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choirboy · 30-04-2013, 20:50

Went out for a long 60 mile bike ride today.

After having my shower and a brew at about 3pm I put the telly on to have a look at the football news on teletext and was absolutely SHOCKED and GUTTED to read the news about Leam leaving us!!!!

Like others, I think it could very easily turn out all wrong for the lad. Chesterfield have big club ambitions and as others have already said, Leam and Cooky could find themselves out of a job half way through the season!!!

Looking back on both or their managerial tenures at Stanley, I honestly think that Leam did a far better job than Cooky. Cooky decimated the squad and brought in quite a number of fairly lame loan players, then left us pretty much in the lurch!! Leam took over and alhtough it took a while for him to build a new team, with his own choices, he actually produced a settled and pretty succesful team for the last 10 or 12 matches and of course they retained our Football League status.

Therefore, I rate Leam more highly than Cooky as a No 1 manager and cannot understand why Leam has gone to work for Cooky as his No 2.
Obviously a big factor, as usual, is money and of course nobody can blame Leam for looking for the security offered by a higher salary.
I believe that if Leam had stayed with us for another full season that he could have done far better than No2 (for a while) at Chesterfield.
It is a sad fact of football life that loyalty is being bought out by money these days in our beloved game.

The fans, apart from Dav007 and one or two other numpties, have shown true loyalty to Leam and supported him fully as he rebuilt the squad.
Well, sincerely I would like to say thankyou and wish you good luck Leam, but I really think you could have written a full chapter in the history of our famous club instead of just a few lines.
The most important part of our club though are the fans who turn out week in week out in all weathers and those who consider themselves TRUE REDS will be here on the terraces and in their seats on day one next season.
Our role here at Stanley seems to be to constantly overcome adversity and of course we will continue to do so.
There will be much debate about John and Jimmy possibly returning, or giving another youngster like James Beatty a chance and there will be others after the job too. As Rob Heyes says on his video comment we should not rush in too quickly but we do need to have a manager in place within a week or two to talk to the players who are out of contract as soon as they have had a break.
I think that Romy Boco will definitely go to Chesterfield but I hope that we can keep the other lads.
I think that our players should remember the old saying about; "The grass is greener on the other side of the hill". My view is that it just isn't always true and you should think very, very carefully before leaving us for other "green" pastures. Why not stay and be part of the history of a famous club like ACCRINGTON STANLEY.
ON STANLEY ON!

30-04-2013, 20:50	#78
choirboy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Clayton le Moors Posts: 3,054 Liked: 2218 times Rep Power: 230533	Re: Leam gong ?????... Went out for a long 60 mile bike ride today. After having my shower and a brew at about 3pm I put the telly on to have a look at the football news on teletext and was absolutely SHOCKED and GUTTED to read the news about Leam leaving us!!!! Like others, I think it could very easily turn out all wrong for the lad. Chesterfield have big club ambitions and as others have already said, Leam and Cooky could find themselves out of a job half way through the season!!! Looking back on both or their managerial tenures at Stanley, I honestly think that Leam did a far better job than Cooky. Cooky decimated the squad and brought in quite a number of fairly lame loan players, then left us pretty much in the lurch!! Leam took over and alhtough it took a while for him to build a new team, with his own choices, he actually produced a settled and pretty succesful team for the last 10 or 12 matches and of course they retained our Football League status. Therefore, I rate Leam more highly than Cooky as a No 1 manager and cannot understand why Leam has gone to work for Cooky as his No 2. Obviously a big factor, as usual, is money and of course nobody can blame Leam for looking for the security offered by a higher salary. I believe that if Leam had stayed with us for another full season that he could have done far better than No2 (for a while) at Chesterfield. It is a sad fact of football life that loyalty is being bought out by money these days in our beloved game. The fans, apart from Dav007 and one or two other numpties, have shown true loyalty to Leam and supported him fully as he rebuilt the squad. Well, sincerely I would like to say thankyou and wish you good luck Leam, but I really think you could have written a full chapter in the history of our famous club instead of just a few lines. The most important part of our club though are the fans who turn out week in week out in all weathers and those who consider themselves TRUE REDS will be here on the terraces and in their seats on day one next season. Our role here at Stanley seems to be to constantly overcome adversity and of course we will continue to do so. There will be much debate about John and Jimmy possibly returning, or giving another youngster like James Beatty a chance and there will be others after the job too. As Rob Heyes says on his video comment we should not rush in too quickly but we do need to have a manager in place within a week or two to talk to the players who are out of contract as soon as they have had a break. I think that Romy Boco will definitely go to Chesterfield but I hope that we can keep the other lads. I think that our players should remember the old saying about; "The grass is greener on the other side of the hill". My view is that it just isn't always true and you should think very, very carefully before leaving us for other "green" pastures. Why not stay and be part of the history of a famous club like ACCRINGTON STANLEY. ON STANLEY ON!