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Wycombe existed before Matt Bloomfield, and it will continue to exist and thrive after him. A superb man, and a superb servant to the club, but this is just the beginning of another chapter.

BBC Three Counties reporting Blooms "Looks set to Join Luton as their new manager" this morning, and like most people I have seen and heard enough to accept what's about to happen. Those of us who follow the Kremlinology at Wycombe had come to the conclusion that not everything was rosy in the garden between MB and the new ownership, and that therefore when the opportunity presented itself to manage at a higher level, he has chosen to do so. He will have sought advice from others he trusts, notably GA and Rob Couhig - both of whom will (I suspect) have told him not to pass up this opportunity.

For me it will be interesting to see if Blooms has any leaving message for WWFC supporters, although I am certain the new ownership wont permit any leaving video of MB saying goodbye to the players and a final interview, a la GA/Dobbo.

But also, how Dan Rice handles the announcement. I am not expecting oodles of sentimentality, or any effort to persuade us that he and the rest of the club "did all we could to keep MB".

This will be watershed moment as others have suggested. But hopefully, not one that we look back on as a wholly negative development. I consider myself a rationalist and am therefore resisting at least for the moment the (admittedly strong) temptation to veer off down the conspiracy route, that this was all totally preventable if only Dan Rice and co. had backed MB and put a much higher bounty on MB in the form of hus release clause. Let's see and I may well change my mind depending on what's said and done in the coming hours...

Bit of hard one really.

I would not be surprised if we go completely left of field and go abroad or a young English/foreign first teach coach/reserve manager from a Premiership team. We are undoubtedly an attractive proposition for a new and up and coming manager. Money, training ground, a project (in regards to the academy) and a settled squad with no bad eggs. I would not object to Claus Nørgaard from Brentford in regards to that, at least he does have a history of coaching and management beforehand.

Me personally, I would love a bit of ambition and get Steven Schumacher. Got Plymouth out of League One successfully and was harshly (in my view) sacked at Stoke.

Didn't you feel the same when Gareth left, because personally I felt that was a bigger loss?

Rather than all these conspiracy theories, couldn't it just simply be that the Club wanted to run the club one way and Matt wanted more control over signings etc. We need to remember that Dan Rice is not just the Chief Executive (or whatever his title is), but is also one of the three Directors of the Club and has to be the one who makes the final decisions on spending Mikhails money and will stand or fall by those decisions.

Some of us would no doubt still like to go back to supporters trust ownership which would likely have led to non league status, some (probably the majority) would like to bumble along with a Couhig type owner and a few (like me) are prepared to move along with a new very wealthy owner. All options have their own drawbacks but the most important out come is we all have a club to support.

Now the decision has been made, as others have said it would be nice to have @glasshalffull's take on all this..

Today is a new day in the history of our football club, with an upward trajectory. And I’m going to enjoy the ride. I wish MB all the very best, a spectacular servant to the old Wycombe and I look forward to the era of the new Wycombe and us beating his football club next season.

some obviously do know whats gone on though, it may never see the light of day. I hope it does from the people who know thing then it can all move forward without the question marks

I have been reading through all the messages, dumbfounded at what we're potentially witnessing. If he goes this really leaves a bad taste in the mouth. I stood by him last season and backed him all the way, my heart said he would get it right, whilst half time at Fleetwood I understood why he may have been let go by the club. I never thought we should let him go.

If Rice et al truly wanted to keep him, with the money they are throwing around on transfers, I do not believe Matt would have given it a second thought. The reason being, is they could have increased his salary enough to protect him and his girls for the future, clearing his mortgage and continuing his love affair with us. It may not have been quite what Luton were offering but it would have been more than enough to stay.

MB is a man of principles, and I believe he would have turned down this job if Couhig was still at the helm and had the type of money now available. Couhig would have had a new contract out ages ago, he would be waxing lyrical and giving it large all over social media about MB and MB would be going nowhere, regardless of the increase in money. I could only of seen MB going to a really big club but only once he'd got his true love back into the Championship or completed this season.

The Doctor and physio at the begining of the season, the Mitchell affair and the lack of knowledge of some of the incoming transfers have made him worry about how long he's going to be here. If the likes of Matt Cecil and Phil start to walk out the door, that would speak volumes to me and confirm my suspicions that all is not what it seems. It's clearly Dan Rice's ship and he wants all his own people in and to clear out any semblence of the previous regime.

I'm not sure if I like where we're heading, and I'm not sure how this will make me feel in a few months time. Currently I feel like handing in my season ticket and not returning. I cannot prove anything but I feel like MB has been treated absolutely diabolically by this new regime and I'm not sure I want to support them going forwards.

We're no longer David, struggling against the odds, all in it together. We're just a PR machine, throwing money we traditionally don't have at Dan Rice's vanity project. I do not like it one iota. Until I've calmed down and the dust has settled, I am not sure whether my love of Wycombe will win me over or my hatred of the new regime. I suppose I may now understand how @Eddie Monsoon felt all those years ago.

I think I'll only truly find out how I feel as more information gets leaked in the coming months and when it comes to renew my season ticket at the end of the season.

I've met Matt on several occasions, he is the nicest guy in football, loves Wycombe dearly and if he has chosen to leave it has nothing to do with Luton and everything to do with Dan Rice et al.

You do realise that a lot of people on here have friends and family who work(ed) for the club right?

Totally agree. Even Ainsworth, who controlled everything at our club, had to get a job which had a sporting director sitting above him. It does make me smile that a number of posters , with absolutely no inside knowledge have peddled their thoughts as real facts going on behind the scene. Hence creating in their minds real tension between Rice and Bloomfield. I expect we’ll never know the truth but could it just be , Bloomfield thinks the job at Luton is better than Wycombe. More money, more prospects, better crowds and a new stadium in the planning. Sounds pretty compelling. I just think some posters need to understand where Wycombe are in the food chain now. Who knows in the future?