Dartford manager Tony Burman starts planning for next season
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by Andrew Gidley
Dartford boss Tony Burman
started planning for next season this week, holding meetings with
every member of his first team squad.
Burman is poised to fine-tune things at Princes Park after the
Darts just missed out on the play-offs in their first season in the
Ryman League Premier Division and knows he can’t keep
everybody.
He said: "I’m due to see the
players on an individual basis and some will go. I will offer
people terms but if they don’t accept them, they will leave.
"We have got some targets who we
would like to bring in but won’t be rushing things as I think there
will be a lot of players available this summer."
Burman watched former striker Cody
McDonald in action for Norwich in the 4-2 defeat at Charlton on
Sunday as a guest of his father Darren.
The result condemns the Canaries to
the third tier of English football for the first time since 1960
but Burman believes the youngster has already done enough to prove
himself.
He said: "It’s disappointing and a
massive blow for Norwich that they have gone down. They think a lot
of Cody and he has been involved for the last eight or nine
games."
McDonald got his chance just before
half-time at The Valley and Burman added: "He didn’t look out of
place. I saw him on television against Reading and at Charlton and
he didn’t look out of place. Norwich know they have got a good
player there, who will potentially score goals but is still
learning."
Striker Rob Haworth won Burman’s
vote for the Manager’s Player-of-the-Year at the club’s
presentation night. He said: "I think awards like this should be
won over a season, Rob has worked hard and deserved it for his
consistent performances.
"Many of the players did well this
season and voting for all the awards was close."
Wednesday, May 06 2009
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