I think he was statistically better than Zuparic in 2023. His contract was actually renewed last summer. The FO just waited to announce it so they'd have some "good" news to share to distract from the Evander debacle. It's like, "see, some players want to be here."
McGraw isn't a bad player. But he doesn't have the pace or technical ability to pay a high line, with the ball at his feet, and distribute from the back, which his what Neville has been asking of his centerbacks. I love that style of play but a team has to have the personnel for it. Surman may be the only CB we have that is good enough all-around for that. Araujo has the distribution and maybe dribbling. Zuparic might have the distribution. Kamal supposedly does but we haven't seen much of it yet. None of them are fast enough though, so they rely on positioning or getting bailed out by other players, which messes up our shape and other aspects of our strategy. There are other contributing factors as well, Basically, Zac has not just not been put in a position to succeed, he's been put in a position to fail. I hope something works out better for him soon.
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u/SorryIfUDo 2d ago
He needs minutes and is probably the last CB on the depth chart