And this is where the moneymen will have to decide just how lowball a depreciated offer they can stomach in order to achieve this greater good; which I appreciate and prefer.
But as you say it certainly is a delicate balancing act. In our current standing we're only ever one news story and accompanying bad result away from a wave of negativity that actually does have the potential to drag the club downward. If that wave continues for too long, managerial uncertainty follows, perhaps player unrest behind the scenes...and the motions are set in place for damage limitation as opposed to continual growth.
For continual growth along the vein we're purporting to set out yes I would say we need to part ways. The relationship has probably ran its course and the two parties are now wasting each others energy/resources on each other when they should be moving on for their own mutual benefit.
With that said, could you imagine if we lost him on a free again in two years