As I understand it, many Huddersfield fans were cockahoop when Clarky got the bullet. Reckoned he was **** and a bottler. I know he has a good rep though. There's something that worries me slightly about him, maybe it's because I can't understand a word he says. I don't know who I want, frankly they're all ****.
WOW. Thats quick especially as no interviews have so far taken place ? Or so Ehab has mentioned in the media. AllamMarine canteen has a new name for consideration. Sacha Baron Cohen as the man is a genius.
Lee Clark did actually say on SSN this morning that he expects to be in a new job within 2 weeks or so. He has rejected other offers for whatever job he expects to be in. TWT if its us though.
id be happy if clarke got it. unbeaten at home in what 40 plus games that takes some doing, and rhodes wouldnt score the amount he did if they were so negative
Careful Tickler, or I'll start merging all the threads into the one where you made a complete twat of yourself.
It seems that Robinson was never in the running... Philip Buckingham ‏@PJBuckingham Karl Robinson not in the running to be the next #hcafc boss. Story in tomorrow's HDM. I think it's going to be Clark.
Just found this - don't know if it's been posted before, but has been discussed: Lee Clark can have no complaints after Huddersfield dismissal By Michael Holden Lee Clark's dismissal came as a shock to most If ever a managerial sacking could be used to illustrate the difference in mindset between an ordinary football fan and the seasoned football betting punter, itâs the departure of Lee Clark from Huddersfield yesterday. On the face of it, the dismissal is a harsh one. Huddersfield have improved year or year since Clark was given the job four seasons ago, finishing in the play-offs for the past two campaigns and starting this one by completing an impressive 43-match unbeaten league run. The Terriers are currently fourth in the table with another top-six finish a near-certainty and they started this weekâs defeat to Sheffield United just one point behind the second-placed Blades. However, whereas there were many questions about the wisdom behind the timing of Mick McCarthyâs dismissal from Wolves earlier this week, thereâs nothing knee-jerk about Clark being given the boot on the back of a 1-0 home defeat to Danny Wilsonâs men. For quite a while now, punters have believed that something doesnât quite add up with the hype that surrounds the Geordie. The first rule when analysing clubs by their managers as a means for betting on football is that a manager should only be judged according to the resources at his disposal. Some ordinary folk understand this when they recognise a small club punching above their weight in a tough division but itâs a rule that applies equally to those at the top of the table and you shouldnât always assume the size of a clubâs budget by the historical connotations of the name. Sometimes, even second place and automatic promotion behind a fallen giant in a league of 24 teams isnât good enough when the right foundations are in place and the playing budget far exceeds what is available to everyone else. We can only speculate on what Clark was working with at the Galpharm but thereâs compelling evidence to suggest his resources were far greater than what Gus Poyet worked with at Brighton last season, ditto Darren Ferguson at Peterborough, and itâs much the same story among the bigger names out-performing them this year. Indeed, Clark was very spiky about the issue when I casually threw in an innocent question about the competitive balance in League One when I interviewed him the summer before last. In recent years, the clubs reported to have the biggest budgets have routinely occupied top six positions but my question wasnât aimed at Huddersfield specifically, rather the disparity between top six and the rest. The unmistakable paranoia that filled Clarkâs hostile response revealed rather more than I was anticipating from the session and suggested he was carrying a heavy load in more ways than one. However, perhaps the most damning exhibit in the case against Clark is his own friendship with Huddersfield chairman Dean Hoyle. Itâs well-known that the two men share a close bond and that their families regularly dine together, so itâs only fair to assume that Hoyle wouldnât have sacked Clark unless something didnât add up. Nonetheless, the immediate response from the ordinary folk was one of general bewilderment when news of Clarkâs dismissal broke yesterday afternoon â another case of a trigger-happy chairman and his unreasonable demands. What right have Huddersfield got to think they should be finishing above Charlton, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday? Theyâve all been in the Premier League, donât you know. As punters, of course, itâs our job to see through the smoke and mirrors of the conventional wisdom shaped by national media coverage and judge things in terms of rationality and probability, so it was no real surprise that my Twitter timeline was generally occupied by a frenzy of those crying injustice (ordinary folk and national media journalists) while the much calmer voices of reason were generally provided by most of my punting associates. Even when removing the speculation that surrounds the finances, Clark has had a serious case to answer. Itâs often said that a 20-goal-a-season striker is the difference between winning the league or coming up short, yet despite the fact that Jordan Rhodes has come of age so spectacularly this season, scoring 27 league goals with less than two-thirds of the campaign gone, itâs a sad fact that Huddersfield are once again bang on course to be the nearly men of League One. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012...e-no-complaints-after-huddersfield-dismissal/
Yeah looks like Clark to me. Guessing we'll know by the end of the month. I wonder what Kilbane and Cooper think of him?
Which I read on an Udders forum was considered to be a massive mistake by the Udders fans. I'll see if I can find the list but his signings seemed to be very hit and miss. For every decent player there were 3 or 4 described as ****!
He averaged 11 new signings a season in the four years he was at the Udders, 44 seems a hell of a lot of players in four years... Anthony Pilkington, Lionel Ainsworth, Dominik Werling, Lucas Jutkiewicz (L), Martin Kelly (L), Lee Peltier, Peter Clarke, Antony Kay, Theo Robinson, Robbie Simpson, Jordan Rhodes, Danny Drinkwater, Kristian Pearce, Neal Trotman (L), Dean Heffernan, Nathan Eccleston (L), Gary Naysmith, Joey Gudjonsson, Joe Garner (L), Scott Arfield, Jamie McCombe, Damien Johnson (L), Lee Novak, Graham Carey (L), Ian Bennett, Alan Lee, Nick Colgan, Benik Afobe (L), Kevin Kilbane (L), Tamas Kadar (L), Danny Cadamarteri, Stephen Jordan (L), Danny Ward, Sean Morrison (L), Oscar Gobern, Liam Cooper (L), Tommy Miller, Donal McDermott, Callum Woods, Anton Robinson, Jon Parkin (L), Alex Bruce (L), Kallum Higginbotham, Murray Wallace.
Can't find the list, but this isn't exactly a glowing reference http://spoughts.co.uk/2012/02/19/why-lee-clarks-sacking-is-justifiable/
Every manager were talking about bringing here is either inexpedience at this level or has done well at other clubs but has then been sacked, when most of the names are mentioned most of us moan so who do you all want has the next manager and more importantly WHY
