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Jack Clarke


2 year left on his deal.. and the fact that replacing his goals and ball carries into the box increases the risks on not making the playoffs hugely

And thar spells no sale ( right now)


Can't see anybody blowing 25m on him in the current climate even Southampton might baulk at that .... JC could submit a transfer request but he loose quite a sum in loyalty bonuses
 
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GBSAFC said:
2 year left on his deal.. and the fact that replacing his goals and ball carries into the box increases the risks on not making the playoffs hugely

And thar spells no sale ( right now)


Can't see anybody blowing 25m on him in the current climate even Southampton might baulk at that .... JC could submit a transfer request but he loose quite a tsum in loyalty bonuses
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The club will also shit themselves over losing 10-15m once he gets into the last year of his deal I reckon.
 
Cameron Archer has just done it, he went back to Villa when Sheff Utd got relegated but they’ve just sold him to Southampton
 
Mowgli said:
The club will also shit themselves over losing 10-15m once he gets into the last year of his deal I reckon.
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So it's either find a club will to blow 25m now ....make him a really good offer ....or take the risk of us going up or not a accept the devaluation

From a costs point of view there is only less worse choices
 
Mowgli said:
The club will also shit themselves over losing 10-15m once he gets into the last year of his deal I reckon.
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They'll shit themselves about losing our only decent goal scorer as well. The owners should never have put themselves in this position. It's not like they haven't had two seasons or so to address the imbalance.
 
Rip Van Fish said:
Yes mate

The Ron Noades Fan Club never had many members

I’m working on the proviso that he never played a first class game for Arsenal

John Sheridan and Gary Megson at Forest are another two

Shez would have been far too gobby for Cloughie
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😂

There's a couple of canny stories doing the rounds of Cloughie bombing players out.

Cloughie, a brilliant striker of course, loved a target man getting the ball into feet and keeping it. Or chesting it down or heading it back to his own players. 1 striker who 'he' had just bought (it was rarely him, Peter Taylor and others did all of the scouting / recommending) casually flicked the ball on to nobody in particularly and Cloughie went ballistic on the side lines. A few minutes later he did exactly the same thing and Cloughie hauled him off.

At half time he was doing the team talk and towards the end he said to the player:

'Ere son, have you managed to move out of that hotel and found a house yet?'

'Er no boss, but I'm going to look at one tomorrow.'

'I wouldn't bother if I were you.'

Never played for the club again.

Just found this beauty re: Brian.

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A former soldier who was badly injured in a car bomb in south Armagh in 1979 has told how he received a letter from legendary Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough wishing him well. Clough jokingly told Billy Lundy “to get up off his backside” and get back to the City Ground to support the club. The lifelong Forest fan (66), from the East Midlands, was just 22 when he was severely burned in the IRA attack on Crossmaglen’s Castleblayney Road on February 3, 1979. It was his third tour in Northern Ireland with the Grenadier Guards after previous stints in Newtownhamilton, Londonderry and Belfast. After being flown to Musgrave Park’s military wing from his Crossmaglen base, Mr Lundy was taken straight to a specialist burns unit in Woolwich Hospital, where he spent the rest of the year before being discharged with a military pension in 1980. It was during his time in the burns unit that he received the unexpected message from Forest’s two-time European Cup winning manager. In the letter, dated February 13, 1979, Clough, who was informed of Mr Lundy’s injuries by the soldier’s closest friends, said: “This letter might come as a surprise to you, and it will be an even bigger surprise when I tell you to get up off your backside and get yourself fit, because there are a lot of games to be played at the City Ground this season and I have a seat waiting for you for all the matches for the rest of the season as soon as you are able to come and see us. “I know it is difficult for you and I won’t pretend to begin to understand how you feel, but you know we want you here just as soon as possible. “We all hope you get better quickly and everyone here sends their love and best wishes. We are all thinking of you and looking forward to seeing you at one of Nottingham Forest’s matches when you are well.” Today, Billy looks back on the letter and laughs because even though Clough told him to get off his backside, his backside was badly burned and he used to do everything he could to keep off it. Clough, who was well-known for his outspoken and brash personality, was not one for mincing his words, and Billy said if he had received the letter today, a few people may have complained, but he described the message as “very special”. “I’ve been supporting Forest since I was a kid, and when I was in Northern Ireland in the base, I had a picture of Forest,” he said. “He didn’t have to do it. To get a letter like that from such a top manager, which he was, was quite remarkable, I thought.”
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Keith S30S said:
😂

There's a couple of canny stories doing the rounds of Cloughie bombing players out.

Cloughie loved players getting the ball into feet and keeping it. Or chesting it down or heading it back to his own players. 1 striker who 'he' bought (it was rarely him, Peter Taylor and others did all of the scouting / recommending) flicked it on to nobody. Cloughie went ballistic on the side lines. A few minutes later he did exactly the same thing and Cloughie hauled him off.

At half time he was doing the team talk and towards the end he said to the player, 'ere so and so, have you managed to move out of that hotel and found a house yet?'

'Er no boss, but I'm going to look at one tomorrow.'

'I wouldn't bother if I were you.'

Never played for the club again.

Just found this beauty re: Brian.
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Cloughie Gold

That Teddy Sheringham was a good one
First game of the season on Sky at home to Liverpool

“Boss, do you think I can get some additional comps for Sunday as quite a few of my family are coming?”

“Teddy, if your own family won’t pay to watch you then what f***ing chance have the rest of us got?”
 
Rip Van Fish said:
Cloughie Gold

That Teddy Sheringham was a good one
First game of the season on Sky at home to Liverpool

“Boss, do you think I can get some additional comps for Sunday as quite a few of my family are coming?”

“Teddy, if your own family won’t pay to watch you then what f***ing chance have the rest of us got?”
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Love any story bout cloughy
 
Keith S30S said:
😂

There's a couple of canny stories doing the rounds of Cloughie bombing players out.

Cloughie loved players getting the ball into feet and keeping it. Or chesting it down or heading it back to his own players. 1 striker who 'he' had just bought (it was rarely him, Peter Taylor and others did all of the scouting / recommending) casually flicked the ball on to nobody on particularly and Cloughie went ballistic on the side lines. A few minutes later he did exactly the same thing and Cloughie hauled him off.

At half time he was doing the team talk and towards the end he said to the player, 'ere so and so, have you managed to move out of that hotel and found a house yet?'

'Er no boss, but I'm going to look at one tomorrow.'

'I wouldn't bother if I were you.'

Never played for the club again.

Just found this beauty re: Brian.
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True story, the player was David Curry a mate of mine actually worked with him years ago.
 
Barndoor said:
True story, the player was David Curry a mate of mine actually worked with him years ago.
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That's right, I couldn't recall the name, Currie actually. I think the keeper 'shithouse / Barnsley / Norm' aka Mark Crossley might have told the tale 😂

Just read another.

A player got dropped and festered for the best part of a week then finally picked up the courage to knock on Cloughie's door.

'Boss, why have I been asked to play for the 2nd team?'

'Because you're too good for the 3rd team son'.

'Barnsley, thanks for coming over today. I won't call you shithouse cos Barbara's 'ere...'
 
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