[St Charles Owl]

The media have a role to play in this as well. Its no secret about McLean’s stance nor his reasoning behind it, but I am also sure he doesn’t issue a statement or say anything about it every year. The reason its in the news is that at least one journalist asks him the same question every year as if its going to have a different answer, and then it becomes a news story for a few days. No one should be ever forced to wear a poppy, its a personal thing for often personal reasons and maybe back in the day when nearly all players in the top flight were British it was ok but now the PL is full of people from differnt countries and cultures where the poppy can mean absolutely nothing or as these two say it means something very personal but in a negative way for them.