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Ah cheers for the explanation, both of you!

Fair enough mate - I was more responding to the @Chickenhead comment about Matt and Luton not being innocents. I don't think looking for other jobs (including Coventry and Millwall, if he did) make him guilty of anything if he was made to feel unwanted.

Either way, if the idea was for the uncertainty to keep the fans onside and question a 20+ year servant of the club over people who have been here five minutes, the new regime have played a blinder! Wycombe fans will be disagreeing about this until the end of time, as I don't think Blooms is the type to do a tell-all. It must be galling for him for anyone to think he took Wycombe lightly, though - he must be thinking "What would I have had to do to make fans think I love the club?". I have even seen Colchester cited as him jumping ship on us, even though RC was clear that he pushed for that to get Blooms experience!

My own opinion will always be that they are within their rights to do whatever they have done but a) for me it was handled poorly, bordering on the toxic ("passive aggressive" is the kindest term I can use), and b) I question the wisdom behind it all for reasons previously stated in other posts (moving on from culture built over a decade or more, not valuing a successful manager and recruitment head, etc.) Neither of those opinions will stop me supporting the team or being happy if we absolutely nail the second half of the season with whoever the new manager is! Plenty of fans don't warm to their ownership group.

I read somewhere that a tribunal would be likely to award at least the same or similar amount as any offer that was made for him in the last 6 months leading up to the tribunal. Can’t remember where I read it though, think was on some Swansea newspaper site…

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/swansea-citys-complicated-joe-low-30794651.amp here it is

In order to get any compensation from the transfer, we have to have evidence that we offered Joe an extension / new contract and that he turned it down in favour for his future club. If we have told the player that they are being released / not offered a deal (normally happens at the end of the season) then we wouldn't get anything (just like the Premier League teams at the end of the season).

You'll love having GA and Dobson at Shrewsbury. 2 fantastic and very different individuals who compliment each other brilliantly. Loved watching your win against Wrexham last night. The roar from the crown when the final whistle went was quite something. They way they've got your team fighting for each other already is a really promising sign.

It won't always be pretty, but as he builds and adds more quality, they'll tweak and develop the playing style accordingly. We were always labelled as long ball, which for several years with Bayo up front we were. By the end though, we had some real high quality players and were playing some fantastic football. Despite this, we still got very little credit from opposition managers and supporters. They're whining is something you'll have to get used to and learn to relish! "You know what to expect with Shrewsbury" will be a mantra you'll hear a lot from managers who despite knowing what to expect seemingly have no idea as to how to stop you!

Couldn't agree more.

99% of people have interviews whilst still doing their current jobs. It's absolutely the norm. Not sure why that would be an exception in this case.

We didn't exactly fight to keep him. As far as I am aware, no counter offer, no contract extension just a one line message about them being disappointed he's left midway through the season. They've spent millions on academy, training ground, recruitment and now players. I'm sure if they'd wanted him and if MB felt wanted they would have found enough money to keep him to stay and he would have been very happy. The fact he's felt the need to go elsewhere speaks volumes to me.

The ownership group maybe very successful and throw lots of money at it and there is many ways to do things, I just feel very upset about us losing our family/community feel.

The owners at Wrexham have certainly made that a great community club and made everyone feel welcome from the outside looking in. So, you can have success, spend loads of money and still have a family/community feel.

Lars Ulrich is Danish. Time for heavy metal football.

Why wouldn't you want him?

Gape is exactly the kind of signing (and bloke) you want in the team when you’re fighting to stay up. He’s not particularly bad on the ball but he is absolutely fantastic without it. Fantastic on second balls, which are vital to win in an Ainsworth setup. A leader as one of our ex ‘generals’ and certainly captain/vice captain material given time and if he stays fit. You’d be hard pushed to find a Wycombe fan with a negative view of Gape. He won’t shine in the top half of League 1 nowadays, but he’s obviously being signed to help you scrap and stay up. He’s ideal for that. Really hope he stays fit for you - that’s the main challenge.