McClean should be playing but petulant outbursts aren’t the way to work yourself in to a manager’s plans. Especially one as intransigent as Trap.
Does anyone know why Ciaran Clark hasn’t been called up? First team with Villa but I think I read somewhere he managed to fall out with the gaffer. Not the hardest thing to do in fairness.

Can’t wait for the game on Tuesday!! Gives me a great excuse to mow the lawn and weed the flowerbeds.

Trap is a disgrace. McClean has a right to feel angry. Trap is a blind fool

Agreed. McLean was man enough to apologise. Trap should have been man enough to accept it and move on (which he won’t)

Trap said he would know when he was no longer wanted by he Irish Public! Hey!..Mr Trap your no longer f…n wanted!

valid point Paul, they’re both in the wrong.. in my opinion mccleans international career is as good as dead with trap, he’s still young so he’ll get his chance when trap gets the boot

he gets a lecture in front of the whole panel? classy trap, classy..

This is now a team in total fear of a manager and can only lead to further discontent. Management by fear is not management!

McClean is in the wrong, no one, in any walk of life, can criticise a superior publicly and expect that there would be no consequences. Whatever his feelings over team selection he needs to understand that Trap is the only one for now who gets to make those decisions. McClean’s pedigree currently is a talented player embarking on a career in top class professional football, he needs to wait for a bit before his opinions carry weight. I can recall an Irish player of similar potential who clashed with his manager after a sparkling first season. Stephen Ireland is currently trying to rebuild his career in a very medicore Villa side

I think it will be interesting to watch the match on tuesday night just to,see if mc clean plays if trap holds another grudge on a player i think his future is finished as it will be the piece of straw to break the camels back. ..i dont think many irish fans would stick up for trap if a promient young player gets banished… A few of the comments at the top of d page i do not agree with saying mc clean shouldnt of spoken out he has every right to speak out….change can not be administered without conflict and challenge…if i was a winger and players that are forwards are being played in my position i would flip too…just look at traps past with other players by right the whole team should challenge trap about the mis treatment of other players. I honestly think a new approach is needed and forget about this campain and build a team for the future… And before the hacks pop in with their 2 cents about not having good enough technically minded players one word swansea!

If i was McClean I woundn’t play for Ireland again until the Italian dinosaur is gone.

How many good Irish players has Trap fallen out with with now? 6? 8? 10?

Clap trap Trap, crap clap Trap!!

Classy. On both their parts.