Actually, people liked Cronin because of his attitude, consistency, hard work and effectiveness relative to his very cheap contract. Even I can appreciate that and I'm the guy that defends DeRo!
The man was making 70k and was taking our corners and free kicks. He was filling in for DM whenever we needed. He even played defense when we were short. He was such a useful player. And we shipped him out for what? Players like that aren't difficult to find no, but ones that want to be here and at his price? Most definitely.