O’Neil enjoying life at Boro

Gary O’Neil is happy he made the right decision in joining Middlesbrough from Portsmouth last summer. Pompey are flying high in the Barclays Premier League and have also made it through to the final of the FA Cup, where they are firm favourites to beat Cardiff City. And O’Neil wishes his former club all the best – but insists he has no regrets about moving north.

“Obviously I still have a lot of friends down there and I want them top go on and win the cup, but for me it was good to get a change and get some new surroundings,” O’Neil told Boro’s official website.

Middlesbrough have had an inconsistent campaign and are set to finish in the bottom half of the table, but O’Neil is looking to the future with optimism.