They weren't, but I don't think your average Newcastle fan would describe Saylor as "odious and popular" (and no, not because of "Geordie hero" shite).
He's been here for ten years, so what? We've got to assess what we have now and as we can't be losing our 2nd best CB. If I believed we would reinvest and improve on Saylor in January I'd be all for it, but we won't.