Cheers follow jeers as McClean silences critics

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The winger ignored his critics and hinted at a return to his best form with a cameo performance that featured several excellent crosses as Sunderland searched for a winner.

The anti-McClean brigade was not large, but there is clearly an element who have been influenced by publicity about McClean’s love of the Wolfe Tones and his favourite song The Broad Black Brimmer.