James McClean 'has to channel that frustration'

Between a lack of game time at West Brom and the vilification he routinely receives from the stands and on social media, the Premier League must sometimes feel like a cold house to James McClean.

By contrast, he is always assured of the warmest welcome when he turns up on Irish duty, not least from Martin O’Neill.

A big admirer of the player, the manager had his tongue deeply embedded in his cheek yesterday as he relayed an exchange he had with his fellow Derryman on foot of that wild tackle on Huddersfield’s Tom Ince on Saturday.