Friday 12th August 2005
I HOPE YOU HAVE ALL ENJOYED YOUR SUMMER BREAK AND LIKE ME LOOKING FORWARD TO THE START OF A NEW SEASON.DURING THE BREAK THERE WAS SOME MAJOR DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE BOARD AND DARTFORD COUNCIL ,THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE BEING PLANNING PERMISSION BEING GRANTED FOR THE NEW GROUND.THIS HAS GIVEN EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH DFC A MASSIVE BOOST WHICH WILL ENABLE ALL OF US ON AND OFF THE FIELD TO START THE NEW CAMPAIGN WITH THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL DEFINITELY ON .THE BOARD ALSO APPOINTED ME AS THE NEW MANAGER WHICH YOU ALL KNOW THE BACK GROUND TO.I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT DECISION NOW AND AS A MANAGER I AM A LOT MORE EXPERIENCED THAN I WAS ON MY TWO PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS WITH THE CLUB. ANOTHER DECISION WAS REGARDING THE RESERVE AND YOUTH TEAMS AT ONE STAGE DURING THE BREAK IT LOOKED AS IF WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN THESE TWO TEAMS DUE TO LACK OF FACILITIES IN THE AREA WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A BACKWARDS STEP FOR THE CLUB, BUT AFTER CAREFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH CROCKENHILL AND THAMESMEAD THIS PROBLEM AS BEEN RESOLVED.
DURING THE SUMMER BREAK THERE ARE COMINGS AND GOINGS AT ANY CLUB, WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS OF PLAYERS THAT HAVE LEFT THE CLUB I WOULD LIKE TO WISH THEM ALL THE BEST FOR THE COMING SEASON WITH THEIR NEW CLUBS.
I HAVE MADE A NUMBER NEW OF SIGNINGS FOR THE NEW CAMPAIGN RYAN BRIGGS, KEVIN SPRIGGS, IAN PULLMAN,DAVE MARTIN, DAN WESTERMAN AND THIS WEEK ANTHONY HENRY ALL PLAYERS THAT I THINK WILL IMPROVE THE SQUAD.
BACK ON THE 5TH OF JULY WE STARTED PRE- SEASON TRAINING AND LOOKED FOR IMPROVEMENT IN FITNESS AS THE WEEKS GO ON THE STAMINA SIDE OF THINGS ARE OK AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE PLAYERS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. UNFORTUNATELY LIKE ANY OTHER CLUB WE HAVE PICKED UP SOME INJURIES DARREN PENFOLD, CRAIG DENNIS, GARY CARTER ,DAN WESTERMAN AND THE ABSENCE OF TOSTAO AS NOT HELPED OUR SITUATION .OVERALL I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRE-SEASON EFFORT AND I THINK WE ARE READY FOR THE NEW CAMPAIGN .
WE HAVE A VERY TOUGH AWAY GAME TOMORROW BUT TO ME ALL THE GAMES ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH. AWAY FROM HOME YOU LOOK FOR 1 OR 3 PTS AT HOME YOU WANT ALL 3 PTS .THE SEASON IS NOT A SPRINT ITS A MARATHON .I DO NOT LIKE MAKING OUTRAGEOUS PREDICTIONS BUT I WANT US TO IMPROVE ON LAST YEARS PERFORMANCES AND POSITION IN THE LEAGUE. I WOULD LIKE TO CONSISTENTLY BE IN THE TOP HALF OF THE TABLE AND IF WE ARE STILL THERE OR THERE ABOUTS IN MARCH WITH OUR NEW FOUND OPTIMISM AROUND THE CLUB WE MAY JUST BE ABLE TO PUSH ON BIG TIME . ONE THING IS FOR SURE I NEED YOUR SUPPORT THE PLAYERS NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND ABOVE ALL THIS CLUB NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT I HOPE WE HAVE A GREAT SEASON TOGETHER AS THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO .
THANKS TONY
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