Jack Cork gave great service to the club and it was a shame that he left in the January transfer window.
Jack Cork was one of those players that you never fully appreciate till they are gone and the question has to be asked whether we might just have sneaked a few more points had he not gone to Swansea City in the January transfer window, perhaps it was more than co incidence that as the season Swansea came through like a train and at one stage looked like catching us.
In our great start jack Cork played a full part and our success was built on the alternative option he offered to Wanyama, the Sunderland home game can perhaps be the best example of that, when we were dominating teams Cork had the ability to move the ball on far quicker than either Morgan Schneiderlin or Wanyama and that gave us options both home and away.
He only started 5 games plus another 7 as sub before his move, however after being injured at Arsenal he was out for six weeks, missing 7 Premier League games and the cup defeat at Sheffield United.
But Jack Cork having had more than most had the raw end of the stick under Mauricio Pochettino the previous season had had enough of being a bit part player and wanted to be in a team where he would be a regular, he has certainly got that at Swansea where he has been an ever present in the starting line up.
Sadly when you are a side in Saints position at present it is hard to hold on to players, not just the top ones, but also the core players from the squad as Jack was.
Jack Cork inspired Swansea in the final half of the season, if he had stayed at St Mary's I just have the feeling that the options he had offered us might have been the difference between a couple of defeats being turned into draws and a couple of draws being turned into wins and that might have made this season just a little bit better.