Coleman

if the worst does comes to the worst and Coley leaves does that mean that Jimmy leaves as well could it be his chance to step up to the fore and become a manager. I for one would love to see him as manager as opposed to a merry go round manager who doesn't give a stuff about our club
 
nige b said:
if the worst does comes to the worst and Coley leaves does that mean that Jimmy leaves as well could it be his chance to step up to the fore and become a manager. I for one would love to see him as manager as opposed to a merry go round manager who doesn't give a stuff about our club
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The offical statement...Club statement
Sunday 22nd Jan 2012


Stanley give permission for Coley to speak with Rochdale

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Accrington Stanley have this afternoon received an official request from Rochdale Football Club to speak to our manager John Coleman about the vacant manager post at Spotland.

Following communications with Rochdale Football Club, and after discussing the matter with John Coleman, the decision has been taken to allow him to speak with Rochdale.

Accrington Stanley chief executive Robert Heys commented "We will always be absolutely fair to John and Jimmy who have given their all to our club. It must be stressed that this is a very early point of a process and we will provide supporters with any updates should this develop."

Both John Coleman and Jimmy Bell are under contract at Accrington Stanley until the summer of 2015, and both will take charge of first team training tomorrow morning as usual.:(
It must be stressed that this is a very early point of a process
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Process what process thought it was just talks!! IMHO this statement sends out the wrong signs to stanley fans:(
 
Job for life that he says he loves vs a 2/3 yr contract that doesnt work out ,and he's on that out of work manager band wagon,or back to teaching !!

Not many are in a job for life that they love,he is very fortunate !!
 
Fourth official said:
Job for life that he says he loves vs a 2/3 yr contract that doesnt work out ,and he's on that out of work manager band wagon,or back to teaching !!

Not many are in a job for life that they love,he is very fortunate !!
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Even a job for life is not everybody's cup of tea though ( or should that be glass of milk :) )

There comes a point where you want to take chances and have a different challenge. It would be very difficult for Stanley to match any club in the football league and even several leagues below when it comes to available finances to build a team and pit your wits at a higher level.

Having said that I still have the feeling JC won't go but will use it as a wake up call to the club.
 
If he goes, and we all hope he doesn't, I agree that there should be something to stop him asset stripping the squad at least during this transfer window but I can't help wondering whether that's why Bryan Hughes hasn't been given a contract yet. He wouldn't be covered by any such agreement.
 
For the record, 1st opologies to the dale fans for accusation of full rumour mongering - seems it had a ring of truth to it, the fact remains coleman is free to talk to dale.

If he goes he goes - its his decision at the end of the day, he could of gone at any other point during his reign at stanley, i'd rather a manager was here cos he wanted to be here to take on challenges we as a small club face. If he feels dale is the right opportunity & ticks his boxes then he may well go for it - cant blame the guy & theres little anyone can do if minds made up. Theres many factors to stay as to go, think stanley has hit the cross roads anyway on many factors.

Thing is do we think with hearts or minds in regards to stanley.......im trying to balance the both!
 
If he hangs on, he could be applying for Dalglish's job with Liverpool or t'Rovers. I do hope he is getting the message that the fans want him to stay and I hope too that the directors get this message too.
 
Brierls said:
Have you got a mate who works at Stan James as well? Perhaps you could shed some light on that one too.

I've just had a gander at Coleman's post match interview on your OS, I think there's been an issue with the upload. The press chap says he'll talk about the game first, then ask about a few 'other issues'. He does talk about the game, but then the uploaded interview stops suddenly without any mention of 'other issues'. I was expecting the interviewer to ask about the Dale link and Coleman to deny any interest and pledge his allegiance to Accy...
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I noticed this aswell.
 
Daft as it sounds in Football, Coley has a job fer life at stanley, I certainly have no intention of speculating who? i can only echo what Bob Dobson n others have said,n leave speculation to those who need to.:rolleyes:
 
At the end of the day there is really only one person who knows what will happen and that is JC, at stanley he has probably more job security than nearly every other football manager but when all said JC is no different than the rest of us with bills to pay etc and might also see this as a new challenge with what I would think would be a considerable pay rise, on the down side though he would be jumping onto the football manager merry go round.
At some stage the king is likely to go and ply his trade elsewhere but it,s up to him where that is and when it happens, but IMHO Rochdale ain,t it and it,s up to our chairman and his team to step up and offer the man the world.
 
stanley convert said:
At some stage the king is likely to go and ply his trade elsewhere but it,s up to him where that is and when it happens, but IMHO Rochdale ain,t it and it,s up to our chairman and his team to step up and offer the man the world.
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How much does the world cost?? The stark reality is we aint got enough money!! I dont know what our chairman & co can offer, other than hope that new stadium & facilities can improve, sure yeh proccys sale money would buy a player or 2 at push, but realistically dont know what more we can offer other than a guarantee of employment till contract is up or more time.:confused:
 
Ouber said:
I noticed this aswell.
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These quotes...

Speaking after Saturday's goalless draw at Aldershot, Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire: "If the sum of your ambitions is to manage in League Two with a club who's on a small budget, I think our club wouldn't benefit from it.


"If our club didn't realise I was ambitious we'd possibly still be in the UniBond."


...or words to that effect, may have been what was missing from the end of the interview.


(Taken from the BBC website - BBC Sport - Rochdale to talk to Accrington Stanley's John Coleman)

I'll still believe it when it happens. Accy fans can take hope from Rob Heys bullish stance on Twitter.
 
Brierls said:
These quotes...

Speaking after Saturday's goalless draw at Aldershot, Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire: "If the sum of your ambitions is to manage in League Two with a club who's on a small budget, I think our club wouldn't benefit from it.


"If our club didn't realise I was ambitious we'd possibly still be in the UniBond."


...or words to that effect, may have been what was missing from the end of the interview.


(Taken from the BBC website - BBC Sport - Rochdale to talk to Accrington Stanley's John Coleman)

I'll still believe it when it happens. Accy fans can take hope from Rob Heys bullish stance on Twitter.
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Just to clarify, Radio Lancashire's post match interview is filmed for the website, with match related stuff going online. The full interview goes out on Radio Lancs.

This happens every week, so nothing unusual about this weekend's ending at the end of the discussion on the game. Hope this explanation helps :)
 
From Wikipedia :eek:

John Coleman (born 12 October 1962) is an English football manager and former player. He is currently manager of League Two side Accrington Stanley.

Coleman had a long playing career, mainly in non-league football for Kirkby Town, Burscough, Marine, Southport, Runcorn F.C. Halton, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe, Lancaster City and Ashton United. He also had a short spell in Wales with Rhyl. He was one of the most prolific non-league goalscorers in history, with over 500 goals to his name in a career spanning almost two decades. This success saw him play for the England National Game XI (the England team for semi-professional players) and receive many Player of the Year awards from the clubs he played for.[1]

He was appointed player-manager of Ashton United in 1997. After two years, he joined Accrington Stanley then playing in the Northern Premier League First Division. His tenure has seen the club win three promotions as champions to enter the Football League in 2006. He is also the club's longest ever serving manager. Furthermore, he was the third longest serving manager in England, behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger until he joined Rochdale AFC.
 
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