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Aston Villa defender Luke Young says new manager Alex McLeish wants to keep things as simple as possible.
The Scottish tactician took the reins from Gerard Houllier this summer after quitting his post at rivals Birmingham City and Young says the main thing the boss wants to do is strengthen things in defence.
“He’s eager for us not to overcomplicate things and just keep it simple,” he told Express & Star.
“It’s key not to make it difficult for ourselves. If there’s not a ball to play, don’t play it. Keep it simple.
“Hopefully as a team we will be a little bit more defensive now too. That’s been one of my bugbears over the years while I’ve been here that we’ve been perhaps a little gung-ho at times and not as solid as an 11.
“We’ve got a back four but you also need to protect your back four. I’m not sure we’ve done that enough over the past few years. But we have been playing with two sitters.
“We’ll see how that goes but it might help the expansive players go up the other end and do what they do best.
“Hopefully that will benefit everybody.”