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As you stated in an earlier post it was Matt who chose to leave (to a club in a higher division) which suggests that one of the factors in his decision was that his vision of how team affairs should be handled might not have aligned with the views of the owners. It doesn’t mean that either party was right or wrong, just that they had different opinions.

Dortmund sack their Turkish manager Nuri Sahin.

Young, useful Champions League experience for 2027, Lommy's looking to bring his app to the Turkish market.

Win-win!!!

If going from High Wycombe you can’t do better than the supporters coaches.

I'm guessing that's any remote chance we had of getting Schumacher gone now, will surely be favourite for Bolton.

If we end up with Evatt I won't be happy, please Dan don't even consider it !

I might add that in the past we received dozens of applications from what I would consider to be half decent managers when the club was in a much worse position both on and off the field than it is now.

Matt Bloomfield works for Mick Harford, one of the most respected directors of football in English football. Matt Bloomfield is considered one of the brightest, progressive young managers in English football. He boasts a 48 win percentage as Wycombe Wanderers manager. Why isn't he the best fit for the role?

That's the spirit!

A week on from the shock of Matt departing, I've taken some stock of all the comments and information. For me, Matt was used to one way of working, with a family feel, being loved the whole time and effectively been given the freedom of the club to do what he pleased. He was effectively 3rd in charge of the whole club after Rob & Pete. When he walked into a room, all the staff, fans, customers, sponsors etc couldn;t help but smile and be excited to see Blooms.

The new ownership have come in, have introduced multiple new departments and MB was now just a head of one of the departments. Transfers were taken away from him and probably other perks were unwittingly removed by the owners. Maybe small things to the owners but they might have been big things for Matt and hugely important to him.

Those differences were irreconcilable, to Matt's mind and he's gone somewhere where he has that love and autonomy.

What I am gutted about is that the new ownership were not able to find a way to show MB that love he wanted, allow him to have some of those perks and controls over transfers, given he appears to be an exceptional coach and he is Mr Wycombe.

Perhaps they just thought he'd never leave as he's been here 20+ years. Sometimes when all the focus is on the new stuff, leadership teams forget to look after the things that don't need fixing. They forget they need to show the same attention/appreciation to the really reliable members of staff who can stand alone and get on with it, as they do the new shiny stuff.

The bit that always grates with me, is how does someone in Dan's position not see this coming or not have the forethought to look after his prized asset and show some love and care. For me, it's perhaps that Dan never viewed him as a prized asset and MB never felt like one. Maybe Dan thought MB will never leave. On reflection, I hope Dan would manage this better if he goes through the same situation again, if he is unable to reflect and adjust then perhaps he is as ruthless as some of alluded to.

I would hope with all the data, we have a number of targets already in place, as we should always have a succession plan. It might just be taking longer to complete those negotiations due to availability, adjustments in what we might need today etc, etc.

On the new manager, I'm not sure I've ever been a fan of good assistant coaches/assistant managers being appointed as Managers/Head Coaches. I feel they are more hit than miss. My gut says Norgaard will not be a success and I'd like to go for someone else. No rationale to it, just how I feel. I'm not that enthused about Schumacher, Buckingham or Russell Martin either.

Whilst he's not been that successful, I do like how Gary Caldwell has got Exeter playing on a small budget and with our squad I could seem him being very successful. Skubala would also be another I'd be happy to see join, if we're going to be paying compensation fees to current managers. As an outside shot, Dean Brennan at Barnet may also be a good shout but not sure the ownership want someone from non league.

Because he has recently joined a club in the division above

@glasshalfempty I reckon you just sit there some mornings and decide that you are going to drop a negative bombshell on the gasroom. You can be very measured at times but this is certainly an off the wall statement.