[Paper Boy]

The talk in this thread blaming all our woes on the lack of ambition by Eric Whalley, I believe are totally ill foundered. Eric has been the driving force behind this club achieving what it has to date. Sure, his approach may be a little out dated in many of our eyes, but his passion for this club and his determination to ensure the football loving people of Accrington have a quality football team to follow for many years to come should not be underestimated. Better that than have someone come in for a couple of seasons to flash some cash, get bored and leave us in the lurch. I'm sure if the money trees in Eric's garden started producing fifty pound notes instead of fivers, he'd shove more into the club. Don't get ambition mixed up with wealth.

I lay the blame for our current problems squarely on the shoulders of the people of Accrington. I appreciate that it's not overly appealing to watch a poor standard of football in a poor stadium, but the only way we can improve our situation is to increase the cash coming into the club. This means all the people who purport to hold Stanley close to their hearts, get off their backsides and support the club. We simply cannot afford to build the facilities everyone wants or attract the players we need with the current level of support.

The only area were I feel we failed, was during the last close season when John Coleman chose to stay loyal to his Conference winning team rather than to use all the media frenzy and hype surrounding it to bring in a couple of top players. But hindsight's a wonderful thing...