Coleman and Bell sacked

[Exile on Spencer St]

Originally Posted by Mundo

Wow - you're one of the reasons this forum is t what it used to be….

This from someone making 4 posts in 14 years?

[Exile on Spencer St]

Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

Exile, it is neither a joke, nor rubbish.........

Correct me if misread, but you suggested a fan has put more money into Stanley than Andy Holt?
So, let’s just take Coley’s and Club 1968 Building which, I believe, cost £2Million.

Let’s assume it costs a fan £20 a game (much less for a season ticket holder) and they watch 50 games a season.

To match AH’s investment in that one building would require that fan to attend every home match for 2,000 seasons!

Yeah, you’re right. It’s not a joke.

[VALAIRIAN]

Exile, I am sorry, I am not right

[Mundo]

Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St

This from someone making 4 posts in 14 years?

Oh my apologies,didnt realise that 40 years on the match didn't qualify for an opinion. Like I said, there a reason this forum isn't what it used to be - but thanks for confirming it

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[Exile on Spencer St]

Originally Posted by Mundo

Oh my apologies,didnt realise that 40 years on the match didn't qualify for an opinion….

No need to apologise, no one’s denying you your opinion.
But your slagging off someone else who’s made 50,000+ posts, because you don’t seem to like their opinion, and accusing them of “ruining” the Accyweb is what I find amusing.

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

Exile, it is neither a joke, nor rubbish.........

Many a true word spoken in jest.

He has put the club in a lot of debt to 0404, and when the club was making money due to player sales money was taken out.

He wore a protest scarf about his club owners, the Glazers, but he is similar.

[MikeA]

There's now an update from David Burgess on the official site:
https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/...9qH49xS09WCSQw

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by MikeA

There's now an update from David Burgess on the official site:
https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/...9qH49xS09WCSQw

Half hearted attempt at damage limitation - in other words, too little too late

[Crown Grounder]

Originally Posted by AccyMad

Half hearted attempt at damage limitation - in other words, too little too late

It is possible that the sackings took place overnight on Saturday or early on Sunday following conversations between Andy and John/Jimmy. Stanley certainly don't have the luxury of a 24/7 Media/Publicity department.

I think the wording is good. Not sure what you expect in this situation?

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by Crown Grounder

It is possible that the sackings took place overnight on Saturday or early on Sunday following conversations between Andy and John/Jimmy. Stanley certainly don't have the luxury of a 24/7 Media/Publicity department.

I think the wording is good. Not sure what you expect in this situation?

I don't think a bit of professionalism in the first place would have been asking too much tbh but maybe I expected too much

[Div3North]

Originally Posted by AccyMad

I don't think a bit of professionalism in the first place would have been asking too much tbh but maybe I expected too much

The Sunday announcement was brief to the point of being curt, and damned them with faint (or no) praise

Today’s piece gives credit where it is/was undoubtedly due

The last couple of years haven’t been good, but many of the earlier years were.

[Twenty Eight]

Personally to separate the formal decision to sack from the acknowledgment of their services was absolutely right.
How can you sack someone and in the same breath say how great they've been ?
Good move to get the official announcement out let the dust settle then acknowledge services past.
Clearly there's things been going on - some we are privy to what with BBC Lancs Andy putting the club up for sale and much we are not.
Meant in an affectionate way - we have two stubborn characters locking horns and there really wasn't a way back unless we were 4th and pushing for promotion.
Which then leads to timing.
Someone has pressed the go button when I guess the feeling of most would have been to see the season out.
Everyone will have an opinion on that so best for fans to take stock and recognise there's never going to be mass agreement on ifs but whys wherefores etc.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Div3North

The Sunday announcement was brief to the point of being curt, and damned them with faint (or no) praise

Today’s piece gives credit where it is/was undoubtedly due

The last couple of years haven’t been good, but many of the earlier years were.

why has it not been good happen cos they have been sat on the wall for the last 2 seasons

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

IMHO Andy Holt has displayed the patience of a saint when it comes to our not so dearly departed management.
After last seasons fiasco, where what little budget we had was squandered on a bunch of over rated, injury prone wasters, resulting in relegation, I'm frankly surprised they were not given the boot immediately.
Even after the 'Back us or sack us!' debacle (attempted blackmail by any other name) AH still gave them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps due largely to their past record and in the hope that things may improve. Well they clearly have not.
After 35 games it's clear the club are going nowhere fast. Knocked out of both major cup ties in the first round & having taken only 5 points from the last 21 available, we've won only 3 games the whole of this year.
After Andy Holt invested millions of his own money simply because he wanted to put something back into the community, helping to turn a near bankrupt tin-pot club into one that fans could be proud of, I'm glad he bit the bullet.
Coleman & Bell have been simply going through the motions for the past two seasons.
Poor recruitment, an all too predictable never changing game-plan combined with an inability to change tactics have got us where we are today .
When you deprive fans of hope - the only thing we have, it's time for change.
There's only one football genius at Stanley and his name is Andy Holt.
I say good riddance!

[Watchdog]

Originally Posted by Lord Stiffupperlip

IMHO Andy Holt has displayed the patience of a saint when it comes to our not so dearly departed management.
After last seasons fiasco, where what little budget we had was squandered on a bunch of over rated, injury prone wasters, resulting in relegation, I'm frankly surprised they were not given the boot immediately.
Even after the 'Back us or sack us!' debacle (attempted blackmail by any other name) AH still gave them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps due largely to their past record and in the hope that things may improve. Well they clearly have not.
After 35 games it's clear the club are going nowhere fast. Knocked out of both major cup ties in the first round & having taken only 5 points from the last 21 available, we've won only 3 games the whole of this year.
After Andy Holt invested millions of his own money simply because he wanted to put something back into the community, helping to turn a near bankrupt tin-pot club into one that fans could be proud of, I'm glad he bit the bullet.
Coleman & Bell have been simply going through the motions for the past two seasons.
Poor recruitment, an all too predictable never changing game-plan combined with an inability to change tactics have got us where we are today .
When you deprive fans of hope - the only thing we have, it's time for change.
There's only one football genius at Stanley and his name is Andy Holt.
I say good riddance!

Absolutely spot on, well said that man.