It seems there is a feeling of inevitability he will go very soon. I wonder why this is. He has had a purple patch in a poor performing team but is he worth a mid table championship team and the likes coming in for him?

Secondly, I have to wonder why we think the club would let him go. What would we get for a player with half a season left on his contract without a huge bidding war , which he will not attract?

If, and I dont personally , we think there is any chance of staying up we should block his move.

If, we think next year is about building and pushing on and up then he has to be made an offer he cannot refuse. 

so, how much? No one knows! But, the heart of the matter is how we keep decent but not very good players at this level. If we cannot keep hold of a Danny ward, a Ben Pringle, a Kari Arnason , then we really cannot hope to build a solid base at this level. These are not extravagant players. They are not players who will even fair well in a lower half traditional championship team...a bit depressing but I dont mean to be. Im just trying to highlight the issues, the expectations and the kind of action and investment needed to move up a gear. If Ward goes it will be another huge blow. Not because hes really great and he will go on to be ace and displace the strikers at the next "better" team he goes to, because its highly unlikely he will, unless he drops down to L1,  but simple because we have to be attractive enough to keep players of his ability and ratchet up the overall squad level.