Phillips: I've got a bit left in me

07 February 2010 16:05
Blues trailed to a Kevin Doyle strike before 36-year-old Phillips turned the match on its head with a double in the last 10 minutes.[LNB]Phillips felt the goals helped repay the faith shown in him by boss McLeish.[LNB]He told Sky Sports: "I think I showed I still have a bit left in me. People write you off over 30 but I am 36 now and I think I showed I can still do a job.[LNB]"It is just nice to get on the pitch. I have not had much game time lately.[LNB]"I said to myself I would have to be patient this year. I knew I would get my chance.[LNB]"You have to be mentally strong. You have to keep believing you will get your chance.[LNB]"It is a short career and I know I am not too far away from retiring.[LNB]"I want to play for as long as I possibly can at the highest level and moments like today make me want to play for longer."[LNB]McLeish believes Kevin Phillips' heroics against Wolves was a reward for assurances offered to the striker over his future at St Andrews.[LNB]He told Sky Sports: "He has been injured a couple of weeks and maybe has not played as much in the first half of the season as he would have liked.[LNB]"The team was going well, I wanted to gather a bit of momentum, I wanted to build confidence and Kevin, as players do, lost a bit of morale at not playing.[LNB]"But I spoke to Kevin after the transfer window closed and said he still had a big part to play.[LNB]"By goodness he has given us a fantastic return."[LNB][LNB]

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