During his three years in charge of Manchester United's under-23s, Neil Wood could focus on the bigger picture. It was performance rather than points that counted, success judged by the players who went through his side and played for the first team.
The Stretford-born former United academy graduate knew his hometown club inside and out and he could point to plenty of players who made the jump to senior level, both at Old Trafford and to careers throughout the Football League.
There will be more to follow, with Wood, who joined United in 2014 as an under-15s coach, reserving praise for Alvaro Fernandez and Alejandro Garnacho when speaking to the Manchester Evening News this week. But he isn't holding court at Old Trafford now, or at Carrington, but in a small room off a corridor at Partington Sports Village, training base for Class of 92-owned Salford City.
