Richard Cresswell who is currently on loan at Preston North End after it was decided that his chance of first team football at City was slim, has launched a scathing attack on city manager Peter Taylor.

Cresswell is among a number of City players who have fell foul of Taylor's axe with the list including, Tony Cottee, Steve Walsh and more recently Phil Gilchrist, who have all been shown the door under the new Taylor regime.

Cresswell moved to City from Sheffield Wednesday at the beginning of the season in a deal worth £850,000 but soon found himself right at the back of the striking queue behind the likes of Ade Akinbiyi and even new boy Dean Stuurridge.

The facts are startling with Cresswell only playing 561 minutes of football for city this season in 13 matches of which he only started in 5. His contribution to the goal tally? 1, against York in that FA Cup 3rd round game in January. This was why the decision to put him out on loan at Preston was taken at the beginning of March.

Cresswell though insists that he was not given a fair crack of the whip by Taylor and said, "When Peter Taylor bought me he rated me - he picked me for England Under-21s, but after eight months, I haven't been given a chance to show what I can do.

"At least at Preston I will be playing for a manager who has real faith in me."

Taylor is currently on duty with the England coaching team and has yet to comment.