To be fair to Gavin McCann he was by no means a world beater but I thought he was worth a new deal that time, when O'Neill mentioned he'd be given one at Christmas but he was sold the summer after. Was very much an unsung hero of O'Leary's side. An when he signed him I must admit I was left scratching my head but look who we replaced him with NRC for £8.5mil. He was not quiet Gareth Barry, Ian Taylor, James Milner, Stan Petrov, George Boateng but he's not too far down the list of players who've played centre mid for us the last ten years. Better than Davis (bar that one season), Kinsella, Leonhardsen, Berson, Bakke, Reo-Coker, Salifou, Djemba-Djemba, Gardner, Gudjohnsson, My god we pissed away good money no wonder Doug kept money tight.