."
"At the start of the season the manager and I had a kind of deal whereby I
would end up playing 20 or 30 games over the whole season and I would be
there to help and be of service to the team if possible. As it turned out because of injury to people like Wes Brown and Rio Ferdinand I played more games than was first intended."