‘MAD’ McCLEAN HAILED

MARTIN O’Neill has saluted the ‘madness’ of James McClean and held up the Stoke City left-winger as an example of the ‘incredible willingness’ to serve the shirt within the Irish ranks. ‘This group of players, certainly in my time here, have shown an incredible willingness,’ said O’Neill yesterday. ‘None more so than James McClean, who broke his wrist in training the day before we played Wales and was actually looking at an injection to see if he could play in the game. ‘James is obviously sometimes not right in the head but he’s brilliant for us, he’s absolutely brilliant for us and he epitomises everything that this side has been about for the last few years,’ added the Irish manager.