James McClean M Wrexham b.1989

[Sullivinho]

[tricky_colour]

Yes a good free, but I think it would have been a comfortable save for Given, not
exactly in the top corner or anything like that. Only seen it once on a stream though.

[rebelmusic]

According to the sky sports text commentary there was FAI scouts at the match to see him o.O

[tricky_colour]

Here is the goal
http://www.goalsarena.org/video/engl...bolton_en.html

No idea what is going on with the wall, if I had a wall built like that I would ask them to knock it down again,
he has basically just blasted it through the gap left in the wall when the Sunderland player occupying it stepped aside.

[BonnieShels]

90-99% chance of going to the Euros according to Il Trap

http://m.rte.ie/sport/touch/soccer/2...et-euros-call/

[SwanVsDalton]

90-99% chance of going to the Euros according to Il Trap

http://m.rte.ie/sport/touch/soccer/2...et-euros-call/

According to that there's room for Darron Gibson to force his way into the squad. Huh?

[OwlsFan]

According to that there's room for Darron Gibson to force his way into the squad. Huh?

Strange one ok. I would have thought he is number 3 in the pecking order behind Whelan and Andrews.

[backstothewall]

Strange one ok. I would have thought he is number 3 in the pecking order behind Whelan and Andrews.

If not ahead of one or other of them with the move to Everton

[Stuttgart88]

Very odd story by Emmet Malone in this morning's Irish Times

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...315361252.html

McClean to benefit from a senior player not traveling, possibly for private reasons.

The Ireland manager refused to name the player or provide details of his difficulty, insisting that he could not say anything until next week, but the tone of his comments suggested that the issue is a personal one rather than one of fitness.

Here we go again...

[paul_oshea]

Have you been listening to Whitesnake and the Wolfe tones again Stutts?

[Stuttgart88]

I didn't say I was on my own.

[paul_oshea]

no but we on our own.

[tetsujin1979]

won young player of the season in the Sunderland end of season awards.
from his twitter account: https://twitter.com/#!/JMcC_23/statu...81237565870082

absolutely delighted to have won the young player of the year award the nyt!! tops of wats been a great few months for me over the moon !!

[Sullivinho]

Canny.

[BonnieShels]

ll, if I had a wall built like that I would ask them to knock it down again,
he has basically just blasted it through the gap left in the wall when the Sunderland player occupying it stepped aside.

I'd give Magicme a shout. The walls in Bray have never been the same since.

[DannyInvincible]

"'It would be a great honour' - James McClean on prospect of representing Ireland at Euro 2012": http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...ands-euro-2012

[freewheel30]

This is the article that the quotes were gleaned from :

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/article...by-club-award/


I see McClean is featured (briefly) in this month's "World Soccer" magazine as a potential surprise package / secret weapon in Euro 2012.

[Olé Olé]

An unlikely yet interesting prospect popped into my head there. Given Doyle's lack of form for most of this season, were Trap to take this into account and also take into account McClean's terrific season, what if Doyle was dropped and McClean started. Trap could stick McClean and McGeady on the wings and Duff up front with Keane in a similar partnership to that 10 years ago at the World Cup.

Not saying it's possible or even probable due to a number of factors (not least the value of Doyle's workrate), but it would be a very exciting line-up.

[tricky_colour]

An unlikely yet interesting prospect popped into my head there. Given Doyle's lack of form for most of this season, were Trap to take this into account and also take into account McClean's terrific season, what if Doyle was dropped and McClean started. Trap could stick McClean and McGeady on the wings and Duff up front with Keane in a similar partnership to that 10 years ago at the World Cup.

Not saying it's possible or even probable due to a number of factors (not least the value of Doyle's workrate), but it would be a very exciting line-up.

If it was a choice between McClean and Duff up front I would definably go for McClean his strike rate is 0.23 whereas Duff's is 0.13

I think McClean would make a pretty good striker in fact but Duff is 100% a winger.

Keane's career strike rate is 0.36 so McClean's rate compare very well with that especially considering he plays on the wing.

In fact if he was play as a striker I would not be surprise if he out scored Robbie!!

[Junior]

Out of interest how many games are McCleans stats based on? versus Duffers?