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Everton defender Lucas Neill has urged his team-mates not to dwell on Saturday's 3-0 reverse to Manchester United at Old Trafford.
And the Australian international knows that the best way of banishing the memory of defeat is to win the very next game; and that game comes hot on the heels of Saturday's fixture.
Speaking exclusively to evertonTV, Neill said: "We've got to bounce back straight away and that's what it's all about now.
"So now we move on and Hull is definitely a game that we need to win and to push ourselves up the table."
The 31-year-old was starting his third game since joining the Blues in September and is enjoying the rivalry amongst his team-mates as he bids to keep his place.
Three other players – Tony Hibbert, John Heitinga and Dan Gosling – have all played in the right-back position this term, and Neill knows he has his work cut out to keep his place, but he says that competition for places is healthy.
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"It's always nice to play and you've just got to keep working in training and wait for your chances,” he said. “When you get the chance to play, you've got to try and put a good workload in.
"It's not up to me to decide whether I did enough to be selected for the next game. I hope I've put something in the manager's mind to keep getting picked.
"It is a friendly rivalry and it's kind of good for the manager because he gets to have the choice of having various players to play in the positions.
"Unfortunately, he doesn't have Johnny (Heitinga) and me available for Europe, but hopefully that is something that will come in January and we'll be knocking on the door for places in Europe and in the league."
To see the whole exclusive interview with Lucas Neill, click here.
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carl mooney
my starting 11 would be howard neill jags heitinga baines billy arteta cahill pienaar yak saha but rodwell will be pushing hard to get in oh and we can not sell him that would be madness future best player in the world
Agree with carl?
Wednesday 25th Nov 2009 09:41