MIKE PHELAN

Strikers can't score every week, much as they would like to.

I've been in the lower divisions, I've been in the higher divisions so I have got the experience.

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

At times you are going to miss people. When that happens, others have to come to the front and show the calibre that brought them to the club in the first place.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

The target is to win football matches.

It's hard for an up and coming player who has the eyes of Manchester United on them to take that opportunity and then sort of not given the opportunity to break through because of the quality already there.

Many fine coaches never become great managers.

It's not for me to hold any grudges or anything like that.

I would never disrespect anybody who phoned me up or got in contact. I don't work like that.

I've been an assistant for a number of years.

There's no shortage of investment into Manchester United.

We put a big value on the League Cup. We've never set out to demean the League Cup.

I was offered the opportunity at the Mariners to pass on my experiences and wisdom in order to develop the football club back into the football club that it once was.

We have to be more courageous and braver and sometimes take a knock. You can't just be a pretty boy, you have to get your body or something on it. When it is a one-on-one situation you have to carry out that duty.

I'm quite open and proud enough to listen to anything really. Be it home, abroad, Premier League, Championships or below that. It's not a worry. I've been in the game long enough so I know how to pitch myself in comfortably anywhere.

You've got to be greedy in this game and to keep pushing.

There's no excuses for over-drinking.

Decision making is always top of the tree when it comes to the big football clubs and where it takes you.

I had experience in abundance at Manchester United and it's up to me to bring that here to Hull.

The players have to understand how it feels to be fatigued and then go again.

You have to master the ball, play with confidence and play with character and courage.

Berbatov is a great talent, there is no question about that, and as coaches and managers we demand more from great talents.

Managing people is no different wherever you are.

I had a fantastic career at Manchester United.