Joint managers Glenn Walker and Nick Armitage say their piece after the end of their joint partnership.

Walker: "Nick was a manager in the Mid-Cheshire League, which is four levels of the pyramid below the Unibond League and the gulf between them, contrary to what people believe, is vast.

We did not work out as a team and I felt that Nick wanted the team to go in a different direction to what I wanted.

Experience at this level and knowledge of players who can play at this level is vital.

Unfortunately, we had major differences on certain players, which could not be resolved.

Some of the lads are very young and it was a big step to throw them in the deep end. I like to introduce young players gradually because they get disheartened when results go against them. It's a slow process.

Without a shadow of a doubt the situation between us was affecting the players.

It came down to a decision by the committee about which direction they wished to take. It wasn't a difficult decision from what I've heard.

I'm pleased they've stuck with me. It's a difficult club to manage with the budget we have but people should judge us at Christmas when things have settled down. We hope we won't be fighting relegation.

It depends on who we sign but we are in talks with three or four players."

Armitage: "The partnership went okay last year but in pre-season I wanted to introduce some of my own ideas.

They seem to want to pay big money to people that can't get in at Marine and Burscough.

With the small budget we had, I wanted to give a chance to the young lads in the reserves.

We have lads that are good but they will end up somewhere like Burscough if they don't get a chance. People weren't so keen and it wasn't working out, so Dave Hughes and Derek Brownbill had three options.

They could stick with Glenn after three unsuccessful years and I would go, they could pick me and I would have wanted Glenn to stay on in some capacity, or they could have gone with a new manager and I would have stayed until they got him in place.

They wanted to keep things happy because it was close to the season, so I agreed to do the first two games. But we were poor in the second game, and I went back to Dave Hughes and said you need to make a decision.

They decided to stay loyal to Glenn. They didn't want me to leave but I felt they should have chosen me or a new manager.

There are a lot of problems that need sorting out and if they don't, they'll be fighting relegation again this year."