Briers played at least one game for Swinton.

As John Guildford (York Chairman) said: "We did not fall out and there was no big issue. It was just not working."

No biggie. I understand frustrations on both sides, but thats just the way it is. Thornton wasn't expecting world beaters every week, just available players when they were promised. Going from 6 on a Tuesday to 0 on a Friday must be frustrating.

No one's begrudging your young lads playing first team (and good on you for playing so many young English lads!).

Jamie Shaul's attitude was shocking at York, but fair play to him for getting into your first team. The less said about Danny Nicklas the better.

Thank you for Jack Briscoe and Dean Hadley, who were both excellent every time they put on a Knights shirt, I hope they both go far (and I hope Jack finds a new club soon).

Thank you also for helping us restart our scholarship and pinpoint players for our excellent U20s team. That in itself is more important than any dual-registered superstar!

Good luck for 2014.

As did Morley.

There's something I don't understand; how did it go from surprise that we weren't offering Briscoe a new deal to not offering him one yourselves?

I think we did, then we got relegated!

York's coach is looking to blame for his ineptitude in getting then relegated, nothing more.

It was never going to work when York wouldn't play Shaul at fb.

Paul Cooke is Donny's coach in 2014. Should be interesting.

and our under 20s coach ...

U19's? Really?

Without looking at the person is I think that's how we should operate with our dual reg club.

We want all our players at every level playing the same way.

I don't believe there is any bad feeling towards Cooke on the part of our present administration so no reason why we can't work with him.

This is the latest chapter that shows up the dual-reg system for the pi[is[/ispotical farce that it is.

It was devised as a cheap way of giving SL fringe players an opportunity to play competitive football. The sooner we revert to an 'A' / Alliance format the better for everyone involved in the game.

I have no issue with the guy, I wish him the very best of luck in a new career. I'd have liked to see him back at Hull after Rovers didn't know what to do with him.

Used to love the Wednesday night A team games at The Boulevard.

It also gave squad players an opportunity to play regular, competitive games including players returning from injury, those that suffered a dip in form and upcoming players from the junior ranks.

Dropping the A team / Alliance was one of the most backward thinking decisions the chairmen have ever made. It's almost as if they'd try anything to avoid admitting they were wrong