James Mcclean


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Your understanding seems to be very shallow. For Irish people, particularly those nationalists who grew up in the midst of the troubles, God Save The Queen is symbolic with the British Imperialism that forced the nationalist community to forcefully live as second class citizens in their own country for years on years. If you can't empathise how any Irish person might have the same stance as McClean then I feel you have a very shallow understanding of matters. McClean came from an area which was probably one of the most impacted by the British Armed Forces during the troubles, I doubt you'd find many people from the Creggan who would disagree with what he did.



Clearly more so than a small minded bigot like you.

And still you avoid the point regarding him being a thick as pig-shit hypocrite. He clearly thinks more the English pound than he does of his countries 'proud' history (including colluding with Nazi Germany).
 
I think you're right about him, and I think kid is the way to describe him . I can't help having some respect for the idiots strength of conviction though . Having said that simply turning the head or examining the finger nails would have been enough.
More speculative, like in a lot of terrorist activity young people are also coerced and families are threatened by unscrupulous bad people (essentially political gangsters ) , who knows what unknown obligation he might be under too.

I didnt want to be the one to post owt like that but I agree. He earns a lot of money anarl........
 
He knew that before signing a big deal to play here. If his feelings & opinions are that strong then he had other options

Seems to me he has a problem when it suits him, but is quite happy to ignore it when it comes to his contract & money

Knew what? I don't think he knew he was going to be required to stand and pay respect to a flag and anthem that represents oppression and imperialism in homeland before he signed. It seemed to catch him off guard to be honest, very rarely are national anthems played before club games.
 
That you will have to ask him, but it's a two way street, the Union Jack and God Save The Queen are very contentious to nationalist people and I can fully understand why McClean did what he did. It's the association for what they stand for in Ireland that makes it a problem, I don't think what he did was a big deal and I fully understand it - others don't but my view is that's because they don't understand their connotations in Ireland. Either way he was put in awkward position.

He should fuck off back to Ireland then, and he wouldn't be in that position. Or are the nasty British oppressors keeping him here against his will?
 
Any life lost is regrettable and the bombings on mainland Britain were wrong but you have to look at why Birmingham was bombed. Maybe it was because of British Imperialism and oppression in a foreign country where their armed forces undertook acts on violence on unarmed innocent civilians because of their religion or political leanings. You play with fire and you get burned and the British Government were responsible for bringing the violence and mayhem of a conflict on a foreign land to their own doorstep.

You still can't possibly accept that connotations that the Union Jack and God Save The Queen have for Irish Nationalists, particularly from where McClean grew up.

Mebbes so, mebbes not.
Lets face it if he felt so strongly about it he wouldnt be ower here money or not. Like Lee Clarke signing for us then wanting away to avoid playing against Newcastle: If he was that much of a mag he wouldnt of signed for us in the first place. Ditto McLean........unless of course theres a reason behind it all.....
 
Knew what? I don't think he knew he was going to be required to stand and pay respect to a flag and anthem that represents oppression and imperialism in homeland before he signed. It seemed to catch him off guard to be honest, very rarely are national anthems played before club games.
If it did catch him off guard sadly James is not the most sophisticated lad
 
That kid just in front of Lescott is looking at McClean thinking "What the f**k are you doing?" :lol:
 
He's thick and probably is big mates with some hardline idiots who are telling him to do it. He'll have a problem the day he bumps into the hardline idiots on the other side of the argument, an argument anyone with half a brain stopped having a while ago
 
He's a ball bag. The lad is a very limited footballer making a very healthy living is a country he apparently despises. He's not worth the time of day.
 
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