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Originally Posted by Whalley Red
It's great that Ilyas Khan is putting more money into the club. He is a shareholder and has put up money for ground development in the past, but to say that he should run the club instead of Eric shows again how little you know about this club.
You may have missed it, but Ilyas Khan lives in South-East Asia and gets back to Lancashire no more than five times per year. And he should be the chairman! If you go to the club on any day, not just match day, you'll find that Eric is there or has been there. I'd much rather have his 'hands-on' approach any day.
He has always been a tough businessman and is running the club in exactly the same way. Eric has always kept a tight rein on the finances, and he needs to with our attendances, but Coley has not been denied the players that he wants. We have a much better squad than our attendances should be able to pay for and that is because the club is very good at attracting external finances and neither Eric nor Coley want money-seeking prima donnas like Darryl Clare at this club.
If we had a sugar daddy, maybe we could sign Darryl Clare or Paul Gascoigne as you indicated, but I can look at the examples of Hornchurch and Telford this year and say with confidence that with Eric at the helm, we will never follow their example.
I remember the stagnancy at the club under John Alty's chairmanship when we were playing in front of crowds of 200-300 in a very poor quality ground. Now we are on the threshold of a return to the League, the club is moving forward both on the pitch and off it and none of that would have been possible without Eric Whalley.
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It wasnt a dig at eric dont get me wrong. I have'nt been a fan long enough to know the ins and outs but I remember he did a great job at gt harwood when I was younger. He is obviously a good man.
It was just the figures mentioned in that article about Khan. Thats some serious coin. He could make a major impact at this level without even scratching the surface of wealth like that. He is obviously a keen Stanley man as well.
I am aware he resides in Hong Kong (or south east asia as you like to call it for dramatic effect) but I dont see that as a problem.
Once he had acquired ownership he could put his own people in place, people who he knows and trusts, to run things day to day. He could even use the current administration I dare say, although im not sure you would like.
It would be an exciting proposition and would definitely attract a lot of attention to the club.
As much as I enjoyed Saturady and I will be back it was still only 1300.
Couple of big names and a runaway lead would draw loads more down.
He could be the Roman Abramovich of Accy Stanley!!