'Launching bottles and other objects from up in the stands makes you cowards, not hard men'

'Launching bottles and other objects from up in the stands makes you cowards, not hard men' - McClean

BBC’s Match of the Day programme was also criticised by the Ireland star.

JAMES MCCLEAN HAS criticised Match of the Day for their coverage of West Brom’s 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield in the Premier League yesterday.

The Ireland midfielder chooses not to wear a poppy to mark Remembrance Sunday and as a result receives vile abuse from the stands.

McClean was a second-half substitute for the Baggies yesterday and put in a heavy challenge on Tom Ince – an incident which was highlighted by the BBC highlights programme last night.

But Match of the Day failed to show footage of fans throwing objects at him and the 28-year-old vented his frustrations on social media afterwards.

James McClean / Twitter James McClean / Twitter / Twitter

He also branded the supporters who threw ‘bottles, coins and lighters’ at him as ‘cowards, not hard men.”

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