Actually, make that secondary priority. I've just seen him interviewed on SSN and I was lucky if I could understand every third word. ;)
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Actually, make that secondary priority. I've just seen him interviewed on SSN and I was lucky if I could understand every third word. ;)
Any ratings I saw gave him as 6 same as the rest of the team, I mean basically they are chasing man u most of the time I would imagine, so nobody is gonna look very good.
Substituted after 61 minutes against Doncaster. Injured or just hauled off?
Wingers are often the first to be taken off. I wouldn't read too much into it, especially as his attacking game hasn't been great the past year or so and Wigan were looking to go forward in a game they really should be winning.
McClean started on the bench for Wigan today at home to Middlesborough but has been brought on for the last 25 minutes or so in place of Grant Holt.
Meanwhile, came across this article were he attributes his decision to move in part to Sunderland fan opinion: http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/231303.html
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Wigan winger James McClean has revealed his decision to leave Sunderland was down to the club's fans hounding him out of the Stadium of Light.
McClean, 23, moved to the Championship side for £1.5 million earlier in the month after becoming surplus to requirements under Black Cats manager Paolo Di Canio.
Despite earning the club's Young Player of the Year award in his first season after arriving from Derry City in 2011, the Ireland international struggled to recapture the same form last term.
However, McClean, who was involved in a handful of off-field controversies during his time on Wearside, claims that his exit was down to fan opinion, rather than being based on his performances on the pitch.
"Leaving the club was nothing to do with how I was playing," McClean told the Evening Chronicle. "But it was definitely needed. My time was up at Sunderland, that's why I asked to leave.
"It's never nice when your own fans are booing you before you even get on the pitch. The season before I was the best thing since sliced bread."
Many fans are notoriously fickle, especially in the northeast of England when their club is struggling, but were they on his case because he was crap or for other non-footballing issues ? If every player changed club when the fans booed him, it would be an even greater merry-go-round than it already is in England.
maybe it came from his refusal to wear the poppyQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Doubt it. Fans are prepared to overlook just about any indiscretion if the player does the business on the field.
Have S'land mates who were totally behind James, but read a lot of cr*p from the Mackems about this and DiCanio which doesn't put a lot of them in a very good light.
Ignorant, intolerant and hypocritical are just three words that spring to mind.
Is opting not to display a poppy to be considered an indiscretion now?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
A lot of Sunderland fans were very unforgiving as a result of that. I recall he was subjected to audible booing from his own fans that could be heard through the television upon his entry on to the field of play during a game in the immediate aftermath of that hullabaloo.
Wigan drawn alongside Rubin Kazan, Maribor and Zutte Waregem in the Europa League.
Doesn't seem like a tough group. Kazan will probably top that easily enough (got a win against Spurs last season didn't they? Or was that the season before? I think they beat Inter 3-0 too). Hopefully Wigan would be a lot better than Maribor and Zutte Waregem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
If for example Gareth Bale had refused to wear a poppy I doubt many Spurs fans would boo him
Who's to know? It would undeniably stir a fair bit of public comment, as any "show of rebellion" does around poppy season. Wasn't even the man of objectivity, Jon Snow, subjected to criticism a few years back for his refusal to wear a poppy whilst presenting the Channel 4 news?Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Spurs fans wouldn't get a chance to harass Bale though. Sure, isn't he AWOL in Madrid?
Are Spurs fans known for their nationalistic/jingoistic fervour anyway?
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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
No just saying if McClean had been outstanding the fans would not give a hoot about off the field stuff.
It was none of their business either way.
I think tricky's got a fair point tbh.
Last time I was at WHL there were more Star of Davids than any other flag, so I guess they're nationalistic but just in a way that few other British clubs are.
The bould James got a straight red for Wigan this morning.
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The Latics' James McClean was shown a straight red card in stoppage time.
A clash between winger McClean and Blackpool defender Gary Mackenzie was brought to the attention of referee Mark Haywood by his assistant, after it appeared McClean had been stamped on.
Poppy season's approachin'.
Oh, and good to see you back, Stu. ;)
McClean incident here at about 3:20ish but a lot of it is off camera.
http://www1.skysports.com/footballle...pool-1-0-wigan
Clearly something must have happened for McClean to get back on his feet so quickly!!!