Clarke interview on Goals on Sunday

[Longhorn1970]

I think Cox does better under Brian than under Clarke, who'd given up on him.

I am gutted that Brian is not getting better results than Clarke; but I have to say I am enjoying watching the team more. They look an almost decent team at times and better than the points they are winning, in my opinion. So I am still full of hope.

Some of the players have been in similarly point-starved teams under all three managers, so maybe it is something to do with the way they play too. They do not pass accurately to each other enough, and I think this comes from a hit-and-hope mentality that settles for the fact that close enough will be good enough once in a while.

I would not mind seeing some of our better long-term players such as McCleary, Gunter, Robson-Kanu, Obita out of the club if it means clearing us of the losing mentality. I don't suppose that will happen, but I suspect they will turn out the same almost-good-but-a-bit-off performances under any manager. I'd like to see more players at the club with visible passion rather than passive acceptance that we are not really going anywhere.

how can you persevere with a guy who doesn't score ? It's not like SC didn't give him a chance ... Results count, we don't get any points for style or presentation !

Longhorn, McDermott is playing the best players he has available. He has no choice but to persevere. He can't do anything until the summer. Just chill out. Stop expecting the impossible. Things will improve gradually. No one is being naive. We all know that we're sh*te. You're naive to think that someone can just come in and start winning games every week. That we have some kind of Marcus Rashford sitting in our youth academy just waiting to be given the opportunity. Just understand that it needs time and work to build a side.

I didn't think BM would start winning games straight away, I though it was a shite appointment and so it has proved, to blame the players is pathetic.
Let's remind ourselves of your quote ' why it doesn't pay to fire managers too early. Clarke should have been given a lot more time. He was prematurely fired'.

[Top Flight]

Are you a Chelsea fan as well Longhorn?

Why do you love Steve Clarke so much?

Of course I believe managers should be given time. It doesn't pay to keep sacking managers every 12 months.
Since Clarke admitted that the job was too hard for him and he tried to move away, I believe the club were right to terminate him. He wasn't happy, it wouldn't have worked.

McDermott needs time to do his job. Judging him now is very unintelligent.

[Longhorn1970]

Are you a Chelsea fan as well Longhorn?

Why do you love Steve Clarke so much?

Of course I believe managers should be given time. It doesn't pay to keep sacking managers every 12 months.
Since Clarke admitted that the job was too hard for him and he tried to move away, I believe the club were right to terminate him. He wasn't happy, it wouldn't have worked.

McDermott needs time to do his job. Judging him now is very unintelligent.

I haven't seen that quote from SC, can you post it here. Warnock didn't need time, Lee Johnson didn't need time, why do you make excuses for BM ? ..

[Top Flight]

Are you a Chelsea fan as well Longhorn?

Why do you love Steve Clarke so much?

Of course I believe managers should be given time. It doesn't pay to keep sacking managers every 12 months.
Since Clarke admitted that the job was too hard for him and he tried to move away, I believe the club were right to terminate him. He wasn't happy, it wouldn't have worked.

McDermott needs time to do his job. Judging him now is very unintelligent.

I haven't seen that quote from SC, can you post it here. Warnock didn't need time, Lee Johnson didn't need time, why do you make excuses for BM ? ..

You're a joke. You have no point really. You're just being silly.

[Maneki Neko]

Are you a Chelsea fan as well Longhorn?

Why do you love Steve Clarke so much?

Of course I believe managers should be given time. It doesn't pay to keep sacking managers every 12 months.
Since Clarke admitted that the job was too hard for him and he tried to move away, I believe the club were right to terminate him. He wasn't happy, it wouldn't have worked.

McDermott needs time to do his job. Judging him now is very unintelligent.

I haven't seen that quote from SC, can you post it here. ..

when asked why he wanted out: "At the time the job had become quite difficult, the team was going through a bad patch.I got permission from Reading to speak to Fulham."

[Top Flight]

Ok Longhorn. Happy with that?

Now you know that Steve Clark cannot do a difficult job. It needs to be easy for him or he just tries to walk away.

That is why he wants the Celtic job. He wants to manage a club that is so dominant in their league that they will win it no matter how bad a job Steve Clarke does for them.

