<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="630" border="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td colspan="5"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><div class="headingMain" id="ViewArticle1_divHeadline">Danny deal</div> <div class="firstpara" id="ViewArticle1_divFirstPara">BARNSLEY are considering offering Danny Cadamarteri a month-to-month contract, chairman Gordon Shepherd has revealed.</div> <div class="bodytext" id="ViewArticle1_divPageText" style="FONT-SIZE: 11px">Cadamarteri, who is a free agent following a six-month ban for failing a drugs test, could be available to make his debut a week tomorrow in the home game against Ipswich Town. There has been no progress on Barnsley offering a new deal to manager Andy Ritchie, extending his guaranteed employment at the club beyond this summer. "He has got eight months to run on the current contract. We have got to focus on winning football matches," Shepherd stressed. "If we were going to get rid of him we would have done that when Sheffield Wednesday called about him and we'd have got compensation then." Ritchie declined to comment on a meeting he had with Shepherd yesterday afternoon. "I've a football match to win," he said. Meanwhile, striker Marc Richards has a sore thigh and it will be left until the 11th hour to decide whether he features in the squad at Crystal Palace. "If he's not fully fit he won't play," Ritchie explained. Ritchie hinted last week that Daniel Nardiello could be in the starting line-up. "He's got a good chance of starting, I have to make my mind up. We also have Paul Hayes available," he said. Nardiello has been an influential sub in the last two matches. Palace manager Peter Taylor goes into tomorrow's game under pressure. His team have under achieved despite buying big-money players like Shefki Kuqi (£2.5 million), Leon Cort (£1.5m), Scott Flinders (£1m) and James Scowcroft (£500,000). Meanwhile, Barnsley are reporting that they earned more than they spent in the financial year ended in May this year. A statement from Shepherd said: "You will recall that the losses for the year ending 31 May 2004 were some £3,650,000 which reduced in the year ending 31 May 2005 to £1,240,000. "This financial year has shown a massive improvement and I am pleased to report that our net losses have been reduced to £186,000. "I am also delighted to say that this year the club has actually made a small operating profit of £128,000." He revealed that Barnsley received £350,000 for Flinders rising to another £600,000 depending on games played. We want to know what you think. Click here to email us. Or you can send us a text message. Text SHEFFSTAR REDS followed by a space and then your comments up to a maximum of 160 characters and send to 84070. Text Charges: Texts cost 25p plus normal network rates. If you do not want to receive information on any other products or services, please text the word EXIT at the end of your message. </div> <div id="ViewArticle1_divDate">17 November 2006</div><a id="ViewArticle1_hypReturn"></a></td><td></td><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="210" bgcolor="#e6e7e8" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="header" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="5"></td><td width="200"></td><td width="5"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="5"></td><td valign="top" align="center" width="200"><span class="caption" id="ViewArticle1_lblCaption">Free agent: Former Sheffield United striker Danny Cadamarteri is available after his six-month suspension</span></td><td width="5"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" height="10"></td></tr><tr><td width="5"></td><td valign="top" align="left" width="200"><div id="ViewArticle1_divQuote"></div> <div id="ViewArticle1_divQuoteBy"></div></td><td width="5"></td></tr><tr><td class="header" width="10" colspan="3"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td align="center"></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="ViewArticle1_divFontSizeFoot"><script language="javascript"></script></div></td></tr><tr><td class="header">Search our archive</td></tr></tbody></table>
