Gary Neville is tired of the explanations that follow England's exits at major championships. The Manchester United defender says England must deliver this time in Germany -- with or without Wayne Rooney.
"There can be no excuses this tournament for us," Neville said. "No bad decisions, no missed penalty, no poor performance. They're things you have to cope with. You have to take the opportunities when they come. The make or break moments in this tournament we have to make our own."

Neville missed the 2002 World Cup because of an injury. He knows this is realistically his last chance of winning a major trophy with his nation.
England opens against Paraguay on June 10, and also plays Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in Group B. Rooney, Neville's teammate at Manchester United, is recovering from a broken bone in his right foot and is doubtful for the group games.
"I'm not sitting here saying that Wayne Rooney is not going to be a loss to us," Neville said. "He will be, but not a terminal loss to the point that we might as well not turn up at a World Cup.
"I think sometimes positives come out of negatives. You know when he's there, how we're going to play. Now, I don't think anybody knows how we're going to play, and that's maybe a good thing."
Neville noted that Brazil managed without Ronaldinho in the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup and went on to win its fifth title.
"You would say that's a great handicap, but it still didn't stop them and you have to be good enough to cope with those things during a World Cup if you have aspirations of winning it," he said.
Neville made his England debut in 1995 and went to the 1996 European Championship when he was 20. He thinks England should have won -- it lost on penalty kicks in the semifinals to Germany -- and doesn't shy away from harsh analysis of his country's international pedigree.
At the 2004 European Championship, England lost on penalty kicks to host Portugal in the quarterfinals. At the 2000 tournament, it exited after the group stage.
At the 2002 World Cup, England lost to 10-man Brazil in the quarterfinals. Four years earlier in France, England lost in the round of 16 to Argentina on penalty kicks, a game in which David Beckham was sent off.
"We were probably a quarterfinal team in that tournament, but then again, you hear the excuses of 'Oh, we had Becks sent off,' but we lost against Romania in the group stages, which meant we had to play Argentina instead of taking an easier path," Neville said. "You shoot yourselves in the foot."
Neville wants England to show more authority to avoid a repeat of the defeat in Portugal.
"With 10 minutes to go and 1-0 up, we should have seen that game out, really, and been a bit more assertive in our performance," Neville said. "If not, the same thing will happen to us again."
With players from England's 1966 World Cup-winning team featured in advertisements in Britain, Neville said the constant reminder of past success should be a spur rather than a burden.
"Until another England team wins a major tournament, you're always going to have history rammed down your throats," he said. "It's right that team gets mentioned as being English football. ...
"Until another team creates those moments, they will be always be the lasting moments. Until an England team does go and do it ... we're going to be a `nearly' team."

Defender Gary Neville will miss England's final World Cup warm-up game against Jamaica on Saturday due to a hamstring problem.

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson told a news conference on Friday: "Gary is not training with us or playing tomorrow. Monday he will start again.

"But it's only protective, he has a small problem with one leg but it's nothing to worry about. He will be fully fit on Monday.

"He's had the problem for a while so the masseurs, physios and doctor decided to take him out for four days and it should make him well."

Neville missed training for a second day on Friday, having come off at halftime in England's 3-1 friendly win over Hungary on Tuesday at Old Trafford. He was replaced in his position by Jamie Carragher, who is expected to deputise against Jamaica.

Eriksson has no straight replacement in his squad at right back, meaning that Carragher or Owen Hargreaves would have to fill in at the finals if the problem continued.

England open their World Cup campaign in Group B against Paraguay on June 10. The group also includes Trinidad & Tobago and Sweden.

Gary Neville has admitted he would swap the possibility of winning 100 England caps for achieving World Cup glory this summer.

Neville, 31, has appeared 78 times for his country since making his debut 11 years ago and seems set to fill the right-back berth for the foreseeable future and long enough to top the century mark.

But the Manchester United defender is aware he will not be remembered for such a feat but instead will go down in history if England lift football's biggest prize on July 9 in Germany.

Neville said: "It's okay amassing a great number of caps, maybe getting to a century, but people forget about caps. They get a mention every so often in a quiz or some sort of statistical book.

"What I think people remember is players who play in teams that win things. Everyone talks about England - and everyone talks about 1966 - absolutely everyone.

"Even coming into this tournament, the players from 1966 are all wheeled out. They are all talking about their experiences, they are all getting commercial deals and they are all getting adverts.

