Post by Iron Webbo on May 6, 2015 14:29:18 GMT
COWLEY WANTS TO BUILD
New Iron Manager talks to David Ward
Braintree Town's new manager 36 year-old Danny Cowley is promising fans entertaining football next season whilst further consolidating the club in the Vanarama Conference National League.
But like his predecessor Alan Devonshire, who this week returned to his first managerial club Maidenhead United as their new boss, Cowley is aiming initially for his side to reach the 50 point target seen as the cut off to avoid a dreaded relegation battle at the end of the season.
The ambitious young schoolteacher said: "The club has done remarkable well under Alan to have established themselves at the top level of non-league football and I want to build further on that and certainly aim for a top 10 position and play football that's entertaining too.
"Having spoken to all the current Iron players I want them all to stay particularly the nucleus of them for next season because it's clear that they all are closely knit group who want to play for the club," he explained. "They have shown great character and have that togetherness and that's what I was looking for on arrival and I can then add to that with any new players I feel will fit in and enhance it.
"Keeping the core of this group together is important with the tremendous team spirit they have it and will certainly avoid having to re-build from scratch this summer," he continued. "The foundations have been laid and I am looking for continuity on and off the pitch which I have always had and is one of the reasons why I have been so successful for the past eight years at Concord."
Cowley said he was excited but not undaunted at moving up to the top echelon of non-league and remains hopeful of keeping the core of this last season's team.
"It's about getting the right balance and I know we will be part-timers against mostly full-timers at times it's all about having the right players with the right attitude and the right characteristics," he continued. "Clearly the club currently has that with the core of the first team players and I will be looking to add to that with players I know who are keen and hungry enough to want to succeed at this higher level."
Cowley, along with his younger brother Nick as assistant, plan to have a solid hard core of 16 players in the first team squad supplemented, if needed and as and when, with loan players from bigger clubs.
"That has worked well in the past and it will do here again in the future," he added. "While I am also hoping that some of the younger ones can come through the Academy ranks, as both Joe Maybanks and George Pullen have this season and be given a chance at this top level."
He went on: "I am under no illusions it's going be tough and it's a big jump up for us to come and manage at this level but I am confident we can be successful and like at my previous club I also want us to play entertaining football and pass the ball and not just hitting long balls up field."
He continued: "We always do our thorough homework in advance on every side we play so we are prepared and we make sure the players are fully fit and prepared for each and every game too which is vitally important."
He added: "We know that compared to some of the bigger, full-time clubs in this league we have a limited playing budget but we have been use to that for the past eight years taking Concord from the Essex Senior League up to the Conference South and the brink of promotion again."
Chairman Lee Harding, delighted at the appointment of "two, ambitious and hungry young managers" said the club were looking to further consolidate at the top non-league level and preparing long term to move to an all new stadium which would help the club further generate income to progress even further.
"We appear to have a good reputation as a club in the non-league football circles that is stable, gives younger, ambitious managers from lower league clubs the chance to progress too," he said. "We had many good applications for the job but the board felt that Danny, along with his brother, both impressed us with their vision and commitment for the future were the right choice for the club."
New Iron Manager talks to David Ward
Braintree Town's new manager 36 year-old Danny Cowley is promising fans entertaining football next season whilst further consolidating the club in the Vanarama Conference National League.
But like his predecessor Alan Devonshire, who this week returned to his first managerial club Maidenhead United as their new boss, Cowley is aiming initially for his side to reach the 50 point target seen as the cut off to avoid a dreaded relegation battle at the end of the season.
The ambitious young schoolteacher said: "The club has done remarkable well under Alan to have established themselves at the top level of non-league football and I want to build further on that and certainly aim for a top 10 position and play football that's entertaining too.
"Having spoken to all the current Iron players I want them all to stay particularly the nucleus of them for next season because it's clear that they all are closely knit group who want to play for the club," he explained. "They have shown great character and have that togetherness and that's what I was looking for on arrival and I can then add to that with any new players I feel will fit in and enhance it.
"Keeping the core of this group together is important with the tremendous team spirit they have it and will certainly avoid having to re-build from scratch this summer," he continued. "The foundations have been laid and I am looking for continuity on and off the pitch which I have always had and is one of the reasons why I have been so successful for the past eight years at Concord."
Cowley said he was excited but not undaunted at moving up to the top echelon of non-league and remains hopeful of keeping the core of this last season's team.
"It's about getting the right balance and I know we will be part-timers against mostly full-timers at times it's all about having the right players with the right attitude and the right characteristics," he continued. "Clearly the club currently has that with the core of the first team players and I will be looking to add to that with players I know who are keen and hungry enough to want to succeed at this higher level."
Cowley, along with his younger brother Nick as assistant, plan to have a solid hard core of 16 players in the first team squad supplemented, if needed and as and when, with loan players from bigger clubs.
"That has worked well in the past and it will do here again in the future," he added. "While I am also hoping that some of the younger ones can come through the Academy ranks, as both Joe Maybanks and George Pullen have this season and be given a chance at this top level."
He went on: "I am under no illusions it's going be tough and it's a big jump up for us to come and manage at this level but I am confident we can be successful and like at my previous club I also want us to play entertaining football and pass the ball and not just hitting long balls up field."
He continued: "We always do our thorough homework in advance on every side we play so we are prepared and we make sure the players are fully fit and prepared for each and every game too which is vitally important."
He added: "We know that compared to some of the bigger, full-time clubs in this league we have a limited playing budget but we have been use to that for the past eight years taking Concord from the Essex Senior League up to the Conference South and the brink of promotion again."
Chairman Lee Harding, delighted at the appointment of "two, ambitious and hungry young managers" said the club were looking to further consolidate at the top non-league level and preparing long term to move to an all new stadium which would help the club further generate income to progress even further.
"We appear to have a good reputation as a club in the non-league football circles that is stable, gives younger, ambitious managers from lower league clubs the chance to progress too," he said. "We had many good applications for the job but the board felt that Danny, along with his brother, both impressed us with their vision and commitment for the future were the right choice for the club."
