[Thin Monkey]

For me there's one obvious candidate, I hope that Rob and Ilyas have already had a word in his shell like ,told Mark Patterson to think very carefully before accepting any offer to join Coley at Rochdale, and that the Stanley manager's job is his if he wants it.

We need someone who understands our unique club and, like Coley, can turn all the negatives (Lowest budget, Worst Stadium, Tatty changing rooms etc.) into positives which bind the team together. Patterson must be the best placed man to do that.

I thought he was shocking as a player but, since his arrival as coach in 2010, we've suddenly developed the ability to defend, after years of leaking goals like a sieve.