James McClean M Wrexham b.1989

**johnnyc** · 28/08/2016, 3:01 PM

Was a strange decision alright. Hope he's not injured...?

**tricky_colour** · 28/08/2016, 7:36 PM

I think it was just tactical, just to try something else.

Jonathan Leko replaced McClean after 65 minutes in the hope he would inject some pace and penetration to West Brom's game which had failed to get out of first gear.

Anyhow he went off injured after 5 mins apparently so it didn't work too well.

I think McClean had a half chance early on but Guzan smothered it

Darren Fletcher's neat pass found the on-rushing McClean but Guzan smothered his six yard effort with the keeper relatively untroubled during a non-event of a first half.

**KrisLetang** · 28/08/2016, 8:20 PM

It was a non event.

**TheOneWhoKnocks** · 28/08/2016, 9:18 PM

KrisLetang

Crosby

**DeLorean** · 30/08/2016, 9:12 AM

I see West Brom have signed Nacer Chadli from Spurs for �13m no less. McClean could have probably done without the extra competition.

**tetsujin1979** · 18/10/2016, 9:58 AM

from football365: http://www.football365.com/news/the-...sive-attackers

James McClean (West Brom)
The Baggies have not lost a game started by the Irishman this season and that’s due in no small part to the industry of a player who finally looks like the perfect exponent of Pulisball – covering every inch of the touchline and tracking the opposition full-back like a particularly hungry Bear Grylls. Nacer Chadli might get all the headlines but McClean is tackling even more than Claudio Yacob, and there is a man who likes a tackle. Oh and he’s not done anything daft for aaaaaaages.

**OwlsFan** · 18/10/2016, 3:52 PM

Nice to read but I have to say he was given a tough time by the Georgians who seemed to get by him at will. He is also inclined to jump in and sell himself a bit too easily on occasions in his enthusiasm. The recent goals and near goals are a bonus. Not someone who I'd expect to have a Robbiesque eye for being in the right position in the box. I think he should be kept away from the frees though.

**tetsujin1979** · 22/10/2016, 11:58 PM

nasty cut on his leg after today's game: https://www.instagram.com/p/BL4IaXTjnh_/
(warning - it's graphic)

**tricky_colour** · 23/10/2016, 1:30 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

nasty cut on his leg after today's game: https://www.instagram.com/p/BL4IaXTjnh_/
(warning - it's graphic)

Yea those tattoos are horrible!!

**DeLorean** · 30/12/2016, 10:26 AM

New, improved deal at West Brom.

**Fixer82** · 30/01/2017, 7:55 AM

Celebrating his brother's horror tackle online. Saying Sean Maguire should remove his tampon.
I like James but he should be banned from the Internet.

**DeLorean** · 30/01/2017, 8:24 AM

Got involved with some idiot about the Bloody Sunday anniversary too. Pretty obvious you're going to draw a reaction by posting that kind of stuff.

**SwanVsDalton** · 30/01/2017, 1:07 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

Celebrating his brother's horror tackle online. Saying Sean Maguire should remove his tampon.
I like James but he should be banned from the Internet.

To be fair to James here, far as I can tell some guy said his brother tackles like him, he responded in kind and then went on to post that he'd need to teach his brother how to tackle. Which isn't the worst ever...(as an aside, I read an article on Balls.ie which really seemed to want to make this a bigger thing than it was, particularly James' involvement).

I completely agree that he should stay 10 miles from social media at all times, but if the only lesson here is 'McClean shouldn't get involved in social media' then that ship has sailed, sunk and been picked over by scavangers five times over.

**TheOneWhoKnocks** · 30/01/2017, 2:06 PM

Why do some people get so upset about him commemorating Bloody Sunday?

Is this how some working class English people process their guilt and shame over what happened?

I understand he shouldn't be posting stuff like that, but it's a two-way street. Remembrance Day shouldn't be politicised the way it has and used as a weapon to attack other people's beliefs.

**Fixer82** · 30/01/2017, 4:24 PM

Shane Duffy got involved too.
It was a friendly. By all accounts, Maguire would have been severely injured had he not pulled out at last minute.
Maguire is an u-21 international.
Why are Duffy and McClean getting involved when they could possibly be international team-mates in a few years?

Silly stuff.