Your job is to say to yourself on a job interview does the hiring manager likes me or not. If you aren't a particular manager's cup of tea, you haven't failed -- you've dodged a bullet.
"This creates an exciting opportunity for one of our exciting batch of exciting young players to step up into the best full-time squad ever. Promoting home-grown talent, giving opportunities to youngsters yadda yadda yadda.." - Gary Hetherington
Bailey was out whether we won a challenge cup or not. The club made it clear to him back at Easter that they were letting him go.
Waste of a shirt last couple of years.
By "letting him go", do you mean prepared to pay up the last year of his contract and take the salary cap hit if they couldn't move him on to another club?