John Carver has hit back at the ‘ insulting ’ comments of Phil Neville after he accused Newcastle ’ s players of ‘ having their flip-flops on ’ . The former Everton midfielder was critical of United ’ s players following their 3-0 defeat against the Toffees on Sunday . But Carver has launched his own attack on the Match of the Day pundit . Newastle caretaker boss John Carver claims being 'insulted ' by Phil Neville 's comments . Newcastle players take part in a training session ahead of the weekend 's Premier League clash with Arsenal . Ayoze Perez strikes the ball amid suggestions that the Magpies have already given up on their season . Carver has challenged his Newcastle side to prove their critics wrong in their next game . Sammy Ameobi ( left ) and Fabricio Coloccini train , although the Argentine is suspended for next three games . Olivier Kemen appears to take a rest during training on Tyneside on Thursday afternoon . ‘ I was pretty angry when I heard it , because he could n't be any further form the truth , ’ he said . ‘ I think it 's insulting and I think it 's wrong , especially from ex-players . I 'm sure if they were playing now they would n't like the comments , as I did n't . ‘ What I did do was to inform the players about what these people had been saying . I thought it was important that they knew . ‘ Now it 's down to ourselves to show those people out there that we 've not go our flip flops on. ’ Carver has slammed ex-players like Neville for making comments , admitting he was 'pretty angry ' Newcastle keeper Tim Krul takes some kicking practice during the session . Jonas Guiterrez ( left ) jumps over the hurdles while Ryan Taylor breaks into a sprint . Ameobi ( L ) strikes the ball past Jamie Sterry as Newcastle prepare for their end of season run-in . Meanwhile , Carver admits that injuries and suspension has left him with just 13 senior players to choose from for Saturday ’ s visit of Arsenal . ‘ The good news is that I 've not got a selection problem because I 've only got 13 fit senior players , ’ he said . ‘ There 's no sign of anyone coming back in the near future other than Mehdi Abeid who is a week or so away . We 're working on Rolando Aarons , everyone else is more or less long term . ‘ Siem de Jong went outside for a work out for the first time today ( Thursday ) , which was nice to see. ’ Toon players leave the Goodison pitch after being soundly beaten by Everton in their last league game . BBC pundit suggested Magpies were already thinking of their holiday by saying they 'had their flip flops on '
BBC pundit accused Newcastle of already thinking of their summer holidays following next three-0 defeat by Everton . John Carver has slammed Phil Neville 's comments as 'insulting ' Magpies boss wants players to prove their point against Arsenal . CLICK HERE for all the latest Newcastle United news .