How exactly have they mugged us off? They agreed to a price, they can't now turn around and say it's not a "proper" price because they didn't have time. It's what they agreed to do that's what it is.
I don't actually think he should go but I have never believed the tactics he wants to use, even when we were using them successfully, would keep us up in the Prem. We'd get torn apart unless we managed to somehow sign 5-6 £50million players.
I'm not sure what you're looking at, Whoscored has Downes at a 6.97 average rating across the season, Smallbone at a 6.72. Only Arma and KWP have a higher rating than Downes (apart from Tella and JWP but not including them for obvious reasons).