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.
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