Grayson er tilfreds med hvordan gutta responderte i går. I tillegg forteller han om prøving av nye formasjoner:
United manager Simon Grayson declared himself happy with the response from his players after Saturday's 5-0 success at Hartlepool United.
The boss had demanded a "massive improvement" from his players after Tuesday's 4-0 hiding at Bury, and they responded by putting five without reply past hapless Hartlepool at Victoria Park.
Luciano Becchio scored twice while Robert Snodgrass, Jonny Howson, pictured celebrating, and Bradley Johnson also netted for United against the League One side.
"I asked for a response from the players and was pleased with what we got," said the boss.
"There's still plenty to work on, but they showed everything they didn't show at Bury in midweek and there were a lot of positives to take from the game.
"Defensively we were sound as a team, we passed it around well, created plenty of opportunities, and we scored some terrific goals.
"Luciano will take confidence from his goals, but three of our midfielders scored as well which is really encouraging.
"It was good from a confidence point of view as well because players perform better when they are confident."
Grayson changed his system for the game and Becchio played in a lone role down the middle with Lloyd Sam and Snodgrass offering support from the flanks. Howson and Johnson also pushed on to support the front man.
"Some people will say it's a 4-5-1, but I would say it's a 4-3-3," said the boss.
"It's flexible and pre-season is all about looking at different options and trying different things.
"It was a system which worked for us on the day, but that's not to say that we would play that every week.
"It's all about looking at things, seeing what you can do, what you can do better, and progressing as a team.
"I'd asked for a response after Bury and we got that. I can't have any complaints."
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