Everton FC have no use for regret, says Phil Neville

22 March 2010 08:00
Phil Neville[LNB]PHIL NEVILLE today demanded that Everton shelve regrets about their early season sluggishness until the summer, as they continue to chase European football.[LNB]The skipper, who made his 200th appearance for the Toffees in the 2-0 win over Bolton, says there is no room for regret and only 100% focus will lift Everton into a top six place.[LNB]The Blues rose to eighth in the Premier League thanks to the victory over Owen Coyle's side at Goodison, but must still win the majority of their remaining fixtures to achieve European qualification.[LNB]He said: 'We can't afford to look back and the table doesn't lie - our form in the first half wasn't good enough to be up there.[LNB]'But there was no panic because we knew when everyone was fit we could beat anyone on our day, and we have proved it.[LNB]'The challenge now is to finish really strongly and not let it just peter out.[LNB]'The manager's challenged us to finish in a European place, which looks massive, but if we play as well as we can then it's within our reach.[LNB]'Back in October, when we were going through such a patch where you couldn't see a win coming and the lads in there were fighting for their lives, the manager said it was a question of survival because we knew with everyone back we'd be a match for most.

Source: Liverpool_Echo