AFC Wimbledon | Features | Transcript of Q&A with Terry Brown and Stuart Cash

[Applause, cheers, whistles]
Ivor: Right ...

Heckle: Who are ya, who are ya.

Ivor: The first question of the night was who are ya, who are ya? Thanks Charlie. You know Charlie don't you Terry.

Terry: Yes, I know Charlie well.

Ivor: Right, so, seeing this is ask the manager I know that these two can rabbit on about their plans for the club and everything but this is really all about what you guys want to know, what you want to ask, so we are not going to mess about we are going to go straight to the questions. Now, Laurence, where are you Laurence? For anyone who doesn't know Laurence, Mr Laurence Lowne is going to control one roving mic and in a minute, I am going to try and control the other one. So, would everyone please bear in mind what I said, wait for a mic to get to you. We will try and get to everyone but there is a lot of you here so have a bit of patience we are doing our very best. Let's see who wants to start the ball rolling. No-one? Good, right that's it lets go home. Laughter. Over there Laurence ... Run ... [Laughter]. If you wouldn't mind giving your name before you ask your question that would be hugely appreciated. And whilst he is over there I am getting off the stage now you will be relieved to hear.

Terry: No I think that is a very valid question because I am the first manager fortunate enough to be able to be full time at your club and I think it shows the progression that the Board thought really that we needed to go up a level or two and I don't mean that in disrespect to Dave whatsoever because I think he done a great job here. But what I hope to do is look at the youth set up here, look at the under 19s in particular. We have a college based set up and I have to say I have been very impressed with the youngsters that you have got down here. I think that will be an important part of the growth of the club. It's not just about Stuart and I coming here spending all your money and getting big time Charlies in. Its about getting guys who want to come and play for this club and be part of its future over the next 3, 4, 5 years and an integral part of that future will be the youngsters coming through. I am delighted with the current crop of under 19s. Most of them are 17 and 18 and we played a little trial game yesterday and some of the youngsters done exceptionally well. My job, and the answer to your question, will be to sit with Erik, which I do and bore him to death in his office everyday at the minute, and plan the future of the club. Look at the bigger picture, not just ... obviously Stuart and I are both aware that our jobs are to get promotion this year and anything other than that will be seen as a disaster, but because the club is progressing and we can progress, then look at the bigger picture as well. [Applause]

Ivor: Last time he gets the mic.

Terry: Thank you Mike. I had an idea I might get asked this question. I'll hand you over to Stuart. [Laughter]

Stuart: I actually won the bet because we thought that would be one of the first questions. Well the first question that would be asked this evening, so I have compiled a list of centre forwards who we have failed to get. [Laughter].

First of all there was Cliff Akurang who I think we spoke to on about the second day we were in the job. We failed to get Cliff he went to Histon unfortunately. Then there was big Steve Fletcher, known as Big Fletch. [Laughter]. He unfortunately went to Chesterfield. Then there was Big Tim Sills who went to Torquay. Then there was Jefferson Louis, he went to Weymouth.

Terry: Big Jeff. [Laughter]

Stuart: Then there was Didier Drogba [Laughter], who unfortunately signed a new contract at Chelsea. But currently we have a 5 figure bid in for a centre forward. We are really hopeful to get him. So to answer your question, it will hopefully be pretty soon, hopefully before the start of the season.

Terry: Well, we have painted our dressing room and not theirs, I notice that. [Laughter]. As far as the physical side, it's a physical league. And although you are saying that in good humour, I think we need to be physical to get out of this league. I think you will decide for the league you are in. Both Stuart and I have been fortunate enough to get out of this league before and we have both done it with physical sides, because you are right in saying that teams do raise their game to a level that means when we are recruiting it's not enough to have the best players in our league. We need the best players that are capable of playing one league if not two leagues above. If I take a couple of examples of the players that we have brought in, Rob Quinn from Gravesend and Jason Goodliffe from Stevenage who are both really powerful boys and men who have been there and done it and are hopefully I, or Ivor, will be introducing another player of that calibre joining us tonight and you will be the first people to see him. [Applause]

Ivor: Right Ladies and Gentleman I can tell you that our plans have been relentless haven't they Terry

Terry: yep

Ivor: This is a player who, there is only one way to call him, he is Wimbledon through and through. So, not going to hold you in suspense any longer. Ladies and Gentleman big Wimbledon welcome for our new signing today, Jake Leberl. [Applause/cheers/whistling.]

