[Doug]

I think the disparaging remarks made by Widnes Viking where meant in the manner they where written and that was the reason for my stunning response. It was dismissive and was meant to be.

People will have differing views as to what went wrong at the club and people are entitled to express their individual feelings in respect of those key individuals responsible for running Accrington Stanley. The Club put its hand up and accepted responsibility for the current financial crisis and so they should. What I want from the likes of Eric Whalley is a categorical statement as to how he is going to move the club forward and what the fan base can offer in support of the club over the next few months.

If in my view we don’t get a categorical response the club will lose the possible support of the playing staff, managers and the public, and if that isn’t bad enough the possibility of potential sponsors coming forward offering financial support is going decreasing the longer this goes on.

In my opinion Eric Whalley gave Accrington Stanley its life and its pride back, he gave us something to be proud of and we all owe him for that; but I have worked someone very much like Eric and when things start to turn nasty and you start shutting doors in order to bulldoze your way though a crises, then you only end up the worse.

There have been inappropriate comments made and that’s a matter for the parties concerned and I would hope that somewhere along the line people start working together to resolve this matter. I for one have no problem with Eric Whalley getting a fair and reflective price for Accrington Stanley, if it not been for his money, there wouldn’t have been a club to worry about. But he won’t get anything like what he wants and deserves this way.

He can still retain control by working with those willing to do what he’s done in the past, talk with their pockets.