Lee Johnson and Bristol City seem to have agreed on their explanation for selling Tomlin.
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/f...johnson-203424
"You make a decision and at the end of the day Tommo had three years left on his deal so of course he was part of my plans," he said in response to a question on why he said that Tomlin was part of his plans earlier in the summer.
"If people read the articles properly and not just the headlines you'll see that it's really important that you adhere to the culture at the football club.
"And it's not that Tommo didn't - there's nothing wrong with him, he's a great lad, Tommo - but it wasn't ideal with his personal circumstances with living in Leicester and travelling three hours to work and three hours back every day and it's not conducive to him performing at his absolute best. We don't blame him for that.
"An offer came in, it was a decent offer, and it was money that allows us to go and reinvest in the squad where we need to and given the shape changes you make an evaluation of what's right and what's wrong and we sat down with Tommo and felt it was the right thing for him to move on."
So he implies that there was a problem with Tomlin not fitting in with the culture - and then denies there was any problem (so why raise the issue in the first place?).
He then says that Tomlin couldn't perform because he was commuting for 6 hours a day - although he doesn't 'blame' Tomlin for his decision to live in Leicester, even though he claims that made the player underperform!
It sounds like a pile of crap to deflect criticism from his fans - but I do wonder if Tomlin really does (and will continue to) live in Leicester and if there is a real problem with commuting? Maybe Ricky Scimeca is available to drive him?