McGlinchey scored 1 goal and 1 assist in the final 18 rounds of the competition. As the campaign went on he faded badly. In the second half of the season our attack got shut down. McGlinchey does good things but he is a limited player as well. He only has one foot and his set pieces were very disappointing. As the season went on it was McGlinchey getting dragged (like in the playoff versus City).
The point is not that McGlinchey is shark but that we need to do something different next season. You can't just see our defence get shut down like that and line up with a front six like this next season:
Krishna ---McGlinchey----Burns
Bonevacia
A-Rod-----Riera
If we line up the same then teams will defend against us the same way. We must either teach our current players some new tricks or bring in players who have those new tricks. Playing 3 at the back is an interesting idea but it requires us to sign 2 more centre backs (so we have 4 centre backs) and a wing back. If we go with 4 at the back, then you only have 6 on attack. If you don't leave out McGlinchey then who do you leave out?
We need to sign a proper striker who can hang out between the centre backs. That player could also come into the team to replace Krishna and then you could play Weemac on the left. You can't say that even though we got KO'd without firing a shot that no one deserves to lose their place for next season.