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.
It is easy for me at least to agree with your post above. There has been some messages on here posted on the Horsfall Transfer saga which do not appear to register at all on the Stockport County Forum(s) message boards. Stockport County have made only 4 perhaps 5 signings and clearly Horsfall currently is not one of them! Some of their signings are free transfer based with a couple undisclosed fee signings thrown in. No evidence of Championship wages money being chucked about at least judging by the quality of their signings which are hardly high profile players. In fact looking at their squad it is hardly better than most top 9 League 2 Teams! No doubt Horsfall will join another Club based on salary but I doubt that League One is the preferred target.