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It fascinates me how a number of people on here know for a fact that it was that big horrible Rice dog who forced Bloomfield out with his evil ways and scheming mischief . I mean it's almost as if they witnessed it! I have no doubt there was a disagreement between the pair on how things were to be run but it is almost as if Bloomfield can't do any wrong . Now there are even people blaming Rice for Luton coming in for Kone , You could not make it up 🤣. I appreciate we at Wycombe seem to put our managers on a pedestal and raise their worth to the heavens and back but just because Bloomfield "felt" unwanted does not mean this should automatically be taken as a reasonable stance in the circumstances . Witnessing some of his actions since getting into management I think the force of ambition is strong in him and I am not entirely convinced he is the hard done little bundle of love that some do .

'No Dan, there's no clause preventing bids for our players, but have you seen item vii) in Lee Peacock's exit documents? Looks like you've got to wear bunny ears for every home game for two months...'

I don't see how Kone is important to the long term academy project. Unless he takes out Kazakh citizenship.

There are really not too many realistic options from the EFL itself to get excited about, I'd agree. Part of the reason I am hoping for a Scandanavian genius!

Fair enough - for what it's worth, I think the debate will drop off massively once a new head coach comes in. I think the managerial vacuum lends itself to continued discussion, especially given the contentious nature of what has happened.

I think the new chap will (hopefully) at least symbolize the first water flowing under the bridge. Add to that all the new players that did not play under Blooms, and it will feel like quite a clean slate considering.

I’m hoping that Kone stays, scores 20 in the league and a few in the cup and begins next season in the Championship with us. And is then sold for tens of millions to a Premier League side. But that is a gamble for him and us if offers of Championship football are on the table right now.

I don’t get the sense he’s unhappy with us but if he’s offered more money and a bigger stage right now I’m sure he’d be tempted. Our ownership team probably don’t need to sell him right now to raise capital but they will have analysed the data and will know what factors suggest the optimum time to sell is - amount someone is willing to pay, what the data science suggests about winning and losing with and without him and other players in the squad, how the player will respond if an offer is rejected. Sentiment or what supporters might like to happen won’t come into any of their thinking. It’s a business and their metrics for success include more than winning - academy, profit and loss and so on. Winning and promotion may help achieve their measures of success but reducing the odds of winning now for a huge cash injection can be a reasonable business decision in football.

So he may go, he may stay - duh. I’m about 50:50 on it myself.

At least we wont be forced to to sell him for buttons to avoid going under.

Can’t we put all this stuff on the Bloomfield to Luton thread and leave this for rumours about potential new signings. I have a lot of respect for Matt but he is gone now and we can move on with confidence.

Don't think it was a joke. It was a mixture of media bullshine and a show of affection from a large section of the fans. As someone has pointed out...he was getting it in the neck for most of last season.

You can't say he's an ambitious man who was offered an opportunity because football is a business, loyalty is a myth and the club was happy to let him go (as is their right) and then moan about the high high esteem he was held in when he was here.

Gaz left us with a chance of the playoffs, but because it was QPR it was understandable and his legacy is untarnished.

I saw an interesting interview with Ben Foster once, where he basically said that unless you have a really significant tie to a club, such as having a long tenure or were a childhood fan, most players don't really care about the club itself, because they know the same fans singing their name one week will be saying "get rid" the next.

The reality is that even goes for long tenures - I am sure a few that have been singing "There's only one Matt Bloomfield" are some of the same ones saying the "Mr. Wycombe" title should be rescinded.

It's not worth being concerned with opinions that are likely to change with the wind.

Today Matt Bloomfield tried to derail our promotion campaign by bidding to sign Wycombe’s greatest football league era striker. ;)