Darlo face squad reduction
21 Jun 2008 - 17:58:31
Darlington's assistant manager Martin Gray has admitted that the club will be operating with a much smaller squad next season, as they go in search of promotion to League One.
The Quakers lost to Rochdale in the semi-final of the play-offs last term and Gray accepts that things will be even harder in the coming months.
He told the Northern Echo: "We're having to be very selective with the kind of players we're after, because we're going to be carrying a smaller squad.
"We won't have a 23 or 24-man squad like we had last year, we'll have 18 or 20, so that means you can't afford to have many players who aren't going to play many games for you.
"But we know which players we want. We've talked about where we need to improve on next year and where we need to strengthen.
"We all know where we need to strengthen, but it's a case of getting the right players in."