Lee leaving is a bit before my time. Alan Gane would be the first I recall leaving, because he seemed to feel that the club was still stuck in the amateur days (from distant memory). Having just won promotion and a couple of cups fans were a bit miffed about it. Things have generally gone OK since.
As for the Couhigs, while some of the stuff Rob came out with was silly, their enthusiasm and treatment of Ainsworth, Bloomfield and the team we had gave the club an air of being a family that I feel is definitely not what the current owners are bothered with. I think it is OK for people to be sorry about that, no matter how much cash they start splashing around.
Bloomfield said: “It’s a genuine honour and a privilege to be here, to be appointed as manager of this incredible club. I’m really, really proud. It’s been a busy few days, a very busy weekend but I’ve met the recruitment team, met Gary and spent some time with the board.
“The fact that they’re all Luton supporters and that they care so much about their football club shone through, and the fact that they had a real big desire for me to join our football club also shone through, so I’m incredibly proud and very, very happy to be here.
“That made me feel very comfortable and very wanted, which is huge for me. I want to work with people who care and fans who also care – and they certainly do here. I want to work with people who want the best for their football club, and that’s more than evident with Gary, the chairman and the board of directors.
“That feeling that they gave me and the feeling of being wanted, how much research they’ve done into me and the football team that we’ve produced at Colchester and Wycombe, and the knowledge base of what I stand for, who I am and what we’ve tried to produce in our football team left me in no uncertain times that this was the right move at the right time.”
Please read into this what you want (from the Luton article)
The club statement and the wording of MB's statement: "made me feel wanted...I want to work with people who care..." There you go. Over to you Mr. Rice...
Bournemouth and Brentford are the two most obvious examples of small family clubs that have ‘benefitted’ from a more professional ‘data driven’ regime. It’s nothing we couldn’t replicate. It would be interesting to know what their older fans think has been lost/gained in their movement through the divisions. From a personal point of view, I would love us to become an established Championship club, with the huge away followings and possibility of attracting a younger fan base. Our generation won’t be around forever. That probably wouldn’t have been possible under the Couhig’s, even though I really liked their daft American ways.
No doubt some of the same cretins giving him all sorts of abuse last year when we weren't winning. Some fans love to cry about loyalty but have very little themselves for the people they expect it from.
The intriguing question is, will we be able to do that whilst at Adams Park and in our current catchment area, or are we destined to be moving to a new ground somewhere near Harlington.
Unsure what would be expected in the club statement. He has decided to walk away half way through the season when we were performing. It's pretty much dropped the club in the crap for a period.
Interpretation is in the eye of the beholder, or something like that.
Given the statement from Bloomfield and the statement made by WWFC, my interpretation is that the current board at WWFC did the bare minimum to keep Matt and if anything helped to push him out the door.
MBs statement lays out all the values he has had at Wycombe for 20+ years of service, so if those values still ring true then there is no need to go searching for them somewhere else.
A real turning point in this club's history, that may well lead to unparalled success on the field but certainly derails everything else we have stood for off it.
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I'd absolutely love to be in the PL, not that I believe yet that it's going to happen.
Lee leaving is a bit before my time. Alan Gane would be the first I recall leaving, because he seemed to feel that the club was still stuck in the amateur days (from distant memory). Having just won promotion and a couple of cups fans were a bit miffed about it. Things have generally gone OK since.
As for the Couhigs, while some of the stuff Rob came out with was silly, their enthusiasm and treatment of Ainsworth, Bloomfield and the team we had gave the club an air of being a family that I feel is definitely not what the current owners are bothered with. I think it is OK for people to be sorry about that, no matter how much cash they start splashing around.
https://www.wwfc.com/news/2025/january/14/club-statement-matt-bloomfield-leaves-wycombe-wanderers-for-luton-town/
And there it is
That’s a rank statement. So impersonal
That statement…….
😬
Three and a half year deal at Luton.
Dry as hell. Very poor.
Bloomfield said: “It’s a genuine honour and a privilege to be here, to be appointed as manager of this incredible club. I’m really, really proud. It’s been a busy few days, a very busy weekend but I’ve met the recruitment team, met Gary and spent some time with the board.
“The fact that they’re all Luton supporters and that they care so much about their football club shone through, and the fact that they had a real big desire for me to join our football club also shone through, so I’m incredibly proud and very, very happy to be here.
“That made me feel very comfortable and very wanted, which is huge for me. I want to work with people who care and fans who also care – and they certainly do here. I want to work with people who want the best for their football club, and that’s more than evident with Gary, the chairman and the board of directors.
“That feeling that they gave me and the feeling of being wanted, how much research they’ve done into me and the football team that we’ve produced at Colchester and Wycombe, and the knowledge base of what I stand for, who I am and what we’ve tried to produce in our football team left me in no uncertain times that this was the right move at the right time.”
Please read into this what you want (from the Luton article)
That statement does more to confirm the rumours of a big rift far more than anything I've read on here in the past 24 hours.
20 bloody years of service. Couldn't we at least acknowledge it?
Disappointed at his decision.... interesting phrasing
Quite different to the tone of when GA left
Seems like the sort of statement that you'd expect from a club owned by a Kazakh billionaire...
Blimey.
Nothing wrong with that statement imo, but I can understand how the tone might come as a bit of a surprise. Brave new world and all that.
The state of some of the replies on Twitter. So many people calling him a rat!
That’s Twitter for you.
Hopefully he's allowed to see it out.
Certainly seems to hint at a much different management attitude here at Wanderers.
The club statement and the wording of MB's statement: "made me feel wanted...I want to work with people who care..." There you go. Over to you Mr. Rice...
Bloomfield comments on the Luton article are clearly a dig at Dan Rice I feel. Scathing in fact.
Rice better hope he gets this next appointment right otherwise he will get some backlash.
Bournemouth and Brentford are the two most obvious examples of small family clubs that have ‘benefitted’ from a more professional ‘data driven’ regime. It’s nothing we couldn’t replicate. It would be interesting to know what their older fans think has been lost/gained in their movement through the divisions. From a personal point of view, I would love us to become an established Championship club, with the huge away followings and possibility of attracting a younger fan base. Our generation won’t be around forever. That probably wouldn’t have been possible under the Couhig’s, even though I really liked their daft American ways.
Seems odd that they didn't mention the academy.
No doubt some of the same cretins giving him all sorts of abuse last year when we weren't winning. Some fans love to cry about loyalty but have very little themselves for the people they expect it from.
Neither statement is enlightening. Standard boilerplate stuff when a manager departs and another arrives.
Can't see Sam Grace hanging around for long.
The intriguing question is, will we be able to do that whilst at Adams Park and in our current catchment area, or are we destined to be moving to a new ground somewhere near Harlington.
Unsure what would be expected in the club statement. He has decided to walk away half way through the season when we were performing. It's pretty much dropped the club in the crap for a period.
It's expected they would be disappointed.
Kone came to Wycombe because of Blooms. This is going to hit him hard.
ChatGPT statement to fill a hole. Bring on the tributes.
Interpretation is in the eye of the beholder, or something like that.
Given the statement from Bloomfield and the statement made by WWFC, my interpretation is that the current board at WWFC did the bare minimum to keep Matt and if anything helped to push him out the door.
MBs statement lays out all the values he has had at Wycombe for 20+ years of service, so if those values still ring true then there is no need to go searching for them somewhere else.
A real turning point in this club's history, that may well lead to unparalled success on the field but certainly derails everything else we have stood for off it.
A very sad day.
Hopefully a clause in his contract that says he can't sign any of our players, at least in January