Ivor: I can tell you now; you are going to like this lad. For those of you that don't know Jake is a absolutely full on Wimbledon fan. He went to his first game in 1987 at Plough Lane so he got to see the Dons at Plough Lane. Now if anyone is going to know anything about Wimbledon then it's this man because he is absolutely steeped in it. I can also tell you a little story and I have never exaggerated anything in my life so forgive me if I do. When Jake first turned up he walked into the changing room and said "that number". "That number 4 is mine". He was trying to do an impression of Vinnie. So we now have a talisman as our number 4 again, and I am absolutely delighted about that. And I know Jake has brought a couple of things to show you. His first ever Wimbledon shirts ... [Cheers/applause as Jake shows shirts.]

So Jake it's your turn to speak. You've got your family over there Jake ... give them a wave and round of applause. [Applause]. They are all Dons so they are going to enjoy our march for promotion that's for sure.

Terry: no if it's about playing style I think I touched on it earlier when I said that I think its horses for courses. I don't think the Ryman League is about getting it down and playing Arsenal type football. I would love to be able to say that we were going to do that but it is a balance between trying to play at home, and I think its important to entertain and play in a style that makes you want to come and watch football even if you aren't supporting Wimbledon, but that you come here and enjoy a game of football. We have spent a lot of money ... The Board has spent a lot of money. I say the board, it's a fans' club ... The club has spent a lot of money on that pitch and that playing surface and I'm sure that if that is nice we will want to play with at least one winger. We want to open teams up. We are aware that in a similar fashion to when Stuart and I were at Aldershot that was a nice pitch and teams would come and put 8 and 10 people behind the ball. You have to have decent passing and you have to have people who can break teams down. A little bit of guile in there. A little bit of width in there. So we will be looking to play mainly 4-4-2 at home. If we are able to get this elusive target man then that will enable us to mix and match our game a little. Away from home, there will be places where we go where we might play 3 at the back, we might play 3 up front and it will be horses for courses. I am a believer that you should have teams watched at whatever level you are playing at and we will watch teams and we will know what their strengths are. Our philosophy is to win the game. However we will need to win that game and if its ugly and we have to do what we worked out yesterday and what Stuart and we have got Simon Bass on board now helping with the first team and there job is as much to work on the ugly side, as it is to work [Laughter] ... sorry Bass ... is he here or is he working? It's important to work on the ugly side and go to places and scrap and fight and come home with some one nils because it won't be about great football all the time its about winning games. Especially this year. As and when you move up the pyramid and you play against better teams on better grounds, on better pitches, then you can get the ball down and play a bit more football. But we have to be pragmatic as a pair and make sure we win more games than anybody else in the league. [Applause]

Terry: I've been told that Ramsgate didn't seem the most attractive side last season. I think you drew with them 0-0 here. They will be big so we will have to big strong and big in the right places and I'm sure if we are patient and I think Jake touched on the patience side. He is dead right what he said. Teams will come here and try and get you to turn on us. And there is great expectancy this year as there always is and if you could stick with the players as long as you can that will help them enormously. This isn't in any way an excuse but it is a brand spanking new side that we have put together. We have tried to keep the nucleus of the young ones we wanted and I will touch on some of the players that we lost that we didn't want to lose. You know we didn't want to lose Paul; we didn't want to lose Roscoe. Even Wes you know we've lost Wes. But it's not a done deal that everybody is going to come here and rol over. We know that we are going to have to scrap. Stuart and I have thought long and hard about the boys that we have bought here. We have bought one or two technical players, one or two players who can score a goal or two and we have bought scrappers and fighters as well.

