Gary Neville

It’s been one of the more regular of sights on a football pitch this last five years or so: Gary Neville, Mr Face Like A Smacked Ass, stood with his arm raised, appealing aggressively for an offside position, with everybody else in the stadium knowing that the wretch has played everyone in sight onside by a country mile. You see, Neville’s ability to see in straight lines and tell where he is in relation to the rest of his defensive colleagues is notoriously flawed and I’ve lost count of the number of times where the rest of the back four has moved up in a line to catch the attacker offside while our Gaz has been lagging behind, more interested ...  Read the complete review

Gary Neville. One of the easy targets for criticism in recent times from opposing and even England fans. Firstly he plays for the ultra-hated Man United (my team) and of course he is prone to the odd error. This means that he and his brother Phil take a lot of stick, but in the last year Gary has matured into a much better player and is now starting to shut the critics up. Neville first came into the United team back in 1995 when they realised David may was as effective at right back as Ghandi would be. Neville started to display some solid tackling and provided a useful overlap on the right behind Andrei Kanchelskis. Since then he has gained experience as a ...  Read the complete review

As a United fan I find it hard to believe how Gary Neville gets into the Manchester United team, let alone England. It seems to me that he is no more than an average run of the mill first division player and a jumped up little boy who needs a good slap. Time after time he can be seen in the United back four with his arm raised for offside, when he is actually playing the opposition well onside. Take the game against Deportivo. The other 3 defenders come charging out only for the oppositions forward to waltz through and equalize. Who has played him onside and has his arm raise, you guessed it Gary 'Go sign for someone else' Neville. I really do hope that Ferguson ...  Read the complete review

Gary Neville – Gary Neville is probably, in my opinion, one of the best right backs in the premiership at the moment. Although he has not got much speed, e is an intelligent thinker and he knows what he is doing. He can also play in the centre of defence and he had to do this earlier this season when Jaap Stam was out injured. Neville played very well there and was even man-of-the-match for a few of the games while playing in that position. Another good thing about Gary Neville is the fact that he is around the age of 25 and so he has still got quite a few years left for playing top level football and so England will definitely have a good right back for many years ...  Read the complete review

With Ronny Johnson not fit to play and a lack of any other quality centre back, United were almost forced to play Gary Neville alongside big Jaap. He hasn't looked out of position though and has handled the task in hand very well. There is no doubting his commitment - he could go to any club in Britain for more money and play every game unquestioned - but he is determined to stay with the best and battle week in week out. He has looked extremely competent and has dealt with some of the best strikers in the Premiership and in Europe. He has been awarded the man of the match in many of the away games I hear on the radio and always looks full of confidence and fully ...  Read the complete review