As some of you have guessed, Ilyas has now pulled away from the club as a result of a meeting between him and the directors yesterday.
Please do not think that a 'clique' has developed of those in the know and those not in the know. But it was felt that Mr Khan should have the right to have his say first before it was posted by others. He has now spoken to the media and there should be stories breaking tomorrow with the story in his words.
However, I have often believed that we deserve to know whats going on before the wider public do, so now that he has spoken it is fair to put the story out there. I will not go into more detail than necessary at this point, you will have to read his account first (tomorrows Telegraph should be carrying the story).
This is indeed a dark day for Accrington Stanley and I have felt physically ill today with the realisation that unless O'Neil has a plan B we are fecked.
Ilyas was going to match the directors offer of cash. Now he will not.
Peter Marsden was a large percentage of the cash that the directors were allegedly going to put in. Now he will not.
I would like to personally and publically thank Ilyas for the efforts he has made on our behalf. Please do not think of this as a desertion by him, but his words were similar to Marsdens "you can't help people who don't want to be helped"
I don't honestly know where this episode now leaves us.
We either back the O'Neil regime to the hilt and try to find 200k in three weeks or we stand back and watch the club die.
I have spent the majority of this day trying to make sense of it all and I haven't managed. I have also spent the day trying to conjur up the words to try to instil some sort of confidence or fight into the fanbase but I have failed. Unless O'Neil has a rabbit to pull out of the hat we are staring at a rebuilding job from the pit of the North West Counties League.
Please do not think that a 'clique' has developed of those in the know and those not in the know. But it was felt that Mr Khan should have the right to have his say first before it was posted by others. He has now spoken to the media and there should be stories breaking tomorrow with the story in his words.
However, I have often believed that we deserve to know whats going on before the wider public do, so now that he has spoken it is fair to put the story out there. I will not go into more detail than necessary at this point, you will have to read his account first (tomorrows Telegraph should be carrying the story).
This is indeed a dark day for Accrington Stanley and I have felt physically ill today with the realisation that unless O'Neil has a plan B we are fecked.
Ilyas was going to match the directors offer of cash. Now he will not.
Peter Marsden was a large percentage of the cash that the directors were allegedly going to put in. Now he will not.
I would like to personally and publically thank Ilyas for the efforts he has made on our behalf. Please do not think of this as a desertion by him, but his words were similar to Marsdens "you can't help people who don't want to be helped"
I don't honestly know where this episode now leaves us.
We either back the O'Neil regime to the hilt and try to find 200k in three weeks or we stand back and watch the club die.
I have spent the majority of this day trying to make sense of it all and I haven't managed. I have also spent the day trying to conjur up the words to try to instil some sort of confidence or fight into the fanbase but I have failed. Unless O'Neil has a rabbit to pull out of the hat we are staring at a rebuilding job from the pit of the North West Counties League.
Thank you Ilyas for your relentless efforts to try a turn this Great little club of ours and a mean ours the surpporters of Accrington Stanley around and put it on a even keel,we all wait with baited breath to see what will happen and what plan of action unfolds from the club
Sorry but why is everyone saying thank you Ilyas ???
