Accrington Stanley boss Tony Greenwood looks to the future

TONY Greenwood says it is business as usual at the Crown Ground despite the sudden departure of director of football Brent Peters - and the threat of further changes in personnel.

The Accrington Stanley manager, who succeeded Stan Allan two months ago, stressed today that Peters' exit will have no effect on team matters.

"It hasn't done and won't in the future," said Greenwood.

"As far as I'm concerned we're just getting on with the job."

That job is as daunting as ever, according to Greenwood, despite a sequence of 15 games in which Stanley have experienced defeat only three times.

Defeat on Tuesday night against Barrow 5-4, after leading 3-0 and 4-1 at half-time in the UniBond League President's Cup first round, illustrated for the former Bamber Bridge boss that too many deficiencies still exist.

And he is determined to overcome this by attracting new players to the club.

This can only mean the axe for some of the present personnel and Greenwood strengthened this suspicion by placing goalkeeper Rob Molloy and forward Stuart Taylor on the transfer list on Wednesday.

"The balance isn't right and there will definitely be new players coming in to strengthen the team," confirmed Greenwood who left Irongate when the board failed to lay on extra funds to strengthen the Bamber Bridge team.

"Tuesday night's result was embarrassing.

"Our team folded in the second half. "You learn a lot about your team in adversity and, for me, there were only one or two winners.

"I need people who will die for Accrington Stanley."

A major bonus for Greenwood has been the performances of Brett Ormerod, whose pace and appetite secured him a hat-trick at Barrow.

"He's been a revelation, a breath of fresh air, a young kid who looks like he's been playing for years," enthused Greenwood.

"I felt sorry for him, scoring a hat-trick and still ending up on the losing team.

"I'd be kidding everyone if I said I was happy with everything overall though.

"Our home form in particular is something we've got to look at seriously."

While Peters felt he had a contribution to make at Stanley, it became increasingly clear to him that he needed more hands-on involvement than his director of football role allowed.

He has aspirations of one day managing a Football League team and has clear plans for his immediate future.

"I want to get involved in management again as soon as possible," he said.

"And a job I would dearly love is the post at Chorley. "I don't want to upset Steve Doyle and I know he certainly wants the job on a full-time basis.

"But I know if Chorley give me that chance I can do well for them.

"I'm a businessman, I'm knowledgeable and I've got the contacts in non-league football.

"People may say that Brent Peters has never managed at that level.

"But I've managed players who have been at that level and that's what counts.

"I've been involved obviously at youth team level with Bury but, what people may not know, is that I was also heavily involved with the first team because of the nature of the set-up that was there.

"I've got experience in the Football League as well as non-league.

"I would love the chance to realise my ambitions and the ambitions of a football club like Chorley by bringing them up to the Football League."

Steve Doyle, though, looks set to stay in charge of the UniBond Premier League side for the foreseeable future.

Chairman Jack Kirkland has not advertised the post yet and will not for the next few weeks at least.

Doyle, who stepped in after Dave Sutton's resignation, remains favourite to get the job on a full-time basis.

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