Wrexham are performing well, and Luke Young has contributed.
Luke Young made a commitment to battle for his spot in the team, and the Wrexham captain is hoping he will stay after working his way back into Phil Parkinson’s plans.
Aside from the 2-0 loss at Chesterfield in August, the midfielder started 34 of the first 35 league games of last season. However, he was only allowed to make four substitute appearances during the final 11 games as Wrexham secured automatic promotion back to the Football League after a 15-year absence.
Young, a competitor on the field, declared in the summer that he would train even harder to try to make a return to the team when Wrexham began the new League Two season, but he wasn’t named in the squad for the side’s opening-day loss to MK Dons.
But since then, Young has played in each game, starting eight times and coming on as a substitute twice in all competitions.
The 30-year-old has started the last six games, and in last Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Doncaster Rovers at home, he netted his first goal of the year.
There is no shortage of competition in the Reds’ midfield and although Young is delighted to be back in the team, he refuses to be complacent and knows he must continue to perform.
“It is always disappointing when you don’t get picked and you are not involved,” said Young, who arrived at The STóK Cae Ras from Torquay United in the summer of 2018 and is the longest serving player in the squad along with goalkeeper Rob Lainton.
“You have just got to do the best that you can to try and get back in the team.
“Whenever I come on or whenever I play, I give everything that I can and try to be the best version of myself which helps the team as much as possible.
“At the end of the day it is not about me, it is about the team and doing that helps the team.
“I have had to bide my time and I have had a nice run in the team the last five or six games but everybody is chomping at the bit to play.
We have so many talented players in the squad that you have to work hard every day in practice and in game to try to hold onto your spot because others are itching to step up and take over.
“It forces you to keep playing and performing well, so as long as I maintain doing that, hopefully we keep performing well as a group. If I do come out for any reason, I will be itching to get back in.
But I’ll make an effort to remain indoors for as long as I can.