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So are you 100% convinced that if the club had doubled, trebled the release clause and given Bloomfield an extra years extension to his contract, he still wouldn’t have gone to Luton. They wanted him, from all their research and I expect would have paid any release fee. They are ex Premier League and have plenty of money.

And played a part In it

Would it be normal to offer an extension when there was still 18 months to run on a contract? Yes, clearly sacked Mitchell but clearly Bloomfield was still involved in transfers eg. Bradley, phoned Paul Warne at Derby. Didn’t mention his name. Come on , we’ve only seen a handful of interviews from Rice and perhaps his name wasn’t mentioned. Hardly convincing evidence the relationship had broken down. Sorry not convinced by the ITKs , who have friend/ family members working at the club. Apparently they picked up the breakdown but can’t pick up the name of new manager. Perhaps they have selective hearing or actually not in the know. Perhaps Bloomfield wanted to move onto a bigger club, bigger fan base, bigger wages etc.

Chat GPT says:

Given Kone’s pivotal role in Wycombe’s promotion ambitions and the club’s strategic plans for sustainable growth, accepting a bid from Luton Town may not align with their objectives. Retaining a top scorer like Kone is crucial for maintaining their competitive edge and achieving long-term success. 

Yes

Just put all this rubbish on the ‘Bloomfield to Luton’ thread please so all the rest of us can avoid it.

People still don’t seem to get the point that we simply don’t need to sell our best players any more.

I was kinda hoping for a break from this place, but fuck me you lot. What the fuck is wrong with you all? I've deleted the acres of text I initially wrote here because I decided it was unnecessarily personal about some of the worst offenders, instead I'm just going to come back in here and quote post this every day until you stop...

How anyone can dribble on about loyalty, mR wYcoMbE, kissing the badge and whether he was "fully committed" I have no idea. It's genuinely insane.

If you want someone and he’s being courted by other clubs and you have just a £100k release fee and he’s got you to the top two you make damn sure you protect your asset.

Btw, going back to this, you could argue that every tactic fails "if not properly implemented". Whether it's long-ball, high press, tika taka, low-block. It doesn't matter. Each has it's purpose and would be effective if done well.

Surely we should think about how easy it actually is to implement the tactics with the quality of our players relative to the opposition and also - to a lesser extent - how good it is to watch. I'd argue that Russell Martin's way of playing would fall down on both of those criteria