And we're sitting flush with cash for this easy job? What better defenders will we get for free on 8k a week?
We'll still be stuck with some of this shite next season, and we've let go one of our only dependable players.
See if we had the likes of Gough, then letting go Bates wouldn't be an issue, but we've got absolute dog shite defenders that we won't be able to shift, and we've got no money to replace them anyway.