Not sure why there is comparisons with Gmac, one is a right back, the other is a centre half, one is 35 and one is 38.
Personally i would have Gmac over Hegazi and Bartley any time but him and Mesrs are different. Interesting though some of the fanbase went into meltdown when we signed the 31 year old Gmac in a free from ipswich and it didnt turn out too bad did it!
Mears may be rubbish but hopefully he will be allowed a chance to prove it either way rather than being written off before he has kicked a ball! I would be shocked if he makes more than 6 appearances between now and xmas (unless he is a world beater)
If as it seems we wont be using right backs reguarly anyway i am not sure why there is so much panic, why waste big wages if they rarely play anyway? if we go 442 and Mears is shocking at right back, Dawson can play there, we have plenty of centre halves.
Maybe we have a right back who we want who isnt available right now and wont be til january (ie - graham jones when we wanted an assistant manager, people were panicking but was worth the wait - hopefully!) so Mears is a stop gap til then, i imagine he wont be outstanding if he ever plays but he will do a job.
Its not a exciting signing, it may be a disaster, but it also could be a sensible one.