Terry: could you stand up so I can see you - I want to know who is slagging me off [Laughter]

Jertzee: First of all one sort of very quick question. When you went into your office on your first day did you notice whether Dave had left his revolving door behind? [Laughter]

Terry: what office? [Laughter]

Jertzee: The serious question is that you mentioned long term you are trying to get the young players through and I think that is a great policy that I think has been missing for the last couple of years but how does that fit in with, you are also saying that it is a tough league to get out of and we need to be physical. How do players like Robin Shroot and so on going to fit into the current season when on the one hand we need to be physical and on the other hand we are trying to bring the youngsters through?

Terry: Yeah we are not in a position where I am going to be looking to groom youngsters for next year. Its strictly they have to be good enough to get in my side. I don't envisage too many of the under 19s - like I said most of them are 17 - getting in our championship Ryman side. Robin Shroot has come back fit as a fiddle, turned down a training week in Blackpool because he quite rightly said he thinks he needs to play men's football. And although he is fit and has every trick under the sun he's got to stand up and be counted when he's being battered by a big ugly right back - or whoever it is battering him. And whoever puts that shirt on this year will have to earn it. You know, there are two or three boys, Chris Hussey, who is a talented young lad and probably Steve Goddard who I personally think is a very very talented boy if he applies himself in the correct manner, and shows everybody at the club that he wants to be at the club, then I am sure he is a really talented boy, and all three of them I am delighted to be working with. None of them are guaranteed a place in the side and I shall be surprised if all three got in on a regular basis but it's a great opportunity for them not to just be part of a big club but to learn off of senior players of the calibre of Jake, Jason, Quinny, Marcus Gayle of course and I have been impressed with Anthony Howard and players that we have kept on because I do want to emphasise that Dave left a nucleus of a very good side and I think but for a little bit of luck I wouldn't be here and Dave would have got you that success. And sometimes winning leagues and getting promotion through the playoffs there is a very fine dividing line between success and failure and I'm lucky enough - sorry we are lucky enough - to have inherited a really young talented lot of youngsters ... what's impressed me about the boys that we have taken on here is their hunger. And you know, the gentleman over there quite rightly said we will get labelled with rich time Charlies whatever we do we can be the most humble management team, the most humble players, the most humble supporters in the world and we will all be tarred with the same brush because some of them are jealous. We must have to live with that, get on with it and I'm delighted with what Stuart and I have inherited and I think you will see that we have supplemented that with players that young players, and the question was about young players, if they can't get a better role model than Marcus Gayle who has come here for the love of the game. Nothing else, it ain't a money move for Marcus by any means, he has come because he wants to finish his career at the place that he loves the best so we are very lucky to have players like that. [Applause]

Stuart: Me and Terry watched you a few times last year, particularly towards the end of the season and our impression was that you needed to be a lot stronger. Now, hopefully, we will have addressed that this season by bringing in established conference players in with that physical aspect to their game, with good discipline. And that is what we are about. We can't have players getting booked or sent off for stupid things that are going to cost us as a team. We have to be strong disciplined and that's been made out to the boys as soon as they come in on the first day of pre season we run a tight ship and everyone is pulling in the same direction and, you know, if someone crosses that line, or is the wrong side of it then we will come down on them and that's the way we operate, and everyone knows that from day one. We operate that way in training through the games, and we are very much players, even when coming to the bar, around the club they treat everyone with respect, they come and talk to you guys and have a drink with you guys. But on the pitch it's the code of discipline has to be very good and we certainly can't have players getting sent off for stupid things. That won't happen, and that's the way we operate. [Applause]

Terry: Well I'm not going to hang myself now am I [Laughter], but it's quite evident that the interview for the job, regardless of what we have done prior to coming here, that our job is to get us out of this Ryman League because you have been in it too long and that's by hook or by crook to get out it. So that's our priority. For me to look much further than that is reading ... it is horses for courses, and we would have to look the following year, when we get out this year, we will have to look the following year at to improve - you look to improve every year. So I am not going to set myself any ridiculous targets too far ahead but my job spec is quite clear I have got to get this club out of the league asap. [Applause]

Terry: Travesty! Total travesty!

