ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman is bracing himself for a busy summer at the Store First Stadium, but insists none of his players will be leaving on the cheap.

The Reds travel to Morecambe tomorrow for a Good Friday derby before hosting Carlisle United on Easter Monday but Coleman admits he has had to turn some of his attention towards June and July.

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With Stanley currently 17th, eight points clear of the bottom two, another season in League Two looks likely.

And the Reds boss wants to hit the ground running with the 52-year-old keen to improve his squad while keeping his better players in East Lancashire.

“We have got to look at next year as well,” said Coleman ahead of a derby which promises three points for a Reds side who have not lost any of their Football League meetings with the Shrimps.

“We want to get better. We would like better players.

“Our players are honest lads and we have got some good players but you’re always looking to strengthen.

“But we have got to bring better than we already have here and to do that costs money and we haven’t got the money.”

Coleman is determined to bring success back to Stanley and is targeting the play-offs next year with a revitalised squad.

And the Reds boss accepts that if his players perform they will attract attention from higher up the Football League, but believes that can prove a selling point for the club.

He added: “What you have to do is to try and mould a team to your way of playing which we believe is right and which historically been successful.

“You’ve got to try and get young hungry players and given a platform and accept it and not moan about it that if they do well for us for a couple of years and as big club comes in that they go with your blessing.

“What we have to get away from is that we are ripe for cherry picking.

“If people want our better players than they have to pay the correct amount.

“We are competing in this league because we are a proper League Two club.

“Next year we will be looking to try and kick on and get into the play-offs.

“We are going to make a stand. We don’t want our best players to go.”