I know where you're coming from Macca....It's taken me all day to come to terms with this news...It really does suggest that he'd finally had enough of firefighting at Stanley and finally felt the time was right to move on......
We haven't backed him enough....It would have jarred anybody off, no end ,to continually have to re-build a squad every close season....I wish if only we'd have given Coley a little leeway. A few quid extra on the wagebill (league rules etc permitting ) a few quid to go and spend on an up and coming starlet from non-league....Losing Proccy probably was " the straw that broke the camels back" so to speak......
And Why, O Why, do we chose to continually do our business behind closed doors so to speak....by that I mean all these "undisclosed fees" received???? Am I right in saying that the only transfer from recent years that we've disclosed exactly what we've received is from Ryan going to Scunthorpe??? When the Tribunal HAD to release details of the transfer!!!!
Does anybody on here seriously think the compensation package ( if and when it's finally agreed ) will be anything different????
To me it's only relevant to do such a deal if we're actually going to use the money to buy new players.
(or even go after a manager,who we might have to pay compensation for and with half an idea how to spend such money) If we're not going to spend the money we're getting, what are all these "undisclosed fees" hiding?????
To me at least, If it comes out again that Coley, possibly Bell (and whoever else Coley chooses to take to Spotland ) That we've accepted an undisclosed fee for their services....It's sending out the wrong message to any prospective replacement....i.e. " we're potless and ain't got any money to back a new man"
Just how many of these "undisclosed fees" have we accepted in the last couple of years???? Transarency required...Let's give any applicants for the positions ( which will be a very, very tough acts to follow of the previous occupiers of said positions) a chance!!!
I fear that we're at that line in the sand now...we all knew it would come one day, but one wrong move now and 12 years of hard work can go down the pan in the next eighteen months!!