Ady Signs New Contract & Player Updates

[Babylon]

Eddie Dsane is a good poacher type striker who didn't get enough game time imo.
I am pleased that he has returned .
Welcome back mate.

[Lars Resort]

Glad to see Eddie has signed on again. I feel he adds urgency and pace to the front line. Also he's not afraid to take on defenders and tries the unexpected.
Hope he gets a bit more play time than he did towards the end of last season.

[The 5th Searcher]

Good news, I’m glad Eddie is staying as he knows how to finish.
Hopefully he’ll get more game time this season.
Well Done Eddie & Ady.

[The 5th Searcher]

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Sam Okoye signs an improved deal to keep him at the club.

[Lars Resort]

Great news re Sammy also, as I think he is one of the fastest players we have, if a little of his passing is a bit wayward .
Still a great signing.

[Park Life]

[The 5th Searcher]

Great news that George has signed on again for us and for an even better contract. He was superb for us last season.

Good lad George.

[JCJ]

Good that these players are signing improved contracts, but does it mean the ones who have not put pen to paper on improved contracts are not signed up for next season, not being negative just wondering

[Park Life]

Good that these players are signing improved contracts, but does it mean the ones who have not put pen to paper on improved contracts are not signed up for next season, not being negative just wondering

My understanding is that all the players listed on the original "retained list" have all signed and these "improved deals" are basically a new agreement between the club and player.

Personally i would have kept these improved deals private because as far as I'm concerned, as long as both the club and player are happy that's all that matters.

[Pink Panther]

Good that these players are signing improved contracts, but does it mean the ones who have not put pen to paper on improved contracts are not signed up for next season, not being negative just wondering

My understanding is that all the players listed on the original "retained list" have all signed and these "improved deals" are basically a new agreement between the club and player.

Personally i would have kept these improved deals private because as far as I'm concerned, as long as both the club and player are happy that's all that matters.

My guess would be the players on the original "contract option exercised" list are all aged under 24, and will therefore be subject to a transfer fee should anyone else wish to sign them, to be decided by an FA tribunal if necessary. This is part of the Bosman Ruling.

I notice Carruthers, Jones, D'Sane and Olarewaju are all over 24 and were listed separately.

I've been tracking all the player announcements for Isthmian Premier Division clubs so far, and Dartford's 16 retained is the longest list. I think Billericay had 9 retained plus 5 new signings. Newly promoted Brentwood have retained 13 and signed a couple more. Cray Valley have retained 10 but a couple more have turned down new offers and left, without resurfacing anywhere else just yet. Aveley and Welling have announced 8 and 6 new players respectively, but not confirmed any retained yet. Six clubs haven't announced anything at all.

[Park Life]

Dartford manager Ady Pennock won’t rush summer recruitment as he strives to sign players who align with the club’s values


https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/s ... it-325302/



Dartford manager Ady Pennock isn’t worried by the lack of new faces at Princes Park.

The Darts are yet to announce a summer signing but that doesn’t mean Pennock hasn’t been doing plenty of groundwork in a bid to attract new talent to the club.

He’s happy to take his time and make sure players join Dartford for the right reasons, instead of splashing the cash now.

“The players that you want have always got four or five other clubs that want them as well,” explained Pennock.

“I’ve met people face to face at the famous coffee shop where I always tend to meet players - or I’ve taken them to the stadium and shown them our facilities.

“But it’s got to be right for the football club as well. We’ve got to get that balance right, financially, as well as getting the balance right in the changing room.

“We’ve got an amazing changing room here and I want to keep that right.

“It's 100 per cent a players’ market now. That’s why I don’t rush and force things. I want people that want to come to Dartford because they want to play for Dartford, not just come here for a ride.

“There’s a lot of players out there who are holding the cards at the moment.”

Once again, Pennock will treat the club’s budget as though he is spending his own cash - and he wants value for money.

“I knew the situation last year,” added Pennock. “It’s not a case of getting people in now.

“As I’ve said before, I see the budget as my money, I treat it as though it is my money. I won’t spend it willy-nilly; I’ve got to get it right.

“I’m not in any rush to do anything, maybe other people might think why are we not doing this or not doing that? I speak to Roland (Edge, assistant manager) every single day, we’ve got players in mind that we think will help us and his input is really important to me as well.

“We can tinker with the squad and get the right players in, then you never know what is going to happen next season.

“It’s going to be a tough league. There’s no easy games in football, it makes me laugh when people say we’ve got this team away from home today so that will be three points - if only it was that easy, we’d all be doing the pools!

“There’s going to be some really big games, there’s some big teams, but we’ll respect every single team and every single opponent that we come up against.”

Striker Eddie Dsane, who scored 11 goals last season after featuring predominantly as a substitute, has signed a new deal with the club.

Dartford have confirmed the departures of goalkeeper Jacob Marsden, forward Duane Ofori-Acheampong and Tyler Christian-Law.

The Darts will host newly-promoted Charlton in a pre-season friendly on Saturday, July 12.

There are also home matches against League 2 Gillingham on Saturday, July 26 and National League South neighbours Ebbsfleet on Saturday, August 2.

Darts also host Eastbourne on July 19 with trips to Herne Bay on July 22 and Faversham Town on July 29.

“Our friendly games have always been tough,” said Pennock. “I don’t think you get anything out of winning a game 10-0 or 12-0 if you’re playing a team four leagues lower.

“I like to play teams above us, we’ve got to look after the club as well so playing the likes of Charlton and Gillingham will bring in some much-needed money.

“We’re playing Ebbsfleet this year so that should be a good game. The other games will be tough, they’re against teams a division above or below us.

“I’m not worried about the results or people saying you’ve got to win every single pre-season game. It’s about that first match of the league season and going on from there.”

[Pedro]

Signing announcement at 5pm?

[Jonty]

I heard that PL will be buying a round of drinks.

[Pedro]

Dan Smith from Folkestone - welcome Dan

[The Futures White]

[Park Life]

18 in 40 is a decent return, welcome Dan.

[rambo]

Well done Ade
Signs a forward that is not 32+ is not coming back from serious injury has not been at clubs not playing games and his record being played 4 games in four seasons and scored no goals
I have not heard of Dan Smith but he is the right age played plenty of games and scored lots of goals
Happy days

[The 5th Searcher]

Certainly sounds like he knows where the back of the net is and has regularly been playing for teams at all levels.

Sounds a great signing by Ady, welcome to DFC Dan.

[Jonty]

I was expecting a new keeper but this looks like another good addition to the squad. I’m glad we are going with another young player, I was dreading us signing Jonny Henley, who has also departed Folkestone.

Welcome aboard Dan.

[Bagdhad Billy]

Folkestone wanted to keep him however he turned down a new deal due to work commitments it says on the Folkestone forum? Guessing that Roland worked with him during the past so maybe he chose the Darts due to that. Hope we don’t have an agreement working around his work commitments though maybe that was just a blag due to not signing at Invicta