Now that Scott and Suj have joined the management group amid this period of transition for the club, I feel I am best suited to ensuring that the player pathway from u18s through to the 1st team is maintained. The young player success stories of the past 6/7 years are hugely significant and provide the foundation to the club's DNA. The club is centred around young player development and providing a proven pathway, and I am committed to ensuring that the great success stories of the past can also be replicated in the future. Under the new management structure, the players from last season’s u23s group as well as some from the u18s, will now have an even more visible prospect of playing 1st team football. It will be down to Myself and Tommy to ensure as many as possible maximise this opportunity. Therefore I am excited to take up an Assistant manager role in order to spread my time to continue to oversee the u18s, and Tommy will take up the role of 1st team head coach.