[Slick_Footwork]

Be absolutely chuffed if McClean goes.

For me he is the prime representative of the dross football era at the club. Yes, he works hard, puts himself about and will get in where it hurts but he's such a poor footballer to watch. He puts in the occasional decent cross, but this is about the limit of his ability. He can't pass, doesn't link up, doesn't break the lines and doesn't have a single trick to beat the full back. When your only trick is knock and run, you need a bit more pace that he's got.

To boot he always looked like he was going to get sent off. If you're going to be a liability, you need to be a lot better footballer than James McClean.

A couple of Derby fans suggested that Rowett is a bit like Pulis in style, just picks a team full of tall, huff and puff workhorses. Judging by the players he's signing at Stoke, it seems they are dead right.

Good riddance to this dull moron as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather use his salary to keep Chadli. We're well stocked in wide positions with Chadli, Phillips, Burke and Leko anyway - first 3 are definitely superior to McClean. Even Brunt, at his age, can perform better out wide than McClean can - although I see him more as a central player or left back now.