GARY O’Neil described Neto as a “leader”, but played down suggestion of the goalkeeper being a key difference-maker against Newcastle. Asked how big a role the 33-year-old played in earning the draw against Eddie Howe’s Magpies,
Gary O’Neil said: “A lot of people have asked me about Neto. It’s a bit of a whirlwind when you’re on the side, but I don’t remember any massive saves where I think ‘we’ve got away with one there’. I felt fairly comfortable. Of course there are moments and at the end of the first half there was a sequence of set plays. I remember them having a long distance one that he had to tip over or around the post. Nets was really good for us. He’s a leader. He helps with the organisation of the back-line. But I didn’t feel like he was ever flat-out keeping us in it, to be honest.”
