Mackie certainly has heart, strength and endurance, but he was consistently being played over more talented and experienced strikers and wingers last season, and that was a huge problem. He was not quite a striker because of his poor finishing ability (at least at the PL level), and not really a winger either with his lack of willingness and/or ability to feed the ball to our strikers.
Mackie is not a better striker nor winger than any of our current strikers and wingers, but he could have been useful this season as a sub. However, Mackie wanted too much playing time; if he continued to start almost every game like he wanted, we probably would not be faring as well as we are. All in all, I think it was best for both him and the team that he move on.
Mackie is not a better striker nor winger than any of our current strikers and wingers, but he could have been useful this season as a sub. However, Mackie wanted too much playing time; if he continued to start almost every game like he wanted, we probably would not be faring as well as we are. All in all, I think it was best for both him and the team that he move on.
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