| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. 18:33 - Aug 23 with 1888 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
1. When he was at Sunderland, he played as an out and out left winger, whose one trick was to cut inside and score. The whole team was set up to focus on him.
2. We bought him in and don't have a position for him to do what he did at Sunderland. We bought a square peg for a round hole.
3. He was settled at Sunderland, and I understand he struggled to settle at Ipswich. He could probably commute to Sunderland from York. He excelled at Leeds and Sunderland, when close to home. He failed at Tottenham and Ipswich when a long way from home. Maybe he doesn't adjust well to being a long way from home.
4. Send him on loan to Boro, Sheff Utd or Hull, where he can be settled closer to home, and hopefully recover some form. [Post edited 23 Aug 18:33]
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:35 - Aug 23 with 1448 views | ITFCSG |
1. and 2. Ditto for Szmodics.
Why do you need the Championship all stars if you want play them out of their best position? |  | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:46 - Aug 23 with 1338 views | blueoutlook |
Been saying the same for ages. We are playing square pegs in round holes. It’s all very well buying these players being the best at their clubs. No good at all if you don’t play to their strengths. |  | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:48 - Aug 23 with 1320 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Can’t do that, they might be a rival for 6th place! |  |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:50 - Aug 23 with 1294 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:48 - Aug 23 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Can’t do that, they might be a rival for 6th place! |
If he's as poor as so many suggest then that's not a worry!
We either loan him out, or he rots here. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:51 - Aug 23 with 1276 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:48 - Aug 23 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Can’t do that, they might be a rival for 6th place! |
If the one and only trick he has is to cut in and shoot to the far post then that is the sign of a bad and limited player. He needs to adapt and add some dynamism.
But youre right, recruitment has been extremely poorly thought out and executed for a good 2 seasons |  | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:54 - Aug 23 with 1228 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:51 - Aug 23 by BouncebackIpswich |
If the one and only trick he has is to cut in and shoot to the far post then that is the sign of a bad and limited player. He needs to adapt and add some dynamism.
But youre right, recruitment has been extremely poorly thought out and executed for a good 2 seasons |
It’s been absolutely a chaotic and at times appears panicked, which is probably why there was a bit of an inhale of breathe about McAteer yesterday.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall in those meetings. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:55 - Aug 23 with 1223 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:51 - Aug 23 by BouncebackIpswich |
If the one and only trick he has is to cut in and shoot to the far post then that is the sign of a bad and limited player. He needs to adapt and add some dynamism.
But youre right, recruitment has been extremely poorly thought out and executed for a good 2 seasons |
That's the point.
Hes good in one role. Everyone knew that.
Not all players can play well in multiple roles, that doesn't make them a bad player.
Bad recruitment. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:57 - Aug 23 with 1188 views | nshearman1 |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:46 - Aug 23 by blueoutlook |
Been saying the same for ages. We are playing square pegs in round holes. It’s all very well buying these players being the best at their clubs. No good at all if you don’t play to their strengths. |
Agreed! | | | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:01 - Aug 23 with 1149 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:55 - Aug 23 by Marshalls_Mullet |
That's the point.
Hes good in one role. Everyone knew that.
Not all players can play well in multiple roles, that doesn't make them a bad player.
Bad recruitment. |
It almost felt a bit forced last summer at times to prove we were backing McKenna, problem is we were in the wrong market for these kind of fees. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:01 - Aug 23 with 1146 views | mellowblue |
We never needed a left winger, it stifles Leif, he had a good understanding with Broady who drew players away from the flanks where Leif wants to roam. A winger in front of him with accompanying defender fills the space. Hence Leif inverting, but he does not have the nous and skills of a true 10. We have broken something teams in the Championship struggled to deal with. | | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:03 - Aug 23 with 1120 views | RadioOrwell |
I'm getting Serini / Finidi vibes about all this. |  | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:03 - Aug 23 with 1116 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:01 - Aug 23 by mellowblue |
We never needed a left winger, it stifles Leif, he had a good understanding with Broady who drew players away from the flanks where Leif wants to roam. A winger in front of him with accompanying defender fills the space. Hence Leif inverting, but he does not have the nous and skills of a true 10. We have broken something teams in the Championship struggled to deal with. |
Well we spent 37M on two of them so we are going to have to make it work now. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:07 - Aug 23 with 1081 views | RadioOrwell |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:03 - Aug 23 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Well we spent 37M on two of them so we are going to have to make it work now. |
Or we could drop them. | | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:08 - Aug 23 with 1070 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:07 - Aug 23 by RadioOrwell |
Or we could drop them. |
Clarke will be no chance Philogene is.
