Thread by @ThePinchNews

🧵 Wow.

Maybe this is an emotional response to a player I like leaving the football club, but this absolutely fucking stinks.

We can wonder: "Perhaps there's a good replacement lined up." And whether there is, or there isn't, it still stinks. Selling Andre Brooks...

...to a divisional rival, and a club without parachute payments, is one of the most brain-dead bits of business I can remember.

Sure, if a West Ham came in, or a top-flight club, we would take the money. But even in that scenario, I would disagree strongly with anyone...

...who thought his value was less than £10m - which Norwich surely haven't paid. Instead, we've sold a whole lot of upside for how much!?

I don't believe it can possibly be enough. And even as a fan who thinks being a selling club - in the right way - is a positive, I...

...am struck by a tidal wave of absolute fucking doom about the brains behind the scenes.

1⃣ Buy low (or produce in the academy) 2⃣ Get maximum impact 3⃣ Sell high/right time.

We've done 1⃣. However, on 2 + 3...

We've essentially gambled on Andre Brooks not getting better, which he will.

We've gambled that the value of an improved contract for Brooks would be better spent on another player, which won't happen.

We've sold upside, for what?! An academy player, for what?

I cannot wait to hear how the club spins this one. For me, there's no logical argument that can win me over to this making sense.

There's no emotional argument that will make me happier about signing another player.

It just absolutely stinks.