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'He came in and developed a new side to us' - Inside Man City U23s' title-winning season ahead of Etihad finale
29.04.2022 - 08:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Brian Barry-Murphy promised a new approach when he was chosen as the man to lead Manchester City's brightest group of young players in a generation. It was a drastic departure in mentality, and maybe not completely in keeping with the club's main philosophy: winning.
His predecessor, Enzo Maresca, had finally brought league and cup silverware to City's promising academy after years of good performances but not so good results. He came in with a promise to the likes of Tommy Doyle, Cole Palmer and Taylor Harwood-Bellis that they were going to win the Premier League 2. And they did, as well as the FA Youth Cup.
Maresca would leave last summer, though, leaving a hard act to follow. Rochdale boss Barry-Murphy made the unusual move from Football League manager to Premier League academy coach, insisting that the academy would return to a focus on coaching and development over winning. His theory was that if that was being done right, then results would follow - and hopefully the silverware would keep coming too.
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Last week, City's talented Elite Development Squad successfully retained the title they won under Maresca, albeit in rather different circumstances. That was a title won by blowing away the opposition, with a largely settled squad led by runaway top goalscorer Liam Delap.
This season has been much more of a struggle at times, with a younger profile of core players supplemented by the likes of Delap, Palmer and others who have been promoted as regular first-team squad members. Many of last season's key players including Doyle, Harwood-Bellis, Felix Nmecha, Adrian Bernabe and Alpha Dionkou were either loaned out or
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