It wouldnt have been a case of RDZ saying he has no place for Bruno/Roberts, or that he had any specific needs for Crofts, but at the time the Chelsea offer was on the table for Roberts/Bruno Brighton had not secured a new manager. We had our eye on RDZ but it was a few weeks before an agreement...
Part of me thinks I would happily have Roberts (& potentially Bruno) back here, so long as our current coaches were fine with it & had a genuine need for him. We'll never truly know what happened, but if it was a situation where he had little choice but to go, as he couldnt be guaranteed a place...