Jack Clarke

[Private Gomer Pyle]

Hes suffering from the fact Ipswich don't play with wingers and Szmodics has been put there.

Clarke's game is he picks the ball out wide and then runs directly at the full back wide to narrow using his pace.

The role hes being asked to play is better suited for a player like Roberts, better in tight areas and game not revolving around explosive pace

Which is where his agent and he himself have let themselves down. Their first questions should be, how do you set up and where do you feel my strengths are going to be in this team, not, how much are you going to pay my client and what is my commission. It's where football is at though.

 

[Thewall]

He might go onto have a good top flight career, he might end up being a very good championship player, but you can’t use that one match in isolation. If you’re using the mags game to prove he isn’t prem quality then you’re utterly clueless mate, so might as well end it there

Maybe so. But maybe a lot of clubs looked at that and thought the same.

My opinion is based on his struggles against players with prem qualities, like the pace of isiah jones.

Sorry if I have offended you mr Clarke

 

[sunderpitt]

Which is where his agent and he himself have let themselves down. Their first questions should be, how do you set up and where do you feel my strengths are going to be in this team, not, how much are you going to pay my client and what is my commission. It's where football is at though.

Certainly not playing to his strengths when he comes on

 

[southstander]

He gets a raw deal about leaving for the money, mind. By all accounts he didn’t particularly want to leave, and it was more the club who forced his hand.

Seemed quite happy to be going. He probably should have stayed. Ian Harte would be poorer though. I really hope it works out for him but I can’t see that happening at Ipswich.

 

[Scorer]

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A couple of their fans already suggesting he should be loaned out. He's come full circle....

If he is I think it can only be to us, already played for two clubs this season. Can sign but not play for a third club.

 

[Gideon Gungeon]

i heard he tends to get depressed when he thinks about how his career's stalled but then he has a lie down on his bed made of gold and feels better mate

 

[Onlyfoolsrushin]

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A couple of their fans already suggesting he should be loaned out. He's come full circle....

A couple also suggesting he isn't being played to his strengths due to the way they play. I don't understand why Ipswich bought him and then give him a different role to play in a higher league. Rank stupidity IMHO. Ipswichs scattergun approach to signing players hasn't really worked.

I'll be interested to see what happens with Ipswich in January. Stick or Twist and bust.

 

[riffraff]

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A couple of their fans already suggesting he should be loaned out. He's come full circle....

We’ve got dafties on here anarl mind.

 

[Spartan]

i heard he tends to get depressed when he thinks about how his career's stalled but then he has a lie down on his bed made of gold and feels better mate

exactly this : the lad has secured his financial future and now he's free to concentrate on football

 

[Lawrenceslongthrowin]

If you're playing for a championship club and a prem club come in for you , it's pretty depressing if you don't want to further your ambitions and have a go at the top of your sport just cos you're comfortable where you are.
Zero ambition if the player does that.
There's more to life than money - I think he'd have gone and think he should have gone if the money was the same.
Players want to play in the top league.
They will then want to play for clubs in Europe.
It's not difficult to grasp and those romanticising on players playing in a worse league cos the fans love him don't live in the real world , imo

but if said team are new to premier league and are likely to lose every week you could reason it’s not worth it, I know no other team came in but if a Brentford or palace, someone established I could understand

 

[Longy]

Just looked and seen Kompany has them top of the German League.

Martin got Southampton promoted but still got sacked. Although Ipswich had back to back promotions.

Martin was expected to get Southampton promoted & there were grumbles about his stubbornness even whilst they did get promoted

 

[Zweiguys]

A couple also suggesting he isn't being played to his strengths due to the way they play. I don't understand why Ipswich bought him and then give him a different role to play in a higher league. Rank stupidity IMHO. Ipswichs scattergun approach to signing players hasn't really worked.

I'll be interested to see what happens with Ipswich in January. Stick or Twist and bust.

The scattergun approach got them back to back promotions. They bought a boatload of players in the L1 and Championship seasons.