"They will carry on doing adverts for the next four years unless we win it - and rightly so. They should be bragging for ever more. They have won a World Cup. It's the biggest tournament that you can win.

"It was the same with United. The 1968 European Cup-winning team was always mentioned in Manchester and rightly so because they won the European Cup and now the 1999 team gets mentioned.

"I think it's the same with England. Until another England team wins a major tournament, you are always going to have previous and history rammed down your throats.

"All we have got to do is think about playing in and winning that game on July 9, every single player, because that is the only way you are ever going to be remembered as a great England team."

Manchester United's Gary Neville is annoyed at the F.A after they did not manage to meet there own deadline, regarding the players appeal against improper conduct.

The incident that the defender was fined for took place on 22nd January, when Neville celebrated Manchester United's last minute goal against Liverpool infront of the travelling fans at Old Trafford.

Orginally the 5000 (GPB) fine was given to the player in February, which he beleived to be unfair, remarking, "I do not think it constituted improper conduct or bringing the game into disrepute, which is why I am appealing the FA decision.

"I still believe that my goal celebration against Liverpool at Old Trafford has been blown out of all proportion"

Neville attended the appeals commission at Soho square, but was disappointed with the procedure, saying, "During the commission, the appeals board and the FA's own representatives accepted that the FA had failed to meet their own deadlines but decided to carry on with the hearing as normal"

The player added, "As far as I'm concerned, that sets a dangerous precedent, if the FA, who base themselves on transparency and fairness, do not suffer any consequence for failing to abide by their own rules, then I can only assume that players will be treated the same way in future.

United captain Gary Neville would consider the end of his career "a failure" if he did not win another Premiership title.

The 31-year-old defender, currently on England duty, lifted his first trophy as club skipper in the Carling Cup final at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday.

United haven't won the league since 2003 and, with Chelsea so far ahead in the current title race, would have to wait until at least 2007 to claim the trophy for a ninth time.

"If I stay here for three, four or five more years and United did not win more leagues, I would definitely have to say that the end of my career was a failure," Neville told the club's official magazine, United.

"This club has got to win trophies and I would be seriously disappointed if we weren't to add more league medals to our collections.

"I would feel that I had not quite achieved everything I want to in my career."

United will look to strengthen the midfield in the summer and add a consistency to match Chelsea's proficiency week after week in league football.

Neville is confident that United have the talent to blossom into a successful team.

"We have the talent in the dressing room, as we have shown in spurts this season," he said.

"Where we have won championships in the past is through consistency and we have just not had that.

"You have to be optimistic though when you have got the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney at the club; they are such talented individuals.

United skipper Gary Neville says he would regard the end of his playing career a 'failure' if he didn't lift the Premiership as Red Devils skipper.

Neville lifted his first trophy as captain on Sunday when he led United to Carling Cup victory at the Millennium Stadium. But he knows the domestic cup that matters most to United fans.

Neville: 'If I stay here for three, four or five more years and United did not win more leagues, I would definitely have to say that the end of my career was a failure.

'This club has got to win trophies and I would be seriously disappointed if we weren't to add more league medals to our collections.

'I would feel that I had not quite achieved everything I want to in my career.'

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has backed his captain Gary Neville to come through if he gets a barrage of abuse at Anfield on Saturday.

Neville was criticised for his exuberant goal celebrations right in front of Liverpool fans when United beat their rivals in the Premier League last month thanks to Rio Ferdinand's last-minute goal.

"With the two games being so near there is a big focus on his celebrations of that goal," Ferguson told a news conference on Friday.

"But that will drive Gary on and (United's former Everton striker) Wayne Rooney and I are delighted by it.

"There has been a lot made of it but Steven Gerrard celebrated in more or less the same way in a derby game with Everton. Robbie Fowler did the same during a derby game with Manchester City.

"Players celebrate goals emotionally and I would rather have that than a cold fish who runs back to the halfway line and ties up his bootlaces."

Ferguson has called for referee Howard Webb not to be influenced by the crowd's reaction to Neville.

"I hope it doesn't get to the point where it affects the referee," said Ferguson.

United have not been beaten by Liverpool in the FA Cup for 85 years and Ferguson says matches with the Merseyside club are his favourite encounters.

"When I first came to England I knew that if I was going to be successful the one thing I had to do was finish above Liverpool," said the Scot.

"That was my target and I achieved it. Some of the younger fans may not remember those days but I haven't forgotten and that's what makes this game so important."