[Slick_Footwork]

Not sure what's going on at the club at the moment, has it only just dawned on the powers that be that Johnstone is going to leave for nothing?

Surely we knew that turning down West Ham's bid in the summer was playing Russian roulette...

While the bid was low in terms of Johnstone's market value given age / experience, the alternative was always risking him walking for free. He clearly wasn't signing a new contract and the most lucrative deal for the player himself is usually a Bosman.

While I understand Ismael wanting to sell and add to his kitty, I agree with Steve that a fall out isn't the best way of going about it and could come back to bite us.

Obviously this is all speculation and we don't know if this is definitely the reason for the 'internal issue'. But what we do know is that Ismael is very good at falling out with players and this situation with Johnstone is further proof of how mismanaged the club is from top to bottom. We're at least 3/4 players and a decent manager away from a side that can compete for automatic promotion and really could've done with some cash for Johnstone. I thoroughly expect him to leave for nothing though and have done since we didn't sell him in the summer.