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I'm not going to write Gary Mac off until he has 2 or 3 poor performances. Last season he was almost immaculate considering the onslaught the defence had to put up with without a breather!
If he'd lied about his age we wouldn't be talking about a replacement yet - he could be 30 judging by his performances last year.
True, he made a couple of errors, but not as many as most 25-30 year olds,and the best CHs usually play in a team who have 60% possession.

True, the guy is a beast, especially in the air. Probably the most under rated player I've seen.

There's absolutely no doubt that when he goes, we will concede more headed goals and not score as many because his aerial power is impossible to replace.

But realistically, at 37, we do need to be easing him into a squad role, unfortunately. Really we could do with 2 centre backs coming in as we're yet to replace Olsson, who featured a few times last season before we let him go after safety was achieved. Ranocchia and a youngster would be ideal. But we're that short in so many departments, I guess we will sign one and Dawson as the 4th centre back again - I think he's much better as a right back.