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Jack Clarke

metalgear said:
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Felt like we paid a lot for him at the time

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Leeds fans I know seem to think Clarke was not the same player after the Middlesbrough incident, do have to wonder about our scouting and medical teams the amount of duds we’ve signed in recent years.

 
Jon said:
I doubt he’ll be here for long if we can move him on.

I remember listening to some Leeds fans on a podcast 6 months before he signed for us, but when we were first linked. They couldn’t believe it. Said he had been good for a few game, like 6, when he first broke through. Then had some sort of seizure and when he came back, looked like he’d never played football before.
Guess we didn’t bother scouting the 2nd half of the season.

£10m was a fudging disgrace, I was furious when we did that! Would that £10m have got us Bruno or Dybala over the line for instance?
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or the correct fernandes !
 
metalgear said:
or the correct fernandes !
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At least Gedson didn’t cost us a fee! And we can give him back.

We’re going to be stuck with Clark forever, as Levy will be expecting to sell him to Madrid for £85m.

(Not release him on a free to Stalybridge, which is the inevitable outcome.)
 
Jon said:
I doubt he’ll be here for long if we can move him on.

I remember listening to some Leeds fans on a podcast 6 months before he signed for us, but when we were first linked. They couldn’t believe it. Said he had been good for a few game, like 6, when he first broke through. Then had some sort of seizure and when he came back, looked like he’d never played football before.
Guess we didn’t bother scouting the 2nd half of the season.

£10m was a fudging disgrace, I was furious when we did that! Would that £10m have got us Bruno or Dybala over the line for instance?
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How different this season might’ve been if we’d got this transfer over the line last summer instead of Clarke... don’t think we’ll get another chance after Dybala’s revival in form though.

 
SteveAWOL said:
How different this season might’ve been if we’d got this transfer over the line last summer instead of Clarke... don’t think we’ll get another chance after Dybala’s revival in form though.

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Indeed. That ship is well and truly sailed.

Glad we got Clark instead. At least we have the new Kenneth McEvoy.....*

* see also Rory Allen, David Bentley, Nathan Oduwa and other players who fell out of their career trajectory and into obscurity.
 
MKSpur said:
6 sub appearances in the league after joining mid season for a team not playing particularly well, not much different to Gedsons impact for us really. I really don’t understand why Leeds loaned him back not to play him, hopefully he gets a fresh start at a more suitable club next season.
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Signed better players on loan after I think.

issue was they had too many on loan
 
This just go to show what a bunch of moaning entitled fans we have, despite never have seen him play he is written off and to top it off it's all his fault we never signed half a dozen world class players. Hopefully we have a crap season next year, they'll be over the moon with loads of people to blame.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
This just go to show what a bunch of moaning entitled fans we have, despite never have seen him play he is written off and to top it off it's all his fault we never signed half a dozen world class players. Hopefully we have a crap season next year, they'll be over the moon with loads of people to blame.
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This
Judge a man before he plays
That’s quite unique to us and maybe only arsenal fans
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
This just go to show what a bunch of moaning entitled fans we have, despite never have seen him play he is written off and to top it off it's all his fault we never signed half a dozen world class players. Hopefully we have a crap season next year, they'll be over the moon with loads of people to blame.
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Not really mate. We’ve just bought a duffer for an inflated fee. It happens. Just annoying when we’re tight on cash. @ me next time!
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Why are people writing off a player who hasn’t actually played for us?!?!
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Do you think maybe there’s a reason he hasn’t actually played for us?

Or barely Leeds?

Or QPR?

If you know anything about the few career performances he’s made, you’d understand why a £10m spend was a total waste.

A complete punt at £1m, fair enough.
 
Jon said:
Do you think maybe there’s a reason he hasn’t actually played for us?

Or barely Leeds?

Or QPR?

If you know anything about the few career performances he’s made, you’d understand why a £10m spend was a total waste.

A complete punt at £1m, fair enough.
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Yes
The clubs he went too played other people
Do you know why Leicester didn’t play Kane?
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Yes
The clubs he went too played other people
Do you know why Leicester didn’t play Kane?
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*to

Haha, so you’re telling me Jack Clarke is the new Harry Kane!?? Bloody hell Bedford, I know the pubs are open again but fudge me sideways!!!
 
Jon said:
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Haha, so you’re telling me Jack Clarke is the new Harry Kane!?? Bloody hell Bedford, I know the pubs are open again but fudge me sideways!!!
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No I’m saying no one thought Kane was any good from our fan base
And most wanted a new striker rather than give him a chance
Luckily the guys at the club know more than the fans
 
Bedfordspurs said:
No I’m saying no one thought Kane was any good from our fan base
And most wanted a new striker rather than give him a chance
Luckily the guys at the club know more than the fans
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FTR I was an advocate of giving Harry a go right from the start, as it was clear he deserved a chance.
This guy doesn’t.

Put it this way, if I throw you a random Championship random 18 year olds name, would you be happy spending £10m of this seasons back up striker money on him?

No? Why not? Surely we should give Tra Lucas a chance? If not, then you want us to have a bad season next year. Apparently.
 
Jon said:
FTR I was an advocate of giving Harry a go right from the start, as it was clear he deserved a chance.
This guy doesn’t.

Put it this way, if I throw you a random Championship random 18 year olds name, would you be happy spending £10m of this seasons back up striker money on him?

No? Why not? Surely we should give Tra Lucas a chance? If not, then you want us to have a bad season next year. Apparently.
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Last season was a different world
And money was very different then
He was held in high regards and that’s why we jumped in
He was playing well before getting ill/injured for Leeds (thought it was Glandular Fever but I can’t remember)
Leeds would only do the deal if they could keep him which says they rated him
They also though needed other players hence why they didn’t play him all the time
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Last season was a different world
And money was very different then
He was held in high regards and that’s why we jumped in
He was playing well before getting ill/injured for Leeds (thought it was Glandular Fever but I can’t remember)
Leeds would only do the deal if they could keep him which says they rated him
They also though needed other players hence why they didn’t play him all the time
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He had 6 promising games prior to suffering a seizure at Middlesbrough. That’s getting on 2 years ago now.

After that, he was awful. and we bought him based on that. Leeds fans were literally tinkling them self laughing at what we spent on him.

Happy to disagree and not fall out over this! If you think he’s going to be ok, then fine.

I’m happy to stick with the fact I feel that based on history and performances, and price, we’ve bought a pup.

Only time will tell.

I’m not having that gonads that this means I want us to have a bad season though. That’s an utterly indefensible accusation and an incredible reach to attach to this debate.
 
Jon said:
He had 6 promising games prior to suffering a seizure at Middlesbrough. That’s getting on 2 years ago now.

After that, he was awful. and we bought him based on that. Leeds fans were literally tinkling them self laughing at what we spent on him.

Happy to disagree and not fall out over this! If you think he’s going to be ok, then fine.

I’m happy to stick with the fact I feel that based on history and performances, and price, we’ve bought a pup.

Only time will tell.

I’m not having that gonad*s that this means I want us to have a bad season though. That’s an utterly indefensible accusation and an incredible reach to attach to this debate.
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I’ve no idea if he will be ok
I do think he should be given a chance first
We have given worse players games IMO
 
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