Quote Chris1953="Chris1953"But we got rid of him last year and never replaced him with a youngster... I really can't see us bringing an expensive youngster in this year either... And don't we have raynors money spare on the cap now??'"
We got rid of him pretty much as soon as we got him. As others have pointed out, it was just a propaganda move to score points against Rovers and it backfired. I don't think he was worth keeping, even in hindsight. Too old and not really all that good.
I do wish people would stop trying to second-guess what happened in the past based on where we are and what we know now. Not many were screaming for Webster to be kept at the time IIRC.