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Jack Clarke


Rip Van Fish said:
Delap, that Davies at left back and George Hirst will probably go to Prem Clubs
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Davies going would help Clarke IMO, think Delap is another probable, Hirst is an outside bet I feel. Don't believe he's upto it. Hutchinson might be one who will improve enough, but again an outside chance.
 
Joebaker1 said:
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.
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34% possession, 3 shots none on target
 
G Force said:
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 ;)
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It is the gap is massive it pains me to write it but they have a much better team than us as for Clarke it's evident he is either subbed or comes on as a substitute never seen him get the better or take some mediocre players on with ease at that level If we do go up it will be a struggle and I'm still not convinced we will have money or spend it if we are promoted think the most we have spent on a player so far is 3 million? I maybe wrong on this hopefully someone might know
 
sidneyeric said:
He's just another player in a long long list of players who've put money before career, shame, but he knew what he was doing.
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Pretty sure that comes into it, always does, but maybe he was hoping to make his mark in the premier league and use ipswhich as a stop gap. However he’s hardly playing so it’s not really worked out for him yet.

Mind you when they come down they’ll have pretty much the same squad to go back up.
 
Raff1977 said:
It is the gap is massive it pains me to write it but they have a much better team than us as for Clarke it's evident he is either subbed or comes on as a substitute never seen him get the better or take some mediocre players on with ease at that level If we do go up it will be a struggle and I'm still not convinced we will have money or spend it if we are promoted think the most we have spent on a player so far is 3 million? I maybe wrong on this hopefully someone might know
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That’s more reasonable, we were talking about your comment about the mags match proving he wasn’t up to the standard. That was rubbish

He might make it, he might not but the mags match “proved” nothing either way

Anyway have a good one mate, let’s hope we get the 3 points tomorrow
 
Georgewhitt said:
At some point, people need to stop talking about his "developement", as if he is a youth player.
He is 24 now, and about the time in his career where he should be expected to be pretty much "developed", and performing each game.
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Maybe so, which he would have been if he stayed, which would still assist in further development regardless of his age. There’s no real cut off point to developing your game, some are early bloomers, others much later. A season on the bench isn’t what he needs this age though.
 
The Fitter said:
Can't blame Ipswich for giving it their best shot and signing whoever they can. Shame for Jack Clarke that they signed Szmodics, so he might be surplus to requirements if they need to strengthen somewhere else - they'll not lose much on JC and he'd have a lot of suitors. They might be ruthless, I'm kinda expecting it. They might not go down, but if they do they'll keep McKenna and the majority of their talent.
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JC didn't have a lot of suitors before. Why would he have them now? He's gong to be limited to a Championship move really. His star has waned.
 
connolly_31 said:
Maybe so, which he would have been if he stayed, which would still assist in further development regardless of his age. There’s no real cut off point to developing your game, some are early bloomers, others much later. A season on the bench isn’t what he needs this age though.
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He is pretty much as developed as hes going to get. He will make slight improvements to his game, but what you see is what you get at his age.

It pains me to say it because I really like the lad, but he probably will spend most of his career in the Limboland of "Better than the Championship, but not good enough for the Premier League"
 
HarrogateMackem said:
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.
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Clarke wanted to leave
 
sidneyeric said:
He's just another player in a long long list of players who've put money before career, shame, but he knew what he was doing.
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I doubt he's going to get selected for England or win Premier League, FA Cup or European medals (though not out of the question). So what else would a professional footballer want to play for in their short career?
 
Georgewhitt said:
He is pretty much as developed as hes going to get. He will make slight improvements to his game, but what you see is what you get at his age.

It pains me to say it because I really like the lad, but he probably will spend most of his career in the Limboland of "Better than the Championship, but not good enough for the Premier League"
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I am pretty sure that one person who does not feel sorry for Clarke is Clarke himself.

Fans are attached emotionally to clubs in a way that players are not. Look at Defoe for instance. Idolised by a 40,000 crowd but up and off to play intermittently in front of 10,000 at Bournemouth.

Clarke will not regret leaving us for even a minute.
 
Georgewhitt said:
He is pretty much as developed as hes going to get. He will make slight improvements to his game, but what you see is what you get at his age.

It pains me to say it because I really like the lad, but he probably will spend most of his career in the Limboland of "Better than the Championship, but not good enough for the Premier League"
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That’s just the reality of life for most footballers regardless of level. Always a level that’s a cut above and that’s what costs the big bucks. Still if it turns out he’s a top championship player rather than prem league standard it’s still a very lucrative and enjoyable way to earn a living.
If/ when we get promoted, a fair few of our team will find themselves in the same boat, adequate to good in this league but no where near premier league level
 
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Gloucester said:
I am pretty sure that one person who does not feel sorry for Clarke is Clarke himself.

Fans are attached emotionally to clubs in a way that players are not. Look at Defoe for instance. Idolised by a 40,000 crowd but up and off to play intermittently in front of 10,000 at Bournemouth.

Clarke will not regret leaving us for even a minute.
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Financially he won’t but I genuinely think he enjoyed it here and was a popular member of a very tight group .
He will be back in the Championship next year most probably , at a club he doesn’t seem settled at .
 
Georgewhitt said:
He is pretty much as developed as hes going to get. He will make slight improvements to his game, but what you see is what you get at his age.

It pains me to say it because I really like the lad, but he probably will spend most of his career in the Limboland of "Better than the Championship, but not good enough for the Premier League"
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I do agree. Just think he could have stayed until Jan here and continues his performance levels and found a better option than Ipswich.
 
he comes on every game without fail on about 70/75 mins. And every game without fail he struggles to beat his fullback. He won’t get a move to a premier league club off the back of 15 minute ineffective cameos. He’ll have to hope he tears it up again in the champo next season
 
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