no question here that he would be a very useful reserve, but all the same, I hope he moves. it would be a little easy for the guy to sit here and watch the team go up the league, it's much better for him as a professional to move to a very good club where he will be playing week in week out. I would also feel uncomfortable having a reserve player, one of the old guard, as club captain. Barry should be the leader on and off the pitch in my opinion, there should be no opportunity for anyone else to undermine him (not that Dunne would intentionally do this, but it remains a possibility). I would understand if Hughes wanted to make a clean break with the past, what is the point in changing everything else, then retaining the club captain despite him not playing?
he's served us well, and deserves to continue playing at an ambitious club.