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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! 08:03 - Oct 22 with 1016 viewsjungleboy

The one good thing we learnt last night is to play Jack Clarke on the right wing. On the left he always cuts inside and is ineffective. Much more dangerous for this right footed player on the right.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:17 - Oct 22 with 949 viewsNutkins_Return

Generally.over a larger sample side he's proven pretty ineffectual on the right.

I also think for us as a team which struggles to protect our defence, both Clarke and Philogene together make us quite weak.

It's a problem.

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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:32 - Oct 22 with 902 viewsShortyBlue92

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:17 - Oct 22 by Nutkins_Return

Generally.over a larger sample side he's proven pretty ineffectual on the right.

I also think for us as a team which struggles to protect our defence, both Clarke and Philogene together make us quite weak.

It's a problem.


40 million combined and McK can’t get them both in the starting 11 ?
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:41 - Oct 22 with 870 viewsPapillon64

Jack was a real joy to watch last night,, worked extremely hard.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:42 - Oct 22 with 859 viewsShortyBlue92

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:41 - Oct 22 by Papillon64

Jack was a real joy to watch last night,, worked extremely hard.


Agree
Our best player by a distance
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:46 - Oct 22 with 846 viewsSimonds92

He's clearly better on the left, was our best player by some distance last night. The argument for playing him on the right is to get him in to the same team as Philogene as they've been 2 of our best 3 players this season. However, he's certainly not ineffective off the left.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:49 - Oct 22 with 813 viewsBseaBlue

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:46 - Oct 22 by Simonds92

He's clearly better on the left, was our best player by some distance last night. The argument for playing him on the right is to get him in to the same team as Philogene as they've been 2 of our best 3 players this season. However, he's certainly not ineffective off the left.


It is a very valid argument too. You have to start Philogene at Portman Road. He has won us two games already and our top scorer. Clarke was excellent and he deserves to start (in the 10 or on the right for me) but it was a mistake not to start Philogene last night.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:05 - Oct 22 with 739 viewshomer_123

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:46 - Oct 22 by Simonds92

He's clearly better on the left, was our best player by some distance last night. The argument for playing him on the right is to get him in to the same team as Philogene as they've been 2 of our best 3 players this season. However, he's certainly not ineffective off the left.


Clarke might be better on the left but it then negates Davis as Clarke wants to hug that line.

Hence, again, Davis ends up playing as an inside forward and is far, far less effective.

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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:26 - Oct 22 with 686 viewsSmoresy

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:05 - Oct 22 by homer_123

Clarke might be better on the left but it then negates Davis as Clarke wants to hug that line.

Hence, again, Davis ends up playing as an inside forward and is far, far less effective.


Less effective going forward but also less stretched defensively (theoretically!). I thought Clarke created more than enough himself on the left last night. He also beat the full back both ways so I disagree with the OP's reflections there, that he only ever cuts inside on the left.

More problematic for me was nearly every other area of the pitch aha, albeit I'd wanted Jaden to start because I was very aware of our reliance on his thunderblasters to break the deadlock.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:39 - Oct 22 with 637 viewssoupytwist

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:05 - Oct 22 by homer_123

Clarke might be better on the left but it then negates Davis as Clarke wants to hug that line.

Hence, again, Davis ends up playing as an inside forward and is far, far less effective.


Given that goals have been conceded in the last two games as a result Davis being muscled off the ball in the penalty area, maybe he shouldn't be untouchable if it means that we can get a different approach going forward.

I know we don't have someone who is an actual left back as cover but Young could probably do a job there.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:46 - Oct 22 with 595 viewsRimsy

Try him as 10. Philogene and Egeli on the wings.

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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 11:35 - Oct 22 with 459 viewsBasingstokeBlue

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:26 - Oct 22 by Smoresy

Less effective going forward but also less stretched defensively (theoretically!). I thought Clarke created more than enough himself on the left last night. He also beat the full back both ways so I disagree with the OP's reflections there, that he only ever cuts inside on the left.

More problematic for me was nearly every other area of the pitch aha, albeit I'd wanted Jaden to start because I was very aware of our reliance on his thunderblasters to break the deadlock.


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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 16:24 - Oct 22 with 334 viewssouthnorfolkblue

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:46 - Oct 22 by Rimsy

Try him as 10. Philogene and Egeli on the wings.


If that's the 3 Egeli has to play the central role imho. Clarke isn't a 10

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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 16:41 - Oct 22 with 308 viewsSimonds92

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 09:39 - Oct 22 by soupytwist

Given that goals have been conceded in the last two games as a result Davis being muscled off the ball in the penalty area, maybe he shouldn't be untouchable if it means that we can get a different approach going forward.

I know we don't have someone who is an actual left back as cover but Young could probably do a job there.


He really has been dreadful the last 2 games defensively and being so exposed doesnt seem to be creating much going forward either. Wouldn't be against Johnson starting there Saturday.
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Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 16:47 - Oct 22 with 290 viewscoote

Play Jack Clarke on right wing! on 08:46 - Oct 22 by Simonds92

He's clearly better on the left, was our best player by some distance last night. The argument for playing him on the right is to get him in to the same team as Philogene as they've been 2 of our best 3 players this season. However, he's certainly not ineffective off the left.


He has to start ahead of Philogene. I’m still not impressed with Philogene at all. Yes he has a thunderous shot but all the problems we had with him before his goals are still very much present.

Pulls out of every 50/50
Slows down the play.
Can’t beat a man.
Body language is horrendous.
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