Neville sought to clarify his point by saying: “When Michael gets announced I think, ‘okay he's going to come under a lot of pressure, needs to make sure his information on the training pitch is sh*t hot’. If he'd have just brought in Woodgate and Evans that would have made his job a lot harder I think.”
Keane asked: “Going back to what I said earlier, with Steve Holland, you think what United need at this moment in time, is it just about coaching then?” Neville replied with: “My point is, if Steve Holland is on the training pitch at least you know they're going to get top class training sessions. I'm not saying they weren't before because they probably were as well. I don't know what Evans or Woodgate are like as coaches, don't know what Carrick is like as a coach. My point is he has a lot of experience, are you against the appointment of Steve Holland?”
Keane said: “On one hand you're sitting here going, ‘I'm so happy they brought Steve Holland in’, but they brought another two staff in who you're dismissing as ‘I'm not really bothered about them’. I wish we were sitting here with you saying he's brought three staff in and they're all brilliant, so we think Steve Holland is the man now?”
After Neville pointed out that Holland as “got a lot of experience” and is “a good coach”, Keane bit back with: “Steve McClaren was experienced, Mike Phelan was experienced, these are all guys over the last few years.”