It's the old sleight of hand trick.
He sneaked up to the boardroom, pointed out the window and shouted 'squirrel' and as they all turned round to have look he quickly slipped his application form into the short list pile.
"The talks are ongoing and are progressing well. We are all working to find a satisfactory outcome for all parties concerned."
There, I've given you their answer in advance, so no need to ask the question.
This is League One and we've just got to get used to it.
Instead of being beaten by the likes of Palace and Ipswich, we now just have to face the reality that we are now going to get beaten by the likes of Crewe and Stevenage.