Phil Neville
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And then, obviously, five, six years ago, my mum and dad travelled all around for years watching every one of our games.
But then when we retired, literally every single week we'd go and watch Tracy's games, Tracy's coaching games.
My mum and dad travelled to Australia where my dad obviously died and Tracy was coaching the World Championships.
So from that moment, really, me and Philip both went over, obviously, at that time.
And then I think it started to sort of occupy a lot more of our minds, a lot more of our, and we become a lot more aware of what Tracy was doing, the impact that she was having, not just on the sport, but on obviously women's sport as well.
And I think it was beyond that, really, that I started to realise the magnitude of what she was achieving, what she was doing, how good she was, obviously, as a coach and things like that.
And I think, obviously, now with Philip, even from a point of view of in the last few years, Philip's obviously been manager of the England women's team.
You know, the impact that they're having on, or Tracy's obviously not at the moment, but the impact that they've had and are having on women's sport is enormous.
And that's something that I am incredibly proud of.
I have to say, pre-retirement from United,
I didn't recognise most things in my life that were happening around me, Jeff, to be honest with you.
That's something maybe that I could regret now, but I wouldn't change it for the world because it's the way I was.
But since then, definitely what they've both done in terms of coaching and what Tracy's particularly done in netball and Philip, you know, it was a brave decision.
You know, speaking to Philip before he took the England women's job, I remember having conversations with him and he was so determined to go and do it that you've got to say that that's where I think I've become more proud in the last few years of what both of them have done because obviously I've become more...
Not many will be watching if mine and Jeff's previous view figures are anything to go by.
I think he's carried them, I really do.
The goals he's scored, his attitude on the pitch.
Look, Jose keeps rotating the team, he never rotates Zlatan, he plays it every single minute of every single game and they will need him to keep scoring goals from now to the end of the season.
Yeah, I think they did.
They didn't start great.