Really impressive mate. Some of our fans have been going a bit overboard about the lad which I dont think is fair on him as it piles the pressure on a bit but some of my mates watch the reserve games and theyve been saying he should get his shot. We've got him and Ryan Noble in the reserves, Noble has scored 10 in his last 4 games at that level but O'Neill still obviously felt that McClean was the one who was ready to get his chance.goonersid wrote:Satfcm, what did you make of Mc Clean's first 15 mins for the first team? I didn't see it, but I hear he looked sharp.
He came on and immediately got the ball and ran at his man, beat him and whipped in a beautiful cross which nearly led to a goal. We've been crying out for a natural left winger (Sessegnon is right footed and has been out there, Larsson has been there occasionally, last season Malbranque was there, the only left footed lad we've got really is Richardson and he's been needed at left back and has never really impressed on the wing). Strange that we've been crying out for natural width on the left and Bruce, who rated McClean enough to buy him, never gave him his chance.
Like I say, its only 15 minutes, but the Sunderland forum is going a bit mental about him. He was strong, quick, happy to run at his man, showed no fear or nerves for his debut and gave the place a real lift. A great performance and he really has set his bar quite high, just needs to try his best to keep matching that performance but equally our fans need to realise that the lad wont always manage it and needs support. Very positive contribution on his debut though, genuinely contributed to us changing the game around. TBH with football the way it is now with overpaid pampered stars etc, its brilliant to see a young lad come on and make his debut, and seeing him contribute to lifting the crowd and us turning the game around was amazing, too rare nowadays but great to see, really hope the lad gets more chances (he will) and takes them.
To see just how mental people are going about him after his debut, heres a 270 post thread about him and almost all positive http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=653234
) so there is no way that we should allow him back even a minute before his loan deal is due to expire 