 

[Onlyfoolsrushin]

The scattergun approach got them back to back promotions. They bought a boatload of players in the L1 and Championship seasons.

In L1, the Championship and the PL they've mostly bought Championship quality players, in my opinion. I rate very few as being good enough to stay in the PL or who will be wanted by other PL teams. We'll see how many get bought by PL Teams when they go down, as I expect unless they gamble big in January. Won't be many. One or two. A few of them might develop if they got more than one season, but far too many borderline players in their squad.

 

[Joebaker1]

Ipswich are getting better and are far from gone yet.
They were well in the game last night and competitive all over the pitch.
Clarke did ok when he came on, saw plenty of the ball and didn't look low on confidence to me.
The fact that he is not getting in ahead of Szmodics will be a motivating factor for him to get his head down and prove his worth.
If he he gets a starting spot then it's his job to keep it. Similar to Aouchiche here at SAFC.
I really hope he does well for them.

 

[Raff1977]

A couple also suggesting he isn't being played to his strengths due to the way they play. I don't understand why Ipswich bought him and then give him a different role to play in a higher league. Rank stupidity IMHO. Ipswichs scattergun approach to signing players hasn't really worked.

I'll be interested to see what happens with Ipswich in January. Stick or Twist and bust.

Cannot see them spending much just keep nucleus of the team that got them promoted and push on for promotion next season in the championship unless they have a big turnaround and Man City get demoted and they stay up by the skin of their teeth

 

[Boz33]

In L1, the Championship and the PL they've mostly bought Championship quality players, in my opinion. I rate very few as being good enough to stay in the PL or who will be wanted by other PL teams. We'll see how many get bought by PL Teams when they go down, as I expect unless they gamble big in January. Won't be many. One or two. A few of them might develop if they got more than one season, but far too many borderline players in their squad.

Same situation for all promoted teams, you’re fighting for scraps and hoping they come good, or play beyond previous levels or taking punts on foreign born players and hope you get in early before the big teams come in for them
It’ll be the same scenario for the promoted teams this year.

They may be careful buying/ sticking with a lot of the current squad with the odd purchase/loan that got you promoted knowing there’s a good chance of dropping down again anyway or spend big and hope to buck the trend.

The prem league is harder than any other time since it’s creation to be promoted to and stay, because those that have stayed are 100s of millions ahead in their development year on year that they do survive over new comers.

The difference in revenue is so vast now even spending the whole tv money and what’s allowed to be put in by owners is still not a guarantee as prem league class players are just so expensive

 

[G Force]

Maybe so. But maybe a lot of clubs looked at that and thought the same.

My opinion is based on his struggles against players with prem qualities, like the pace of isiah jones.

Sorry if I have offended you mr Clarke

Simply pointing out that your comment “the game against the mags proved he isn’t premiership quality” was rubbish

No more, no less. Sorry if you can’t handle that

 

[sick]

I imagine they'd struggle to attract proven PL players.

 

[Rip Van Fish]

In L1, the Championship and the PL they've mostly bought Championship quality players, in my opinion. I rate very few as being good enough to stay in the PL or who will be wanted by other PL teams. We'll see how many get bought by PL Teams when they go down, as I expect unless they gamble big in January. Won't be many. One or two. A few of them might develop if they got more than one season, but far too many borderline players in their squad.

Delap, that Davies at left back and George Hirst will probably go to Prem Clubs

 

[HarrogateMackem]

That Ian Harte is bad news for players like.

Clarke has already failed in the PL once before. This season he should of been carefully choosing his move based on clubs playing to his strengths because he couldn't afford to fail again. A team that's going to give him plenty of minutes and is set up for his to contribute. That way even if that team went down he'd of been in the window for another move the year after (potentially for a lot more money and to a bigger club)

As it is, he's going to go down this season with Ipswich and nobody in the PL is going to bat an eyelid at him. He'll be back to the Championship with a wage cut. I'm not saying staying here was right for him, but Palace or Everton were linked I believe, potentially they might have been better. Or even abroad, weren't Lazio interested at one point.

Still, Harte got his bonus.