I CANNOT believe that Viv Busby has had yet another go at York City's youngsters.

It's bad enough that he keeps the best four (Lev Yalcin, Bryan Stewart, David Stockdale and Graeme Law) out of the team, but to castigate the others when he consistently praises players like Groves is a disgrace.

I was also horrified to read a piece by Steve Davis in the City programme that the criticism of Groves was unwarranted. What planet is he on?

It seems to me, and most other York City fans, that we are going out of the Conference.

That will be a tragedy, given the amount of time and money that has been invested in saving our once proud club.

The performance against Burton was the worst I have seen in 35 years of supporting City and I see no prospect of it getting any better with Busby in charge. His team selection makes Terry Dolan look like Sir Matt Busby.

Robert Beaumont,

Minskip Lodge,

Minskip,

Nr Boroughbridge,

York.

Updated: 10:50 Friday, January 07, 2005