I like Dan and he impressed in his senior appearances for us, but he's already 22 and didn't have the best spell at TNS (they really didn't need a player in his position, winning by 5+ every week with their regulars). Things had just started to tick when he got injured at Dundalk before that. In the mean time we've got players like Cotterill and Lloyd coming through in midfield, 3/4 years younger, more advanced than Dan was at their age, and with probably a higher ceiling. u21s football no good for Dan any more, but realistically no room for him in the first team either. It's tough but understandable that he wouldn't get a new deal. Hopefully the next step keeps him in the full time professional game.