Q: So even though those games were good, in non-league you seem to have every single cup going. What is your approach on the season? Is it just the league or are you interested in getting to the first round?

Terry: I think the FA cup is absolutely massive and we will tell the players from the start of the season the number one target is promotion, followed by the FA cup. The FA cup is about, obviously this club has a fantastic tradition in the FA cup and I've never managed a club that has won it before. [Applause / cheers]. I can't guarantee again but ... [Laughter]. But it is a massive priority for us because it brings the revenue in, and also, not just the revenue, if you look at the first round proper we will have a great chance of getting ourselves on the telly and raising the profile of the club to another level again. The players love the excitement of an FA cup run. As a player you might have 15 chances in your life and the most important people are you. And I'm yet to meet an English fan who doesn't love the FA Cup and whether you want us to draw - no I won't - I won't go into ... Whoever you want us to draw I hope we do. And as far as the FA Trophy is concerned you had a great run in it last year and its Wembley isn't it. It's Wembley. As soon as they put that Wembley tag on it everybody goes up a gear - oh god Stuart played at Wembley oh no ... [Laughter].

Stuart: No comment

Terry: No Marcus is adamant that he wants to play. Obviously as he gets a little older he will play cameo roles as well but knowing Marcus as I do he will expect to be in the side and he will want to play for 90 minutes and he will get the hump when he gets pulled off. [Laughter] I dropped him for the first time at Aldershot lost year he had the hump and he came on and scored 3 goals in 8 minutes. [Laughter / cheers]. I did try it again but it didn't work the second time. [Laughter]. To answer your question Marcus will be predominantly up front. He is a great big lad and he can head a ball but he isn't your conventional target man. He looked brilliant last night in the little game we had and he will be playing in as many games as he can. He can play in midfield. The beauty of Marcus, and I think I said this before, if I say to Marcus on a Thursday prior to training we are going to play you at left back, right back ... he goes okay gaffer fine, whatever. And he is a proper pro and he will be a credit wherever he plays. [Applause].

Terry: No, we could do with miles more ... glad you brought that up. [Laughter]

Q: How much more money do you need?

A: No, I have to say that we have been given a generous budget and you won't have a manager whinging about the budget. For the level we are playing at we can't complain. We don't want the tag of buying the league we want the tag of earning the right to promotion and we will do it with players that are hungry and want to play for this club. There are a number of players that we spoke to some of them on that list that when they turned you down we were sort of half grateful because we thought well they were just in it for the money. Nobody here is just in it for the money. It is an easy club to sell because people want to come and play for a club with two to three thousand enthusiastic supporters every game. [Applause.]

Terry: Sorry, I don't quite understand

Q: Do you have a training plan, you talk about being professional.

A: Oh yeah certainly. We have mapped out, especially pre season a month in advance ... of what ...

Q: What about for the whole season?

A: Of what we ... well I suppose a lot of that comes down to experience in as much as we have to look at the injury side of it, we have to look at how you are doing.

Q: But wouldn't you know in the pre season though?

A: Yeah, but a lot of it will be dependent upon the results and how the team is doing, so in other words its lovely to plan out, or even to plan out say the pre season and then we will get together after the first Tooting game and say blimey we will have to change that, we have to work on that. So yes we will map out everything. With reference to say the whole season we would look at things like the Christmas period and say right we are going to have to do some extra work then. But, I wouldn't say we have planned out for the whole season as in that session we are going to do in December or January. We will change the training. Some of that is dependent also on this level and on what training facilities you have available. And I am glad you have raised the point because it gives me the opportunity to thank Erik and the Board for getting what is as good if not better training facility than any other non league club in the country. [Applause] One of the things, and it is a valid question, one of the things about planning too far in advance is literally last year regardless of how good the services were you couldn't get on the pitch in December and January and then you start looking at astro turf and various other options. We have a co-ordinated plan and we also have a first class physio here that I have inherited and you know he knows his business and one of main priorities, believe it or not, in pre season apart from getting people fit, is not injuring them.