Thanks Maneki for digging that out. I couldn't be bothered anymore with Longhorn and No Fixed Abode. They don't really have an argument.

[Lower West]

Thanks Maneki for digging that out. I couldn't be bothered anymore with Longhorn and No Fixed Abode. They don't really have an argument.

Brian is a fighter. The team given time to develope will reflect his character.

[Mr Angry]

Why on Earth would Clarke state that the reason he wanted to talk to Fulham was because the team he was currently managing were going through a rough patch??

The next time he is up for a job, that quote will come back to bite him in his arse.

[Maneki Neko]

and that was a practiced, rehearsed and friendly interview as well.

what a div

[Ian Royal]

and that was a practiced, rehearsed and friendly interview as well.

what a div

"Hi, I'm Steve Clarke and the second things start getting tough I'll be looking to oxf*rd off to your rivals at the first opportunity. I'm not really interested in completing any projects, I'm just looking to leap to the next well paid job I don't deserve until I can con my way back to failing in the Premier League."

[Longhorn1970]

Ok Longhorn. Happy with that?

Now you know that Steve Clark cannot do a difficult job. It needs to be easy for him or he just tries to walk away.

That is why he wants the Celtic job. He wants to manage a club that is so dominant in their league that they will win it no matter how bad a job Steve Clarke does for them.

Thanks Maneki for digging that out. I couldn't be bothered anymore with Longhorn and No Fixed Abode. They don't really have an argument.

Then you went and let yourself down again ...

[Longhorn1970]

Thanks Maneki for digging that out. I couldn't be bothered anymore with Longhorn and No Fixed Abode. They don't really have an argument.

Brian is a fighter. The team given time to develope will reflect his character.

No evidence of it yet tho ...

[Ascotexgunner]

Fulham dodged a f#cking great bullet there then.
Sadly we didn't.

[Longhorn1970]

Fulham dodged a f#cking great bullet there then.
Sadly we didn't.

Why didn't Fulham interview BM ? ...

[Ian Royal]

Fulham dodged a f#cking great bullet there then.
Sadly we didn't.

Why didn't Fulham interview BM ? ...

Maybe they tried. Although given their recent managerial escapades their judgement is not something to recommend if they didn't.

[eleventh earl of mar]

Fulham dodged a f#cking great bullet there then.
Sadly we didn't.

Why didn't Fulham interview BM ? ...

Maybe they tried. Although given their recent managerial escapades their judgement is not something to recommend if they didn't.

Some on here think Readings recent judgement on managers isn't all that great.

[Ian Royal]

Why didn't Fulham interview BM ? ...

Maybe they tried. Although given their recent managerial escapades their judgement is not something to recommend if they didn't.

Some on here think Readings recent judgement on managers isn't all that great.

They certainly haven't worked out, but Adkins was a very sensible call once McDermott was fired, with a very very good record. Who knows how he'd have done if the Russian hadn't have completedly oxf*rd us. Clarke was a bit of a shot in the dark given his lack of managerial experience and mixed record at West Brom... but a much worse bet having failed to impress with us except for 7 games out of about 35.

McDermott is of course an eminently sensible choice, given he's previous record with us. Whether he works out or not.

Whereas Fulham employed old school psycho Felix Magath

[sandman]

Adkins was a dreadful call.

[Silver Fox]

Adkins was a very sensible call once McDermott was fired, with a very very good record. Who knows how he'd have done if the Russian hadn't have completedly oxf*rd us.

Imagine if he'd given a shit?

[Top Flight]

Thanks Maneki for digging that out. I couldn't be bothered anymore with Longhorn and No Fixed Abode. They don't really have an argument.

Brian is a fighter. The team given time to develope will reflect his character.

No evidence of it yet tho ...

There is an absolute ton of evidence that Brian is a fighter, that his teams play with character and spirit and he has achieved the success that goes with it. 1 Championship title, 3 FA CUP Quarter Finals, 1 Play-Off Final.

You are just nuts to try and make judgements from 3 months working with a shambles. You can make no judgement on Brian until he has managed 3 years in his current spell. Otherwise all you want is a managerial merry go round which is a proven recipe for disaster.