[Doug]

We keep on trundling through these threads year after year; everyone wants our John. This time there's a little bit of distance in John's eyes when you see him on local news or at the games coverage. The wages diabolical, club finances (we had another CCJ last week recorded for May) and the battling over ownership of the club must have left a scar or two. Would he go, I wouldn't blame him or hold it against him, I wouldn't be surprised if he did take a more stable offer. We all know he loves the club and the fans but there is a line in everyman's life; he loves the lads and he would no doubt take some with him. Stanley till he dies, no, that's our cross to carry. I have more important things to ask for in life; but if I could ask anything from John Colman; it would be to stay long enough to lead us up into the Championship.

I would ask the club to make no more promises or talk of pipe dreams; just give John Colman everything he asks for and the rest will be added to that eternal history of the Club that wouldn't die. Accrington Stanley.