don't really get your point with this because no one has said we are better with them in our halves then a player we don't have??? at the end of the day if fc and rovers had full strength squads he would not be in them!!! hes done more crap things in a derby then he has good things!!
Craigs bad points out way the good!!

Yep, we saw this Friday where he bossed his opposite number..... IMO Josh Hodgson bring more to Rovers than Houghton does Hull and has leap frogged Houghton in the past year or 2

Why hasn't Hall cemented a position in R*vers first team then ?. And this shows just how bad we are .

Salary cap dictates that you can't keep everyone.
If we are lamenting the loss of these two players, it shows you how bad things are!!.

there both not quite there yet tbh but got the potential if they can both keep doing what they are they will be pushing for England. the reason we haven't seen the best of Houghton this year is the fact we take a stone age to get up and play the ball we see how lethal he can be with his scoots when he gets a quick play the ball. he also needs to work on his passing and distribution which are 2 of the reasons he hasn't capped for England yet!!!