On the bench again last night and when he got on Jake played right full back! Does anyone else think we've seen the last of these two in Alty shirts? To me it looks like Young's policy at Stockport last summer when he wanted rid of all the contracted players but obviously couldn't sack them without paying their contracts up. The other option is to not play them until they're fed up enough to ask for a move....job done! Surely Jake should be playing before someone like Joyce, who couldn't get in Southport's team and ended up at Stalybridge for crying out loud. The manager has history for wanting his own squad and this answers the question of why the likes of Clee and Deasy were released.
Personally I didn't see too many positives last night. If I remember correctly we only managed one shot on target in the whole game and never stretched their defence. I know they're good players or they wouldn't be at United but surely we should have been able to put more pressure on them.
The whole scenario of Young in charge reminds me of when I was watching City in the late 70's/early 80's when Malcolm Allison returned. In order to show everyone what a great coach he was he decided to get rid of all the experienced, international players and bring in unknowns, including a lad from Worcester to replace players like Peter Barnes, Gary Owen and Dave Watson to name a few.
I have to say I am not at all optimistic about the coming season and think we will do well to finish anything higher than 18th. Like Allison did all those years ago, I think Young has got rid of too many experienced players and replaced them with lads who are not up to this level. I hope I'm proved wrong but at this moment in time....!