Never rated him as more than an average defender. Wouldnt hold that against him if he wasnt so much of a **** off the field. Stupid wage demands, holding the club to ransom over his contract, then doing the same again 4 years later because he's had a run in the team whilst Neville's injured. Also met him a few times, **** when sober, total **** when drunk.
Least he didnt tell us to '**** off' like Roy Carroll did (and thats when he was trying to buy some clothes of us, gratitude eh).
Thats why some players who havent been good for us, such as Fletcher, O'Shea and Smith when we had him, get my respect, because there actually pretty decent guys with their feet on the ground and deserve all the success they get. Darren Fletchers actually a pretty humble and sound guy, so i always wish him luck.
Best footballer i've ever met was Robbie Fowler though, walks into the shop to a barrage of abuse from one or two of the Utd fans (bearing in mind he's played for Liverpool, City and Leeds), and he had a great laugh with us whilst his missis spent his cash. Fair play to the fella.