Terry: No I think that is a reasonable question. Whoever took this job over knew that they had to get promotion within two years. If I don't get promotion within two years then I don't think I have done a very good job here so I would walk yeah, without a doubt. Two years is sufficient. And when I say two years I want to do it asap. And when I talk about a bigger picture I have to ... Stuart and I, have to earn the right to manage your side. We will only do that by having success. The only reason we got this job is because we have been successful before. There are loads and loads of managers out there who preach good football and I'll do this and I'll do that. We are pragmatic enough as a pair to know that before we can start having delusions of grandeur and building this Arsene Wenger/Dario Gradi type conveyer belt we best win the bloody Ryman League. [Laughter].

Terry: Well I think I have learned a lot in the last five years so you will benefit from the experiences be it good or bad. You could say that I have learnt from the fact that when Stuart was working alongside me we won everything and when he left I didn't win a lot. [Laughter]. Maybe you will benefit from that. Yes, I think, and I do think that was one of the plus factors in us getting the job in as much as this club will go through a very similar scenario to the Aldershot scenario. And the changeover from part time to full time, as and when we take it, and it shouldn't be rushed into is a monumental one. It is almost doubling your wage bill. You know, with the best will in the world, if I have got Jason Goodliffe part time earning a part time wage and he has got a job, Jason Goodliffe is not going to become a better player when he goes full time. And I think the Aldershot supporters in particular thought that as soon as we went full time suddenly the team would go up a level in fitness. If you look at the fitness that our players are currently training 4 days a week at the moment. They are doing Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. And I don't care if you are Arsene Wenger you can't do a lot more physical work than that. You can a bit more technical work cos you might have one extra day but if players at any level are playing Saturday and Tuesday which they are in the pro game and at our level you really are ticking your bodies over the rest of the time. So if I take you back to your question, can we learn things from Aldershot. Yes we really really can in as much as that transfer to full time is not a recipe for automatic success, it brings with it inherent problems, most of them financial. And sometimes there are players, if you look at Jake who we have just signed now, Jake probably would have gone on with Dagenham full time and Dagenham were 90% full time last year, and Jake was one of them that has got a good job outside of football and there are numerous players with decent jobs who we couldn't tap into or we would actually lose as and when we go full time. As far as other things we can learn, penalties. We lost both our play offs on penalties and trust me that hurts, that really still rankles, and I think we might practise penalties prior to any playoffs.

Terry: No Steve left prior to Stuart and I joining. Trust me, if you had seen the real Steve Watson that I was lucky enough to play with, he was a colossus of a man and I don't think you ever saw the ... I think he had quite a decent game when you played us I have to say, which is understandable. Lovely player, real 100% heart unfortunately he is not with us now. I don't know if he is playing this year but he is another one Steve who has got a very very good job outside football and the way he used to put his body about would mean that he got a lot of knocks.

Q: My other question is, are you allergic to fur at all? Laughter.

A: Well I have heard this story, where Dave was giving a team talk and you came in. Is that true?

Q: I was already in there ... Dave followed me in ... [Laughter]

Ivor: Tin Tin can we ask you a question whilst you have got the mic. Have you done any pre season training because of the look of it you are going to need to get back in that suit and lose a few pounds. [Laughter]

Tin Tin: Unfortunately Haydon went for a refit they lost the ring so I've got to fit into him a bit better ... Look forward to working with you. [Applause]

