Harper: 'I Let Standards Slip'

Steve Harper feared he had played his last game in the Premier League and admits he let his standards slip last season. Steve Harper: "I didn't think a night like that (v Everton) would come again. It looked a long way away. "It was probably a little bit my fault as well. When Tim started last season, I admit I got the hump and let my standards slip. "That's probably the reason I went on loan and wasn't involved. "But the first morning of pre-season the manager asked to see me. He said, 'Have you still got it?' I said, 'Yes'. "He told me if I showed him I still wanted it, there would be an opportunity. So credit to him."  

Source: FOOTYMAD