James from the Wednesday Till I Die podcast

You know, he's an absolute legend.

You know, we knew it was going to happen at some point.

I think the only crumb of comfort is that this season is done and dusted anyway.

You know, I mean, had it...

Had there been a chance of us staying up, I don't think he leaves.

I think he would probably want that on his legacy to stay and he would just stomach the money that he's lost by signing that deal and things.

But it is what it is.

He's made his decision.

I'm sure it's not a very easy decision that he's had to make and stuff.

And yeah, like I said...

And personally as well, again, you take your blue tinted glasses off.

I think if he was to stay and he was to stay for next season as well when we're in League One, realistically, do we want to be building a team around someone who is 37 years old in December?

Probably not, because the wages that would be paying him, that would be your marquee player that you need.

Maybe we need to sign a lot of players.

So, like I said, when you take all the emotions away from it, maybe it might be the best of both worlds.

But with how bad it is at the moment, he was a little bit of... He was the shining light in the...

in a terrible squattery.

He was giving us that bit of hope that he could pull something from, pull a rabbit out of the hat and score an absolute worldie or something like that at the moment.

The window's not shut yet.

As we sit down to record this,