Terry: Very very similar. Similar fan base, similar expectancy. Identical reaction from the opposition when they were coming down and playing you. They would jump about with glee if they drew 0-0 like it was the biggest result in the world. You send a scout out to watch the opposition and he would come back and say to be honest Browny, they were two bob. We have got no problem beating them, and then they would play like dervishes against us, so everything is similar like that. Hopefully if we have 5 years of similar nature then we will have progressed the club on to another level and I would say the Conference is a considerable level. And Stuart was involved last year with Lewes in the league above and I think that is where we need to be next year. But I think we can do well in the league above. To succeed in the Conference is another couple of jumps up then you have to seriously look at going full time. It's not much different to most of professional football, the sides with the most money tend to well, although I would say, and I would put a proviso on that, over the last 3 or 4 years the sides that have won the Conference have not been the sides with ... they haven't been the Oxfords they have been the Dagenhams, so this club has got a fantastic opportunity to grow now but will need a little bit of lady luck along the line as well.

Terry: I have to be perfectly honest with you and any Aldershot fan will tell you that the side that won the Ryman League by 13 points was dour and we used to grind out 1-0 games and I would come to similar meetings such as this and I never heard complaints when you were winning because it was just get us out of this league. It was so similar in as much as they had grown very quickly and then they stagnated in probably a similar league. The structure has changed and there is an extra league above us now and the Ryman Premier would have been equivalent to maybe the Ryman 1 then and they stagnated in the Ryman Premier and it has to be horses for courses. As much as I love the Brazilian way of playing you know at some of these grounds you can't go and play Brazilian type football and which is why most of the people in here love target men. I do feel that as and when you, how you play at home and as and when you move up the league you can play a different style of football and you have to be pragmatic and you have to get this team by hook or by crook out of this league, and if that means being slightly negative and dour I think I said at our interview that we would try and play attractive football at home and bore the pants off the opposition away and if we do that then hopefully that's enough. [Applause]

Terry: I think part of the management team is that both Stuart and I do, I wouldn't say nice cop, horrible cop but we speak to players at different levels but on a regular basis. I will have regular one on ones with individual players and collectively we will have meetings prior to all games. Thursday night is the night we get over most of our ideas to them, with reference to what the opposition are going to do and how we are going to set out play. Both Stuart and I will know what side we are playing, what system we are playing and what set pieces we are using. There is enough time. You know we are not unfortunate that other teams are full time and we are part time we have got as much time as anybody else to get across our ideas as any other team in the league. We will also be bringing we have the told the players in for extra training nights as and when we think that is necessary and so if we need to get them in, if we have a bad result and funny enough we are going to have bad results, then we will get them we will look at the video and we will talk together. We have got senior players. We are not dictatorial; I expect an input from my senior players. I expect my senior players to speak constructively and providing it is done at the right time and in the right manner you get the benefit of the players who have just played in the Conference and we are all in it together and we want to be successful together. But there is enough time and it's a level playing field. We have the same time as everyone else.

Terry: Well Richard Jolly missed one last night I know that much. That's a very good question and part of me being full time is very much going down watching the Under 19s train. I will be taking some training sessions myself down at the college. I am working with Erik and Nigel. Nigel is in charge of youth set up and Reserves. And we are all rowing in the same direction. The idea of the reserves is to give inured first team players a run out should they need it and it is to promote the under 19s giving them as many senior games as they can so as I can look at them. I will also be able to also watch them midweek when they play their college games. I did touch earlier that the boys we brought in for training have really really surprised me with their levels. I spoke to the two coaches who run them and they are delighted with their growth. And I told you something earlier; they are 17 playing in under 19s so they have got tremendous growth. They can also grow together as a unit. I think that's important and I'm not saying we will be like Man Utd with them to come through but they do come through in batches. And good players can encourage other good players to come. This year in particular I see a little bit more difficult to blood youngsters this year than I will if we get promotion to the league above because this is a very difficult league to blood your talented young lads but the future of this club will be to bring the best youngsters through. And one of my tasks will be long term once I have earnt the right to a little bit of longevity will be to look at the bigger picture and Erik is going around looking at other clubs and Dario Gradi is a man that we will be going to visit and we will be trying to gleam ideas from him. I personally agree with you I think he is the top man in the country. So if we can learn some lessons off Dario and I am sure he will be willing to help us, we would love a bigger picture to be producing our own boys. And that won't just be opportunity. It would be lovely to under 7's, 8's, 9's 10's 11's. At non-league level, and we suffered this at Aldershot, if you have really talented youngsters the pros will come and nick them. You cannot have any control over your youngsters they will just be nicked. Even at the conference we couldn't maintain any youngster under the age of 16 you can only sign when you are 17. So what it will mean is that we will be actively looking at where we are bringing our youngsters in. So the 16 year olds we taking to college to work and study and training 3 times a week and play with us under the Wimbledon shirt we need to get better players coming in there. We need to be getting boys off of West Ham, boys off of Fulham, boys off of Chelsea and encouraging them. But that is a long-term policy and that is something, and trust me, I have been very very impressed with the people down here running that side of it because they aren't just focussed on promotion. What they are saying to me is you get us promotion and then we will look at the bigger picture and they are already looking at the bigger picture now and that will be producing young talent that we will all be proud to see. [Applause]

