Talented duo’s time will come

Martyn McFadden , editor of Sunderland fanzine A Love Supreme, assesses David Meyler’s and James McClean’s Euro 2012 hopes.

COULD David Meyler and James McClean actually make Ireland’s squad for Euro 2012? People would be forgiven for thinking you’d enjoyed a few too many pints of the black stuff if, at the start of the season, you had made such a claim.

Now, while both are still outside bets to represent Ireland at the Euros this summer, the claim is not so outlandish. And it would be a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for the pair to make the tournament.