[Wynonie Harris]

OK, Coley has quite rightly come in for a lot of criticism in many different areas - his tactical faults, his near-suicidal insistence on playing Williams match after match, no matter how many errors he makes and much, much more. But if we get rid of him, will his replacement be able to do much better in keeping a club in the football league which only attracts an average gate of 1,600 (a full 300 below the average of the next worst supported club)? How will he go on juggling a miniscule playing budget?...or trying to tempt talented players here with a £25k wage when other division 2 clubs are offering £50k+? Will he not end up struggling just as Coley has done?

Yes, it's time for a change at the club, but at a much higher level. It's time that Eric Whalley kept his promise to retire and put the club up for sale at a realistic price. Whether anyone would buy or not remains to be seen but hopefully someone would. Because what this club needs is a totally fresh approach to attracting the local public - new ideas, innovative concepts and fresh initiatives to take us out of the rut we are currently in. If no one did make an offer, then at least, we'd know where we stood, but this present situation where Eric is asking for investment but insisting on keeping control is just not realistic - no one is going to invest on those terms. Eric's worked wonders for Stanley over the past few seasons, but I think it's time he handed over the reins now.