Emmerdale have said that sometimes you have to kill off your darlings and she did say a well loved character would die with a large fan base but they also had to decide also who emmerdale could afford to loose out of the well loved characters, i don't think it will be cain as i dont think they can afford loose him but i think they could afford loose ross and he would also be a shock well loved character to go and have a good impact from viewers, it also sets up a storyline of cain thinking his actions caused ross death. I think Diane will be another to go and maybe moira but i hope not