Terry: What are the odds, any ideas?

Q: It's only 3 to 1 at the moment. It's a bit short. But if you weren't going to have a bet on us to win the league or get promotion who do you think I should have a little saver on?

A: I'd say Jeff King because he is bigger than me. Yeah I wouldn't tempt providence by saying, I do think Jeff King is the side to finish above, and there will be a ... Hornchurch or someone to come out of the pack. It only needs a local millionaire to suddenly decide he wants a football club and if he pumps enough money in he will be able to attract players. Hornchurch have done it in the past. Billericay were decent and had a very good time last year, and would you have tipped Hampton last year? I don't know, I probably wouldn't have.

Stuart: obviously if we win a game of football I am the best coach in the world if we lose a game of football it was Brownie's fault. But in all seriousness we have got a great combination. We have worked together for 5/6/7 years now. We trust each other immensely. We discuss everything together and he is a great gaffer to work for and I can only say that we will be of benefit to this club and hopefully the players will gel together quickly and we will get off to a great start when we play the first game of the season. But working with him, you know, we work closely together we discuss everything we are thorough on what we do and hopefully we can bring a winning combination to this football club. [Applause]

Terry: can I just say almost as an add on to Stuart's answer is we do believe in splitting certain roles up in as much as Stuart will be looking more defensively. We have got Simon Bassey on board. Simon will be looking more attacking wise so we both feel it is important when you have a limited time to train people it is no good just training 22 players as 22 players. If you do that pre season as in running and the physical side but we do like splitting them up, I will take the forwards with Bass and Stu will work with the defence and they will work on specific things. Like American football if you like, people are designated certain roles and they work, you know, he knows I will be screaming out at him if we let silly goals in and I'll be screaming at Bass if we aren't scoring enough. Basically none of it's my fault. [Laughter].

Terry: nightmare question. How can I answer that? Well it's a great question really because we have been trying everywhere to get one?
[Heckle "Ebay"]

Yeah I'm going to have to obviously make Marcus my target man. I'm going to have to convince Marcus that he is that target man. We will endeavour and don't get me wrong nobody at this club knows more than I do that certain clubs want a target man, and unluckily enough I said in my first ever chat I'm bringing you a target man so I'd better deliver. If we don't. The one thing I would say is that I am not in massive panic mode about it because I am really delighted that we have got sort of 21 players in place and I only want more or less the target man now and there are 5 forwards scrapping and you know people sometimes will say what is going to happen to Steve Goddard, what's going to happen to Fergie, what's going to happen to Marcus, what's going to happen to Richard Jolly , what's going to happen to Butts ... everyone knows that, everyone has their favourite. I have been impressed with all five of them. In a way I am quite happy to see the next couple of days go by and say well actually he's done a good job there, and he's done a good job there, and give them a chance they have worked solidly for the last two or three weeks. And having said that if the target man is suddenly available then I may well have to eat a bit of humble pie with them. To answer your question, I haven't a clue really [Laughter].

