Manchester United take on Hull in the final game of the season, knowing that if they win, Steve Bruce’s side will be relegated.

If Newcastle win, Hull’s result against us won’t make any difference to their title hopes, but if Newcastle draw or lose, Hull will stay up with a victory over United, as their goal difference is superior by seven.

It’s going to go down to the wire like I always said it would but we have still got a chance and we’ve got to believe we’ve got that chance. First we’ve got to beat Manchester United, which is never easy, but there have been some strange results recently so let’s hope we can get a result and a favour elsewhere. What Sam does with his team is his business but knowing Sam the way I do he will want to win the game just like every week – the honesty and integrity of this league is there for anyone to see. They (Newcastle) have still got a huge advantage because the onus is on us to win the game. But if we can put pressure on and get in front then of course the pressure all sort of blows back to the north-east. But we’ve still got a big job to do and that’s turn over Manchester United which is never easy. I think the one thing you can’t level at the players is that they’re not up for the fight – of course they are. The thing is at this stage you need more than fight – you need to perform and perform well. There’s fight in us but we’ve got to perform as well. If we can play to the maximum and it’s not quite good enough I think everyone will accept that. But I hope we can play well and get the bounce of the ball and it will be our day.