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Aston Villa<\/p>\n

Birmingham City<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Aston Villa<\/a><\/abbr> defender Luke Young says new manager Alex McLeish wants to keep things as simple as possible.<\/p>\n

The Scottish tactician took the reins from Gerard Houllier this summer after quitting his post at rivals Birmingham City<\/a><\/abbr> and Young says the main thing the boss wants to do is strengthen things in defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s eager for us not to overcomplicate things and just keep it simple,\u201d he told Express & Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s key not to make it difficult for ourselves. If there\u2019s not a ball to play, don\u2019t play it. Keep it simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully as a team we will be a little bit more defensive now too. That\u2019s been one of my bugbears over the years while I\u2019ve been here that we\u2019ve been perhaps a little gung-ho at times and not as solid as an 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a back four but you also need to protect your back four. I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ve done that enough over the past few years. But we have been playing with two sitters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how that goes but it might help the expansive players go up the other end and do what they do best.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully that will benefit everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s kicking off again! Click here for your No1 source for Aston Villa transfer market news and gossip.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa Birmingham City 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. \u201cHe\u2019s eager for us not to overcomplicate things and just keep it simple,\u201d he told Express & Star . \u201cIt\u2019s key not to make it difficult for ourselves. If there\u2019s not a ball to play, don\u2019t play it. Keep it simple. \u201cHopefully as a team we will be a little bit more defensive now too. That\u2019s been one of my bugbears over the years while I\u2019ve been here that we\u2019ve been perhaps a little gung-ho at times and not as solid as an 11. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a back four but you also need to protect your back four. I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ve done that enough over the past few years. But we have been playing with two sitters. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how that goes but it might help the expansive players go up the other end and do what they do best. \u201cHopefully that will benefit everybody.\u201d \u00a0 It\u2019s kicking off again! Click here for your No1 source for Aston Villa transfer market news and gossip. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nVilla\u2019s Young Reveals Mcleish\u2019s Keep It Simple Strategy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/29\/villas-young-reveals-mcleishs-keep-it-simple-strategy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Villa\u2019s Young Reveals Mcleish\u2019s Keep It Simple Strategy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Aston Villa Birmingham City Aston Villa defender Luke Young says new manager Alex McLeish wants to keep things as simple as possible. 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