With the Neville argument, as someone mentioned above, he put in some fantastic shifts at RB against some wold class wingers. I remember the crunching double tackle he made on Ronaldo against United a few years back, which sparked some life into our season, we came out of that game with a draw if I remember correctly? And on top of that when he saved a goal with his bear hands against the Kop many moons ago. They scored, but how many players would have done that for their club?
I'm actually surprised so many saw him as a bad skipper, there seems to be no inbetween, and I have to say I thought he was vital for the DM era.