Noone signed for Cardiff in the August 2012 window. Orlandi signed on the very last day of that window, and Lopez signed the day after. Check your facts.
Vicente hardly played last year. Noone was one of 3 pacy tricky wingers that we had, so it would have been hard to turn down the 1.5m for a player not normally in our starting XI, and he was arguably replaced by Orlandi and/or Spanish Dave in that Window. As for Hammond, he was only on loan, and...
Chicksen was the direct replacement for Painter; Ward for Bridge. As for Dobbie, he was the replacement for the CMS transfer that never happened, so always surplus to requirements.
So, according to you, TK not renewing his contract = return to the same amount of fans we had watching us at the league's worst stadium in the 4th tier. You're a glass half empty chap aren't you.