I disagree there. I think in Guthrie and Horsfall we had a partnership that was greater than the sum of its parts. Those pairings are hard to find so I'd do all I could to keep him. I'm resigned to him leaving, but I think he'll be a big loss.
I hear what you are saying, mate! I don't disagree that the pairing was the key. However, I suspect he will get 4 or 5 grand a week elsewhere, so my question would be...do we make him the top earner at the club in order to try and keep him, or let him go to money bags Stockport/wherever?! If £ is the biggest factor. Now I reckon there would be an argument to say that should be considered IF we had say a 500k-million pound plus player on our hands. But in Horse's case, I don't see it! I tend to look at the business side much more than perhaps the average fan does (I don't mean that disrespectfully to anyone and that certainly isn't aimed in your direction, far from it...) - but because he's on a freebie then that will mean that a bigger budget club will come a hunting and be able to integrate him within the salary's they pay out.
Theres also another factor. Namely Max Dyche. I reckon he's more than ready to play regularly. So Id be more in favour of proportioning a bigger slice of the budget further up the pitch (plus in goal, which we clearly have), and giving young Max a good run in the team. So whilst we need another CB, Im not convinced we need to 'go silly', a decent 27-30 year old lower league pro would do for me in that area.
Sorry for the long reply lol, I just think sometimes people don't always consider the many variables and my original post didn't go into enough detail as to my thinking on this one, so I fully understand your reply to it!!