I’d consider shopping Clarke this week to be honest. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:10 - Aug 23 with 1055 views | RadioOrwell |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:08 - Aug 23 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Clarke will be no chance Philogene is.
I’d consider shopping Clarke this week to be honest. |
Philogene is showing some signs of life isn't he ? | | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:12 - Aug 23 with 1029 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:10 - Aug 23 by RadioOrwell |
Philogene is showing some signs of life isn't he ? |
He’s is, looks an overpay though. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:15 - Aug 23 with 999 views | SWLondonBlue93 |
Given that we've not played him as an out-an-out left-winger, I presume McKenna and his team must have thought he had the qualities to adapt to a new role - otherwise, the signing makes no sense. Some of our recruitment in the last year or so appears to be a bit muddled. | | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:51 - Aug 23 with 821 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:01 - Aug 23 by mellowblue |
We never needed a left winger, it stifles Leif, he had a good understanding with Broady who drew players away from the flanks where Leif wants to roam. A winger in front of him with accompanying defender fills the space. Hence Leif inverting, but he does not have the nous and skills of a true 10. We have broken something teams in the Championship struggled to deal with. |
Yes, hence my saying we don't have a position for him. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:53 - Aug 23 with 788 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:35 - Aug 23 by ITFCSG |
1. and 2. Ditto for Szmodics.
Why do you need the Championship all stars if you want play them out of their best position? |
That was my main take away from today, we have a team of Championship players that shone elsewhere but have no look of being able to work as a team. |  |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:56 - Aug 23 with 760 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 18:54 - Aug 23 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
It’s been absolutely a chaotic and at times appears panicked, which is probably why there was a bit of an inhale of breathe about McAteer yesterday.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall in those meetings. |
He should have buried that chance today. | |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:08 - Aug 23 with 671 views | FrimleyBlue |
This is my biggest gripe with KM at the moment
We have clarke who ripped the league up playing high and wide left being put on the right
Philogene who ripped the league up playing on the right being played on the left
Davis who ripped the league up playing wide left fullback being played as an inverted left fullback
Hirst brought others into the game in the championship trying to showcase his skills as a delap replacement when we simply just need him to do the simple things well |  |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:09 - Aug 23 with 667 views | ParisBlue |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:53 - Aug 23 by BanksterDebtSlave |
That was my main take away from today, we have a team of Championship players that shone elsewhere but have no look of being able to work as a team. |
A bunch of individuals.
Very little cohesion between them, which was the strength in 23/24. Burns/Chaplin, Burgess/Davis/Broadhead, Morsy/Luongo.
I saw very little of that today, the worry being that 10 of the starters were here last season. Leif and Jaden tried hard but it doesn't look natural. How much time is needed? |  |
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:09 - Aug 23 with 660 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:08 - Aug 23 by FrimleyBlue |
This is my biggest gripe with KM at the moment
We have clarke who ripped the league up playing high and wide left being put on the right
Philogene who ripped the league up playing on the right being played on the left
Davis who ripped the league up playing wide left fullback being played as an inverted left fullback
Hirst brought others into the game in the championship trying to showcase his skills as a delap replacement when we simply just need him to do the simple things well |
Philogene played left, [Post edited 23 Aug 20:10]
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| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:09 - Aug 23 with 662 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 19:08 - Aug 23 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Clarke will be no chance Philogene is.
I’d consider shopping Clarke this week to be honest. |
Got to be a reasonable chance of that I reckon. It’s not happening for him here and I reckon he’ll be in a few people’s ears to see what’s out there. | | | |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:12 - Aug 23 with 615 views | ParisBlue |
| Jack Clarke - Bad recruitment, not bad player. on 20:09 - Aug 23 by PrideOfTheEast |
Got to be a reasonable chance of that I reckon. It’s not happening for him here and I reckon he’ll be in a few people’s ears to see what’s out there. |
Who is going to take him? | |
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