Well put Smiffy, I completely agree. I personally liked the lad. A lot of fans keep saying that he wasn't attack minded enough/didn't get forward enough/didn't score enough, but I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him run forward with the ball, lay it off to a team mate and keep running into space, pointing to where he wanted the return pass and never getting it. Let's not forget that he played a season and a half out of position at left back, doing a solid job, which must have held back his development as a central midfielder. I think we've lost a very decent player and the club are as much to blame as anyone.