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Originally Posted by shakermaker

On the other hand, look at the amount of players we'll be likely to lose if Coleman leaves: Craney, Cav, Phil, Whalley, Grant, Harris & Rocky.

Why? What evidence is there that a clutch of players leaves a club when the manager leaves, other than those that the new manager wants to get rid of? Are you saying that these players have such devotion to JC that they will leave? Or are you saying that another manager would move them on as not good enough?

Originally Posted by shakermaker

Now, on top of that we'd be left clutching at straws/scraping the barrel for a manager to replace Coley.

I know this is often said, but I'm afraid that I just don't understand it at all. There are scores of potential managers out there - current managers of clubs just below league level who would love to move to league level, and players who are retiring and are keen to move into management. If the argument were to be "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know", then I could understand that while not necessarily agreeing with it. But I cannot accept the argument that there are no perfectly competent potential successors out there.