McLean will be a short-term loss of experience but the Dees midfield will be built around Davey, Jones, Sylvia, Morton, Pettard, Grimes, Moloney and yet to debut Scully, Trengove and Blease.
Our midfield will be built around Lids, Cotch, Martin, Foley, Blingers, Jacko, Collo and maybe Connors with a preseason finally under his belt. We still lack quality midfield depth.