Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Staying together key for Hollands
DANNY Hollands has handed Cherries a timely boost by insisting he wants to stay at Dean Court.[LNB] The midfielder, who racked up 42 appearances as Cherries beat the odds to reach the League One play-offs this season, is out of contract this summer.[LNB] But the 25-year-old shrugged off the disappointment of Wednesday night's play-off penalty shootout agony to confirm his future lies in Dorset if he can agree terms on a new deal.[LNB] Cherries boss Lee Bradbury is today set to hold talks with Hollands and the club's other out-of-contract players Ben Williamson, Steve Lovell, Dan Thomas, Tim Stephenson and Mathieu Baudry.[LNB] Hollands told the Echo: There are 22 good players in our dressing room and there will always be clubs that want to sign them because they can do a good job.[LNB] But, hopefully, the chairman and the club can stay together because we want to keep competing as a team.[LNB] But nobody can say what will happen for definite, because people have seen what happened to Josh McQuoid, Brett Pitman and Marvin Bartley. Players get offered a lot of money and it's like any other job people can't have a go at them for leaving.[LNB] I'm like anyone else out of contract. We have talks with the manager today and they will come back with an offer for me I hope.[LNB] I love it in Bournemouth. I have been down here for several years now and my family is just an hour up the road so it's perfect for me.[LNB] I hope the club will be fair with me so I can stay here, but I can't say now what the future holds even though I am hoping to still be a Bournemouth player next year.[LNB] Hollands has endured a topsy-turvy ride since arriving on the south coast from Chelsea in 2006.[LNB] Signed by Sean O'Driscoll, the former Stamford Bridge reserve team captain tasted relegation from League One in 2007, before playing his part as Cherries bounced back last season.[LNB] Wednesday night's play-off semi-final heartache at the Galpharm Stadium, though, was even new for Hollands as Cherries missed out on an Old Trafford showpiece by a whisker.[LNB] Hollands added: We're gutted. We have played Huddersfield four times this year and been the best team in all four games.[LNB] They openly admitted that when we were coming off the pitch and they were saying we deserved to win the game.[LNB] We were so close in extra-time, but it is a learning curve for us all and we need to keep our heads up.[LNB] We were so unlucky to not finish the job, but I hope we can stay together and have another go next season.[LNB]
