Clayton Brings Much Needed New Ideas To Continental Park

(Morristown,NJ)- The Morristown 1776 AFC introduced their new caretaker manager, Dan "Red" Clayton yesterday to media gathering, albeit smaller than the news congregation gathering for Bernie Maddoff this morning outside a courthouse.

Clayton has played with the club for a year now and hasn't stayed out of the Continental headlines for a single week of his stay. He burst on to the scene in Spring Training for last summer's MCSSA season, a forward by trade when he arrived and utilized as such by then manager Claudio Cristao, when Ryan Vinton took the job early in the MCSSA campaign he soon moved Clayton to central defender, to fill a nagging weakness at the back.

Clayton mostly played on the defense for the remainder of the summer, although he became one of Vinton's favorite weapons also recording 2 goals when he was utilized getting forward in attack.

Sonn after the final MCSSA match club founder Randao handed him the clubs captain's armband.

In the fall Clayton played for the National #3 Community College at County College of Morris, there he played at a-mid and forward. He also first picked up his nagging leg injury, and was limited in playing for the Continentals in the fall NJSL campaign.

Dan returned with a storm to the 1776 lineup card in their Winter Indoor Matches, netting 4 goals and adding 2 assists before he hit the injury wall just as former manager Ryan Vinton returned from his.

With the exchange of Clayton and Vinton's injury status it made perfect sense to the board of directors and for Vinton to resign as manger and return to field as Clayton now has to take most or all of the spring off from playing he was named as caretaker manager.

Clayton has stated him will switch the team to a defensive 4-4-2, diamond midfield formation with outside mids playing as high wings in at attack , and it still seems embrace Vinton's Total Football stating "I think everybody should know how to play every position and be able to."

Clayton has taken to drawing up gameplans and playbooks and will soon get copies made and sent out to the lads.

Can this new regime lead the Continentals out of the abyss?