Also Acker79 post is bang on the money. As soon as anyone leaves the whispering starts. If Oscar sat around all day identifying luxury Spanish players and delegating to Jones why did TB initially try to keep him when he resigned?
Under Gus we signed players we weren't favourite to sign. CMS being the prime example. I also remember words like kidnapped being used when Bridcutt was leaving Chelsea (for Torquay I think)
Under Burke we managed to lose players right under our nose. Grabben and Ward to name 2. Footballers are...