Realistically, Abeid shouldn't have been let go, You couldn't play an attacking, less defensively switched on player with Anita or Colback because they were both so anonymous that they had to run around trying to cover the other.
Sissoko-Wijnaldum wouldn't have worked, but Abeid with one of them might have.
Basically, McClaren was a fucking idiot and getting that squad relegated was criminal. Don't care that the players were cunts, it was his job to get them playing.