Terry: I'm hoping, and I will say hoping, that young boy Tony Finn will get you off your feet. He is an out and out winger, so a different type of player, but an out and out winger who, I spoke to the met police manager, but I haven't seen tons of him myself but he comes recommended by numerous people. And Stu has seen a bit more of him than I have and Simon has seen a little bit of him and the description from the met police manager was that a) they would have kept him at all costs, he was by far the best player in the league, and of course they are only just one below us. I think he would have played against you probably in the cup, and I think he gave a decent account of himself, he claims that he done well. Which of course he would. But the description by the met police manager was that we would pay anything to keep him and they pay decent money the met police, our money of course, but you know Laughter/applause. And he said he would get the bums off the seats, and I think you do need a player sometimes to enchant you yeah. Applause. And of course, Robin Shroot for the Brazilian man over there.

Terry: Considering we haven't lost a game yet [Laughter]

[Heckle - you haven't won any either!]

With all big clubs, and I know it's a jovial question, but at all big clubs you have a minority of supporters who are a pain in the butt. No, this club won't be any different. We are big enough and ugly enough to take a bit of abuse. I hate it when you give the players abuse because if they put that shirt on I expect them to be running their socks off. If they aren't running their socks off they will be pulled off the pitch. So therefore it would mean that you are abusing a lad who ain't quite good enough or maybe he's not having the best of days. From what I seen of this crowd when we were beating you 1-0 early on at the Rec you stayed behind your players and you were very very supportive of them. I know Dave as a personal friend and although he has asked me not to win the league in the first year Laughter which is more than understandable, I don't want the Aldershot geezer to win it the first year do I? He had nothing but praise for the supporters of the club and that says everything to me. [Applause]

Terry: Well I think there is in as much as, and I got to admit it now, we are sort of going Sven like tomorrow, we are two completely different teams. It's not how you would want to see a football match but my priority is getting 45 minutes under their belt and trying to also in the first lot of friendlies to be fair to people. You know, the youngsters who have come down and really shown how much they really want to wear that shirt, I want to be giving them the opportunity to wear the shirt. We tried to split the teams up yesterday. Stuart was given a side, Simon Bass was given a side. Stuart's side won I notice. No, they were two very even sides and I don't think it will be a classic tomorrow and the result ... I can kid you and say the result don't matter but I am a football manager and it does matter and I don't want to get beaten by anybody and that's just how you are if you are in football at all, whether you are in football at all whether it is a supporter, a player, or ... you don't like getting beaten by anybody do you? But tomorrow will be about not getting anybody injured. Next Saturday will be a big big ask for the boys. What a fantastic fixture and we, and I know the boys, are looking forward to that one.

Ivor: I think that away game at Brentford will be a fantastic occasion for us all, so that's the game Terry was referring to and I am sure we are all going to support the team.

Ivor - Ladies and Gentleman we are going to wrap it up there, a couple of things -season ticket forms are here if you wants to take a form feel free. Get your applications, take your friends. Don't forget kids go free etc etc. I would like to thank everyone who has worked hard to put tonight on. I would like to thank the bar staff, but most of all I would really like to thank these two gentleman for coming along this evening ... extended Applause, whistles, cheers. I fancy there are going to be a few more rounds of applause like that before this season is out of the way, it's going to be a great, fantastic ride for all of us. I for one, and I know Erik and everyone else on the Board, the Dons Trust Board are so far behind these two. If there is anything we can do. If anyone has got any ideas or anything we should be doing then please give us a shout. Sponsorships are available Ladies and Gentleman. It would be wrong of me not to tell you that. They are doing very well on all fronts but there are some gaps so if anyone feels that they want to sponsor a game then give us a shout. Thank you very very much for coming this evening its been a great turnout, a wonderful evening, its nice and warm, get out there drink some beer, enjoy ourselves, stay on for the rest of the evening. Thank you again chaps, we look forward to ... [Applause, cheers, whistles.]