Steve Davis says he cannot wait for the real business to start again.

Steve Davis has told crewealex.net that with the players returning to pre-season training, he cannot wait to get going again. The Alex endured a torrid time in League One last season, finishing bottom of the table and slipping back into League Two after four seasons.

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Steve said: “I have seen the fixtures and now the players are back in, we all looking forward to the new season. I am excited by it.

“Last season was disappointing for everyone but we cannot do anything about that now. We have to look forward and move on quickly. We have to put last season behind us and learn from what happened and put that into the new season.

“We have a group of young players but a number of them have played a lot of games. They are young in age but have the experience of playing a lot of games. They are not young in terms of games played. They now need to push on. Some have stood still and have a big season ahead of them. They have got to show that they are very good League Two players and that they would be good enough for League One.

“We have all got to be doing a lot better and that is our aim.”