Sad to see Mickey go, yes the last couple of seasons hasn't been great to watch , but short of a decent keeper and at least one decent striker we would have had good first 11. There obviously isn't the money there, maybe MP should have made it clearer so the fans could have lowered their expectations . So MP is looking to 'buy cheap and sell on' and maybe Mickey isn't the guy for that role, but it might be tricky to find someone who is capable of this and I am sure many of the owners in L1/L2 are looking to do the same. I have no insight into Dawes/Parkies contribution to the signings, maybe others on the forum know something , maybe they had good ideas that were rejected or maybe they recommended some of underwhelming talent we have signed recently but I do believe that continuity is important at the club and with the current state of contracts we don't get that from the players.