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Ryan will relish facing up to the Cherries
The 21-year-old missed Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Sherborne Town due to work commitments but is line to partner Jamie Mudge against the club he began his career with. Manager Shaun Brooks, who himself made more than 100 appearances for the Cherries, said: "Ryan had to work on Saturday and he's been working Saturdays over pre-season so that he doesn't miss any games in the season. "He is one who needs more game time and I'm sure he'll look forward to playing against his former club. "We've got a better pitch to play on and better opposition to play against them on Saturday. We want to give all the squad players a run out for their fitness and development, and we're all looking forward to it. "Bournemouth put in a decent performance against Bristol City at the weekend and it will be nice for our fans to see the likes of Darren Anderton in action. There was no problem with the players' attitude at Sherborne on Saturday, if anything they perhaps tried too hard and just lost a bit of composure." Brooks is also beginning to sift through those who have been on trial with the county town club, including ex-Magpie Michael Walker and keeper Michael McEntagart. The Dorchester boss added: "Michael Walker will be around for a little while longer. We're not in a position to offer him anything as of yet but he's done okay and he will be in tonight's squad. "With Mark Jermyn injured and Nathan Peprah-Annan a bit sore we haven't got great numbers. We tried to use the budget to get players in with pedigree rather than bigger numbers. "Michael McEntagart has done okay but it's still a situation we're monitoring daily. We're still looking around for keepers but Michael has got good potential and is a good character. Keepers are hard to come by, but we'll sit down with Michael soon, I just want to get the Bournemouth game over with first. "Indy Aujla though, has been released. He came in, did okay and worked hard, if he continues to do so then he might develop into a player, however, he's not for us at the moment." The Magpies travel to South West Peninsular League side Stoke Gabriel on Thursday evening for the final friendly of their pre-season schedule. But Brooks is keen to arrange another fixture for this time next week. He said: "We're still looking for a game as the time between the friendly at Stoke Gabriel and the first league match at Braintree on August 9 is a bit too long." Magpies (from): McEntagart, Bowles, O'Brien, Liburd, Smeeton, Clay, Hill, Crittenden, Gleeson, Moss, Mudge, Forbes, Osei, Peprah-Annan, Marsh-Brown, Walker, Browne, Mitchell, Nicholson, Watts.
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