James McClean

rebelbrowser wrote: Maybe, to vary things up, on one of the days his kids could try to teach him how to beat the first man when trying to cross a ball. Admittedly every adult who has tried to teach him that to date has clearly failed but maybe the kids would come up with some new angle others haven't thought of yet? All joking aside, that picture is indefensible. How would anyone wear that garb in front of their kids?

Taigs aren't allowed to post on OWC.

It's not publicly accessible for a reason.

I know him from his days at Derry and he is an absolutely lovely honest lad and very humble. His wife is the same. They are a young couple and their main problem  is social media especially now they in the limelight. As with a lot of young people ( which I'm not) they need to think first before posting. I hope he/they learn from this.

Edited by ProudAndLoud - 28 Mar 2020 at 2:38pm

The O'Shea wrote: Territorial wrote: t_rAndy wrote: anyone else it’s a joke. James and he is supporting the RA Has it ever occurred to you that there might be a reason for that? I mean, his past history of outright and public sympathy for hardline Republicanism? There was the time when he was completing one of those favourite places/foods/actors questionnaires for an Irish website and when it came to favourite song, out of all the very many famous songs associated with his home city, he chose "Back Home in Derry", allegedly written by Bobby Sands. Or there's the Free Derry Tattoo. And the public appearances with Martin McGuinness around the time of the Irish Presidential election. Or turning his back on the UJ out in the USA when GSTQ was being played in honour of the visiting team, WBA. Or the announcement on Twitter of "another wee Fenian" in the world following the birth of his child. His refusal to wear the Poppy is one thing - and he never deserved the abuse he got for that - but this sort of behaviour is quite something else. Indeed, it is hard to recall many other prominent footballers who have so clearly associated themselves with an extreme political viewpoint. Paolo di Canio and Fascism perhaps? Funny how you seem to view the poppy as a relatively standard, non-controversial symbol.

horsebox wrote: Taigs aren't allowed to post on OWC. It's not publicly accessible for a reason.

rebelbrowser wrote: How would anyone wear that garb in front of their kids?

This. Hopefully his kids turn out to be a bit brighter than their old lad

The Battle of Oriel Park: When The Troubles and football came face to face, good read below if you have 10 mins to kill...

https://thefootballfaithful.com/battle-oriel-park-dundalk-linfield-1979/

JohnSwift wrote: The O'Shea wrote: I suppose James would point to the distinction between glorifying oppressive/imperialist violence compared to reactionary violence by those being victimised. In any case, I think it's pretty likely James has little interest in history or education, and this was simply intended as a bit of absurdity that no one in their right mind would interpret as being serious. That’s just a ridiculously stupid post. Justifying one type of violence over another. That’s the type of sh*t you read on the OWC forum. Lads there are so blinkered in their views that they fail to see any wrong from their own lot. Unfortunately, it appears that we have plenty of fans that are similarly blinkered.

Interesting article by Gareth McAuley , former team mate of James at West Brom , in today's Sunday Life newspaper.He likes James personally and praises his dedication as a pro footballer but despairs of his lack of judgement as exemplified by this latest nonsense, which McAuley says he was put up to by a so-called 'friend'. He considers James easily led and constantly trying to impress people-like when he bought a Lamborghini when he was at Sunderland,despite not having a driving licence, only for the then manager Martin O'Neill to order him to return it, and eating a fish eye in Barcelona when other players dared him to. Apparently he has also refused to engage with the PFA despite criticising them for not doing enough about the abuse he has received. McAuley reckons Michael O'Neill will be furious as he likes low maintenance players-hence his frustration over the years with the likes of Kyle Lafferty.