Lee Clark - I do not think I have given a view on him as such yet, so here goes. Everything certainly seems positive in the eyes of most Gillingham fans. GFCSTU mentioned it earlier asking if there has been any negative feedback. Well at a very, very brief glance through not606, I could find no negative stuff but certainly could find positive stuff. Although I have seen the possible appointment rightly questioned elsewhere.
I always felt that Huddersfield were one of those teams that always appeared should get promoted but also appeared time and time again, not to make it for some reason. That gives me a slight grey area of concern when you have a possible manager in the wings, coming in to a club that basically have the same traits.
Privately I have heard positive stuff and negative stuff about Lee Clark, none of which I am going to repeat. However, I have to make a balance of judgement and sadly for me it puts him in to no different category than any other appointment, except at the higher end of the scale. With the exception that he may well be better accepted than most other choices, which may well also put valuable bums on seats.
If Lee Clark gets the job, I will be happy the wait is all over and will find every positive to welcome him on board. Sadly though it will not have that Scally surprise element about it, if he should be chosen for me. Therefore I will just be going with the flow, so to speak.
I prefer Gemini's take on things...'comparing this situation with last seasons signings (Whelps and Lee in particular) this could be an indication that we could be about to get a very good manager and Scally doesn't want to alert other clubs to the calibre of the guy coming in (so that he doesn't get pinched)'
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Sadly Clark does not fit that category for me, although he may do a very good job. I am just starting to wonder if we have a mirror image of Hessy in Clark.