Patti has the potential but he is a long way off at proving it on a regular basis in the SPL. Rankin, in a similiar sense showed a lot of potential but found it difficult to settle in at the SPL level. For whatever reason - hopefully not the fact that he is playing in the shop window - hopefully becos he has been played in central midfield which IMHO is clearly his "best" position - he has began to show that he can perform on a consistent level in the SPL arena - and I suspect he can only get better. To simply let him go now would be folly and a waste of a lot of our efforts. If he does want to go we need to know the real reason why. I fer one am getting pised off that every time somebody leaves the club we get the personal reasons bollicks. Is it that he wants to play regularly in the middle and feels that his opportunity may be limited at ICT ? Is it becos he feels that he has been unfairly treated and needs to move on? etc.,etc.,etc.
I still hold a conspiracy theory (and inside info.) that there are a lot of problems in the dressing room and Rankin was sidelined for apparent disciplinary / personality clash reasons. As I have said before if he does leave I hope we get the REAL reasons why.