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Di Canio v Leon Clarke round 1...

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Cant see Di Canio putting up with his prima donna antics for long. He only said he was getting him in for training today!
 
Not quite sure how the chairman can call it "a bit of a non event", Clarke showed no respect for his manager and to be honest he's lucky he isn't left in the reserves.
 
Apart from the awful Donny away game in December when he was on loan I thought he was excellent for us and one of the loanees that really did seem to care.
 
Hazey said:
Not quite sure how the chairman can call it "a bit of a non event", Clarke showed no respect for his manager and to be honest he's lucky he isn't left in the reserves.
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I'm pretty much on Clarke's side in this, and you can rest assured that if this is a sign that he's had enough of Di Canio after ten days then other players probably feel the same. By all accounts Clarke was struggling with cramp and injury for the last ten minutes last night and then at the final whistle before he'd even got off of the pitch their fitness coach tells him he's got extra running in training the next day. Then his manager comes over and tries to manhandle him into the tunnel.

Fair play, he'd have known that the Swindon players are having to train seven days a week when he signed, but it's a pretty easy way to lose the dressing room once things start not going well, which is obviously the case there after five straight defeats.
 
Leon Clarke is a waste of talent and a fine example of a bad attitude ruining a career.

I believe he could easily play Championship football yet he is now a football league journeyman at the age of just 26. He clearly has weight issues and to me that suggests laziness and hence an evident lack of fitness which is what (apparently) the Swindon fitness coach was saying. This is the event which led to the Mosni-esq row
 
He's knackered, he's injured and he has cramp. Like John Barnes, all he wants is an Isotonic Lucozade Sport. Yet before he's even off the pitch the little Hitler fitness coach tells him he's going to have to do more running in the morning.

Obviously he's got a questionable attitude, as we saw here, but it's poor man-management, for me.
 
Beefy said:
He's knackered, he's injured and he has cramp. Like John Barnes, all he wants is an Isotonic Lucozade Sport. Yet before he's even off the pitch the little Hitler fitness coach tells him he's going to have to do more running in the morning.

Obviously he's got a questionable attitude, as we saw here, but it's poor man-management, for me.
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Totally agree with Beefy on this. Management is knowing how to handle different players, telling someone who's got cramp he's lazy & got training first thing is silly, trying to manhandle him down the tunnel is stupid, and trying to punch him is just plain thuggish. Bloody ex-Spammer.
 
Beefy said:
I'm pretty much on Clarke's side in this, and you can rest assured that if this is a sign that he's had enough of Di Canio after ten days then other players probably feel the same. By all accounts Clarke was struggling with cramp and injury for the last ten minutes last night and then at the final whistle before he'd even got off of the pitch their fitness coach tells him he's got extra running in training the next day. Then his manager comes over and tries to manhandle him into the tunnel.

Fair play, he'd have known that the Swindon players are having to train seven days a week when he signed, but it's a pretty easy way to lose the dressing room once things start not going well, which is obviously the case there after five straight defeats.
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I must admit I didn't know the full story behind it, however if the fitness coach tells you that you need extra running the next day, he's probably right. Obviously Di Canio didn't react the right way either but Clarke should have bit the bullet until he got into the changing room at least. If I was the chairman I'd have words with Di Canio too, things like that should never happen in view of the fans on the pitch, turns the club into a joke.
 
Hazey said:
I must admit I didn't know the full story behind it, however if the fitness coach tells you that you need extra running the next day, he's probably right. Obviously Di Canio didn't react the right way either but Clarke should have bit the bullet until he got into the changing room at least. If I was the chairman I'd have words with Di Canio too, things like that should never happen in view of the fans on the pitch, turns the club into a joke.
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Supposedly Di Canio & his coaching team were threatening to kill him when they got him in the changing room. Can't say I blame him for refusing to go in.

I know we have previous with Clarke, but I can't see why people are blaming Leon for this, Di Canio is a disaster waiting to happen at Swindon, he's already fallen out with Timlin after the first game of the season and refused to play him since, now Clarke.

blueveined said:
Being sent out on loan according to their chairman, wonder who'll be interested in taking him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14739786.stm
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Any side in lg2 (and plenty in lg1) would benefit from Clarke's ability regardless of what we think of his attitude, with our striking crisis I'd happily have him back at Roots Hall but the emergency window doesn't open for 7 days.
 
Drastic Sturgeon said:
Supposedly Di Canio & his coaching team were threatening to kill him when they got him in the changing room. Can't say I blame him for refusing to go in.

I know we have previous with Clarke, but I can't see why people are blaming Leon for this, Di Canio is a disaster waiting to happen at Swindon, he's already fallen out with Timlin after the first game of the season and refused to play him since, now Clarke.



Any side in lg2 (and plenty in lg1) would benefit from Clarke's ability regardless of what we think of his attitude, with our striking crisis I'd happily have him back at Roots Hall but the emergency window doesn't open for 7 days.
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I know it's Tara who runs the rule over the signings now, but I remember Sir Ronald being less than complimentary about the big man a few years ago. But just imagine if we did sign him next week ... he would be in the side to face ... Swindon! :smile:
 
Drastic Sturgeon said:
Supposedly Di Canio & his coaching team were threatening to kill him when they got him in the changing room. Can't say I blame him for refusing to go in.

I know we have previous with Clarke, but I can't see why people are blaming Leon for this, Di Canio is a disaster waiting to happen at Swindon, he's already fallen out with Timlin after the first game of the season and refused to play him since, now Clarke.



Any side in lg2 (and plenty in lg1) would benefit from Clarke's ability regardless of what we think of his attitude, with our striking crisis I'd happily have him back at Roots Hall but the emergency window doesn't open for 7 days.
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I'd have thought both parties are to blame and both should have handled it more professionally. The fact that di Canio is clearly mental doesn't excuse Clarke's behaviour.

The only teams who will want him are desperate teams. I'd hope, even with out striking crisis this weekend, we don't fall into that category. I'm not against giving people second or third chances, but Leon Clarke must be into double figures by now and if that doesn't say leave alone, I don't know what does. Is Leon Knight still available?
 
It seemed like a strange marriage from the start - Di Canio wanting his players to train seven days a week and Clarke's physique suggesting that he wasn't used to training seven days a week.
 
Di Canio an Clarke is very bad mix! was always going to end in tears, di canio great player but bought in too many foreign players who dont know much about league 2.Clarke was very good when on loan for us could well be worth a punt again.
 
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