[Phil Whalley]

I can see both sides. JC & JB do come with some unfortunate baggage, but equally gave us some terrific football and, for me personally, some of the best times I've had in a football ground.

One thing that I've missed since they went is that sense that we deserved to be in the league and winning games. Post-Coleman, we've had far too much emphasis on the limits of the budget and how we can't expect too much. Flying in the face of probablity it might have been, but Coleman's unreasonableness in demanding something from every game was probably part of the chemistry that got us up, kept us up, and then saw that fine side of Edwards, Ryan, Grant, Symes et al flower. I can't help but feel that we've missed this, and that it was an important part of what allowed Stanley to thrive, even at this elevated level.

So with some faith in the ideas of giving second chances, learning from mistakes, lines in the sand and so on, for me it's a guarded welcome back.