Its all very well saying let's have a mass clearout, but that suggests there are adequate replacements out there all dying to come in and get a chance at the Albion. The players who will be eager to come in, will be bogstandard Championship or rejects from Prem clubs looking for a last payday. We might be lucky and find the odd gem amongst them, but generally I can't see us finding better quality. We still have a reputation as a recent Prem club, which no doubt attracted the likes of Gibbs, Phillips, J-Rod, Gayle etc. , but letting them go certainly doesn't guarentee we'll do better.
At the same time we have to face the fact we are now on a reduced budget from where we were a year ago. So pure economics forces us to make savings. But we must try to hold on to as many quality players as we can, because I don't think we'll have the same attraction as we used to have. I hope we make every effort to keep Gayle, even if it is on loan, because he likes it here and goals are golddust.