What was the effin point?..

Does that mean the sale of Antonio was nothing to do with meeting ffp?

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SPH, the sale of Antonio was never going to get us immediately out but was suggested would help in summer. As was letting Mackie go for nowt before him. So I wouldn't entirely trust what justifications are anyway.

Basically for me, it seems to indicate that firstly Dougie thought we could manage without him better than we did to an extent he didn't give everything to convince him to stay until summer or even January. Goals were my biggest worry when he went, he had key contribution in 39 goals last season.

Secondly if the decision was his, it slightly adds fuel to the fire that managers are given more freedom financially than they should. Fawaz has suggested as much in relation to the next up

Antonio was actively hankering after a move. Can't remember which game he couldn't play in because his "head wasn't right" but I suspect Antonio was becoming a bit big for his boots. Don't see that he would have performed for Forest had a move been denied.

That was a manager call wasn't it? Head gone so sent home. He probably did really want to go but some can manage their away around that

These transfer windows have got a lot to answer for! Unsettle so many players during the summer months. We have all been saying it for years but the window should shut at the start of the season.

I remember at the time though we were (some of us anyway) pretty hacked off at Antonio because he didn't seem to be putting the effort in, and as soon as PL clubs came in for him he wanted away, so there wasn't much of a decision to be made by Freedman.

Remember he was left out of a game or two because his head "wasn't right", just before WH signed him. I doubt we had a realistic chance of keeping him anyway.

This is another example of 'blame somebody else' in action again.

If Antonio was determined to move and as Fawaz has already said none of us would have wanted to see him move down the road to Derby.

D.F would have agreed to sell the guy in conjunction with the owner/board.

The odd thing is that if he came out and said we didn't really want to sell Antonio but needed the money to come out of embargo in the summer and the player was pushing a move; no-one would bat an eye lid.

By saying what he has, it makes it sound like a right muddle

Spot on, Ray. I can't imagine the embargo didn't come into DF's thinking at some point. To be fair, it's all academic now and DF is gone.