MICHAEL MORTON admitted that he was ‘let down’ by a certain York City player ahead of the 2-2 draw with Altrincham tonight, and confirmed that there had been no interference from Matt Uggla in selecting the starting eleven.

After the team was leaked on an online forum yesterday and speculation grew that Uggla had selected the team for tonight’s match, Morton was quick to shut down the rumour, but did hint that a certain York player had let the manager down tonight.

It’s thought to be midfielder Dan Pybus, who was originally in the squad before being removed, with Pybus said to be of interest to John Askey’s Hartlepool United.

Despite the selection confusion, City did go on to clinch a 2-2 draw with Altrincham after goals from Dipo Akinyemi and Callum Harriott secured a first point of the season for the Minstermen.

“I’m disappointed we didn’t go on and win it, but I’ve just said to the lads there that I thought we put an absolute shift in.” Morton told BBC Radio York.

“There’s a lot of stuff we went on just before the game, some players have let us down, which really annoyed me.

“We had to shuffle the pack a little bit and then them players are critical for what we need to do when players can’t get 90 minutes.

“There was players out there that shouldn’t have played 90 minutes, you could see at the end that we were absolutely flagging.

“We’ve got six players on there that weren’t fit enough, we’ve had to rotate to get the personnel and we’ve had to get Lenny into midfield and Mitch into left-back.

“There was lot to deal with tonight, and they gave absolutely everything. I am just disappointed that we switched off, little bits of information talking about the players coming on, we know one’s a lefty and we’ve passed the information on.

“He’s rolled on in the inside and then they’ve tapped in at the back. I’ve said to them that they’ve had a great game there, but they just need to switch on.

“But they’re young, a bit of work to do but the main thing for me was that we were exciting tonight.

“I stay out of all of that (on Pybus’ rumoured interest from Hartlepool United). We give people an opportunity and they don’t want to take the opportunity, it’s up to them.

“I’m not going to get into it, it’s between us, we’ve had a plan and had a shift from everybody. It’s the job to come and be part of a squad and be part of the players.”

Morton also confirmed that Alex Woodyard had suffered a calf injury in the pre-match warm-ups, before confirming that there had been no interference from Uggla, who had reaffirmed his support in the manager prior to kick-off.

“(Woodyard’s) calf went, he’s had a shot and he hasn’t had a shot in 10 to 15 years because he’s usually sat in front of the back four.

“I’m not too sure how bad it is at the moment, we’ll have to assess that.

“It’s rubbish. We sit down and map everything out, Matt doesn’t even talk to us about the team.

“We talk about other stuff, we talk about what it’s looking like moving forward, I spoke to him and Julie-Anne yesterday and they gave me all of the backing, it was brilliant.

“They knew I was a bit down because I hate losing games and I’m still annoyed we haven’t got anything, but I’ll give absolutely everything.

“They don’t interfere with the team.”